Rovers first small saloon - 216 SX - a hidden gem - Morris Leslie Motor Auction
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- In this video I show you a mega low miles Rover 216 SX, what a rare sight these days. This one has a few extras!
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My dad had a 216 Vitesse EFI. Quite nippy for its day. He owned it from brand new for about 5 years and, unfortunately, by the time he got rid of it, it was quite badly rusting.
Great Car I Love Them
Fantastic car, ride was great. Iv owned a couple. The VDP with EFi. Was rather nippy at 107 bhp
Back when i was an apprentice one of the lads had a 216 VDP. Everyone used to give him stick, but it was actually a really nice car to be in, and it never gave him any issues. And, it was quicker than my 89 Pug 405 GR 1.9 carb. With the rover 1.6 making the same as the peugeot 1.9 which was surprising.
I had a VP in blue with grey leather and fully loaded…..loved that car
Love these 80s Hondas 😂
I had one like this though it was just a standard 216 with cloth interior, sold it after a few months and bought a Ford Granada 2.9 Ghia.
My good pal had a black vitesse many years ago, actually quite a nippy car back in the early 90s up against my xr2, many a good battle between us, cracking content as usual pal👌👌
They were great cars, but didnt they rust. My dear departed Mother bought a series 1 VDP and I remember respraying the bottoms of the doors when it was 6 years old. I had to sell it as the MOT tester told me it wouldnt go through another test at only 8 years old. Such a shame as it was a great car.
I don't think Keeping Up Appearances hurt sales as it didn't start until 1990!
I do remember late 216's being quite luxurious before they brought out the then new 200 and 400. Used see lots of G reg Vitesse's, SX's and Vanden Plas's. The EFI ones had huge inlet manifolds.
Similar reg to my brothers old MG maestro G178HJW 😮
Really happy memories of my C reg 216EFi Vitesse in midnight blue metallic. As a 21 yr old I thought I was a cut above 😂 It started to rust tho, so was traded in for the first of a long line of Volvos since then…..😉
Rover - "Oh, this model is actually doing well. Better cancel it."
You just haven't seen these on the roads in so many years - what a super find! Remembering Hyacinth Bucket's long-suffering hubby Richard driving one of them in Keeping Up Appearances after you mentioned it, and I think you're right as it probably had an impact on the car's image with the car-buying public.
Splendid review! Seeing the misty blue Rover on Keeping Up Appearances was always a highlight for me, since this was our 1984-7 Honda Civic in the US. Fun to see this special model in white and em....various shades of caramel 🤎🤍
I had a 1987 213 and 1990 213SX, both company cars. Good cars in their day and perceived as more prestigious than an Escort or Astra, although they didn't handle as well as the Escort on twisty roads. By the time the R8 214's and 216's were introduced this 200 range was starting to look dated though. As someone reminded me just after I got the SX....
After a few years the heavier engine in the 216 would cause the right hand torsion bar to sag, the front right of car droops upsetting the coroner weights corner weights and handling. Fix took about 15 minutes rotate the drivers side torsion bar by one spline.
Due to the very clever rear suspension design handling on these was excellent better more precise than the successor 200.
The VDP in addition had a integrated rear anti-roll torsion bar
built-in .
The steering on non-power steering models was a little low geared.
Took driving lessons in one of these in 1986, a 213 B reg in a metalic green, then the instructor changed it for a C reg white 216 one. Turned up for my driving test and she changed to a Nissan Sunny! Passed first time though, at 17 years old.
I had a 216 Sli (I think). Great car. As are all Hondas.
My mates dad had a Rhonda, a 213s, it was ok, pretty ordinary really.
Owned an E reg 213SE until the js k wernt through the floor. The car that got me into rovers
I have had the vitesse version after a 213s, loved them both
The rover hmm hmm honda is is great condition lovely motor even tho they were hated.i like em maybe biased as I grew up with em love the leather.
Had a targa red 213s loved it
Great content
My parents had a blue 216S. I think my dad thought it would impress the neighbours. It didn't, but it was okay. Quite poor brakes and seats that sagged after a few thousand miles. But it was pleasant enough. That said, my mother has no memory of it whatsoever, even though they had it for five years! That says a lot. They got a Peugeot 406 next and it was like a spaceship in comparison.
Brakes were fine up to the job and no issues
Thanks. Great wee car.
I have a vague recollection that Rover used VW gearboxes in some of their models in the 1990.
Maestro and montego for sure.
Nice car picture shame it was the 1.6 Rover engine not the 1.3 Honda engine