Rover 620ti (turbo) (Rover 600)

Member Name: andyl

Product:	Rover 600
Date:	04/08/00 (4332 review reads)
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Advantages: Fast, luxurious, affordable

Disadvantages: Having to say "oh, I drive a Rover"

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 with my mods) most are left behind when I press down, but the real treat is having this power wrapped in a luxurious saloon with all the trimmings. All electric, ABS, twin airbags, lots of other stuff essential to a comfy motorway journey.

Some clever design has gone into this Honda Accord based machine such as pivoting the whole engine on a hydrolic arm to deliver a smooth acceleration. Things like this are not commonplace in all motors.

I've found my 620 to be reliable over the past 1 1/2 years and having taken it apart and put it back together, I can vouch for the quality of construction.

There are loads of kits and modifications available for Rovers beleive it or not, check out www.moto-build.com and www.mynheer.co.uk for a few examples.

If you are toying with the idea of a BMW 318is or similar, take a look at a Rover 620ti, add the cost of a little de-chroming, a couple of grand to drop it down low and slap on a kit and you will be left with a vehicle set to turn heads and get you from A-B toot sweet :-)

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