Rover 25 in general

The Rover 25 was launched in spring 1995. It was the first car solely designed and built by Rover Group. This car was very exciting because it only had 25% carry over parts from the old Rover 200, so in theory was a brand new concept car. The cost of design through to production of the car was some £500 million. A wonderful car to drive, it fitted in with Rover’s new image of an exciting, forward thinking British company. In 1997 Rover Group decided it was time to give the Rover 25 a facelift. Codenamed Jewel, the design alterations were to be done in conjunction with a design house. The facelift was also done to incorporate new safety ...

Considering the design of the Rover 25, based on a borrowed Honda design, is now over 5 years old, it still looks good and stylish. After the unfortunate troubles at Rover over the past year, and the shameless actions of previous owners BMW (spit), I am pleased that Rover can still continue to novel and bold in its designs. The Rover 25 may look slighly dated in an increasingly up-market secotro, but realigning the car from competing in the Focus market to being a prime contender in the Fiesta market (supermini) was one of the few good moves by BMW. The quad light styling on the nose of the car looks good, only a pity it echoes the quad feel of larger BMWs. ...

Having a father in the motor industry has its advantages.... I had a 97 Rover 200 Vi for about 3 months before i gave it to my mum. It is white. It is a Rover 200. It Looks like any other Rover 200. That is until you put your right foot down and all that can be seen is a confused blur. Don't get me wrong here, I think the bog standard 1.4 and 1.6 Rover 200's are nice looking cars (Since '96 onwards anyway!), my mum thinks that hers is 'pretty'. The aesthetics however, are not the point of this car. The 1.8 VVC engine comes directly from the MGF in this model. It produces approx 160 B.H.P ...