Rover 400

Welcome to my first review since the beginning of March! I'm sure you're all glad to see me back (stop stifling the laughing at the back). As you've probably guessed through reading my other reviews, I manage to get through a lot of cars (on number 12 now, not bad for someone who has only been driving 7 years). So I thought I may as well write my big comeback masterpiece on my latest pride and joy, my beloved Rover 414SLi. Before I plough into this, I should warn you that it is based entirely on my experiences with this car, and a 416GSi I owned a few years back, which are both Mk 1 'wedge' models. I don't like the newer curvy, ...

The 414i was the best we could affort on the company car scale back in 1997, so the decision was relatively straightforward. As it turned out, it was not a bad one, either... Design/image This car was the last to be engineered jointly with Honda and is therefore visually very similar to Honda's Civic model of the time. I always felt, however, that the Rover was the classier of the two. For example, it featured body-coloured bumpers, chrome grille and rear number plate surround and rosewood effect fascia inserts. Whilst the Honda now looks decidedly out of date, the 400 series still looks the part. This is obviously partly due to the fact that its ...

I?ve just sold my Rover 400 after owning it for the last 5 years so it?s an ideal time to reflect on owning this car. If you are thinking of buying a Rover 45, then this will also be applicable as it?s an updated version of the 400. Two weeks after starting my first time job after university, my old university runabout car, an E Reg Astra decided to blow up on me. So with a proper job, came proper money and the urge to buy a new car! Well I didn?t buy brand new, opting for a nearly new car instead (the most sensible option in my opinion). At the time, a lot of the newer cars such as the Focus, new Astra, and Mark 4 Golf (which is my current car) ...