Rover 600

I've owned two of these, the first was a company car, the next, a secondhand purchase. Basically, this is a Honda Accord. Rover's part of their collabouration was in presentation and packaging something that as a Japanese company, Honda didn't know much about. Rover did make some changes to the car itself, the rear wings are the biggest difference. The last 600 I owned was 623GSi Auto, a secondhand bargain, ex company with a full Rover service history. Having owned two, I can honestly say the only thing of real expense that went wrong was a holed radiator as the air intakes to cool the radiation aren't meshed and a stone hit it off ...  Read the complete review

I've had this car approximately 3 months, and I have to say it's been great up to now. I liked the Rover 400 since hiring one a couple of years ago for a long trip, and always fancied one, but thought they would be out of my price range for a few years yet. I didn't know about the 620 at the time, and that they had been out in the new shape since 1993. So when I was looking for a new family car I was looking at Mondeo, Cavaliers etc, until I came across the 620. I couldn't beleive it was the same sort of shape as the newer 400, and when I had a test drive I was hooked. I bought a 1994 model 620SLi. It's basically the Honda Accord ...  Read the complete review

I own a Rover 620ti for 5 years now. This car has a weird mixture of advantages and disadvanages. When you buy this car your buy a stylish rover which looks a bit sporty but not too much. Lowering the car 2" looks excellent but will get you in trouble as the car is quite long and with more than 2 people you will be scraping the tarmac. The car comes with a very good set of 16" alloy wheels which look quite elegant. If you want to make it look sporty replace them with 17" and 215/40/17 or 215/45/17. Although the car looks big the interior is very small in comparison, although you will not be having any problems with even 5 passengers. ...  Read the complete review

Aw, my baby. A 1996 Rover 620ti - with a few modifications, but why do I need to tell you this? Because I set out to buy a sporty 2-seater with all the trimmings, ran out of time and wound up with a Rover 620ti on an M plate. Not quite the sportiest number you might say? Essentially I should have been disappointed. I'd been viewing Mitsubishi FTO's and MR2's until finally I was left signing on the dotted for an "old man Sunday special". I say *should* have been disappointed because I'm not. With a little TLC, the power and grace of this vehicle has been honed into a fine cruiser. Delivering over 220BHP (and a little more ...  Read the complete review

Last year I parted with my rover 620Ti after 2 years of trouble free motoring. My car was a 1998 model and did 58,000 trouble free miles. My main feedback would be that it was a good reliable, cheap-to-run car considering the straight line performance that was on tap. The 0-60 time is about 7 secs which is pretty quick for a saloon and certainly means that lots of cars underestimate you when driving. It also looks quite inconspicious so doesn't attract too much attention. The disadvantage of the car is the handling which in the wet can be a bit of a handful. The ride tends to be unsettled over bumps and in the wet you can easily torque steer ...  Read the complete review