Rover Metro Reviews

Similar to the review below, i had a Rover Metro Rio Grande in royal bluey green. I bought it because it had low mileage when my first car (a Corsa) was stolen. I have to say, i only bought it to last me through the first year at university however it still sits at my parents house 6 years later! It was a M reg; I found it a very good car. ...  Read the complete review

I have only had this car for under a year i got it for my 18th birthday. I know my mum paided under a hundred pounds for it there wasnt anything wrong with no marks and low mileage it look just like a ford fiesta. I must say i was a bit dissapointed when i saw the maroon red colour however it gets you to a to b. The seats are a nasty cream colour ...  Read the complete review

My first ever car was a M reg Rover Metro Rio. We had a love- hate relationship, with the swingometer resting mostly at the tempestuous HATE end of the scale! It was a brief encounter, lasting only three months to be exact. She passed away one sunny carefree afternoon, when I rather too hastily drove over a speed bump! I didn't ever give her a ...  Read the complete review

Passed my driving test in Spring 1998 and was looking for a reliable, economical cheap to run car in good condition. my sisters parents in Laws who live in Barnsley in Yorkshire found an advert for a 1990 Rover Metro Clubman that was in very good condition for its age at the time of purchase. it use to belong to a ...  Read the complete review

On the morning of my 17th birthday, my father drove me down to the local industrial estate, attached L-plates to the front and back of my mother's Rover Metro 1.1S, and let me get behind the wheel. I stalled it. More than 10,000 of my own miles (and 8 years) later, this is the only time I've done this. Previously ...  Read the complete review

Three years ago I fell in love with the Rover Metro and luckily, a colleague wanted to sell hers at the same time. So in September 1998 I became proud owner of a G-reg 1.3L Metro Clubman. It had only clocked up 42.000 miles and cost me a mere £1100, which I thought was a bargain. I think I liked it because I have always liked the VW Golf, ...  Read the complete review

All those people who knock the Metro as being a bad car really annoy me! The Rover Metro really is a car innovative in many ways, and although its a facelift of the previous metro, it is a great, fun car to drive. My model was a 1994 1.1S, which means you get body coded bumpers, remote locking, a sunroof, a racy sports interior ...  Read the complete review

Well we had a little N reg Rover metro and as a family of 5, road journeys were very uncomfortable.It was too small and cramped in the back seats. They are a good little motor and my parents didnt really have any problems with it.Just its size. Because its under 1400cc engine it makes the insurance alot cheaper, so I guess it ...  Read the complete review

I own a P Reg 1.1 Rover 100 Knightsbridge SE and I am not ashamed of it. As a new driver (I only passed my test in January) I have had the pleasure of driving several cars (My instructor changed his car half way through my lessons) and I can safely say that the Rover is the best of the cars I have driven. The first car I drove ...  Read the complete review

I have a Rover Metro and after reading the other reviews in this section I decided I had to defend my little Rover! I have had mine for a year now, it's K reg so it seven and a half years old. When the car was bought it had a 8000 miles on the clock and no, that's not a typo, it had only done eight thousand miles. The car had ...  Read the complete review

After scrapping my Fiat 126, I was on the look out for another car. I was walking past a garage quite near me when I spotted a red C Reg. 1.3 Metro for sale with a price tag of £500. I asked the salesman if I could take it for a test drive, I took it for quite a run, and there didn't appear to be much wrong with it, the engine ticked ...  Read the complete review

We bought our E reg 1.3 Metro a year and a half ago. We wanted a small,economical 5 door car and we certainly got one. It's very good on fuel averaging 40 mpg and has been reliable. Thats the good points. On the minus side it's not very good to drive, the handling of Metros is poor. The car looks very dated against other cars of ...  Read the complete review

My full opinion of the Rover Metro (and, previously, the Austin Metro) isn't even type-able in here! Suffice to say that I hate it. With a vengeance! I come from a family where my Mother and Sister have both earned 2 in their time and even they learned the error of their ways when they finally got a "real" car! Rover ...  Read the complete review