Austin Rover - An Introduction to the New 1987 Rover 200 Series
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- Опубліковано 20 жов 2024
- Austin Rover - An Introduction to the New 1987 Rover 200 Series
Copied directly from a dealership VHS video
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1987
Just the car to keep your appearance up in... Hyacinth will be pleased... Mind the cyclist Richard:)
My favourite was “minding the pot oles” classic
Perfect car to ease you home to your candlelight supper
Yes the actor who played him died some time ago watch those pearly gates Richard
Hyacinth would have probably wanted to upgrade after 3 years or so. This style got old pretty fast I think. Btw did keeping up apperances only run for 5 seasons?I'm trying to think of what sort of car they would have upgraded to.
@@cdogvlog5557 I recon she would have been a fan of the Jag X-type. She would only ever buy British, and the X-type had that veneer of faux-luxury that would appeal to image obsessed but ultimately clueless buyers like her.
I had a 213 SE as my first car (I’d been driving loads of cars but this was the first one with my name on the owner documents). It was 2015, I was 23 and I thought it was great. Driving it round town every day and even taking it to Brighton a few times you just felt it had so much more character than anything else you saw out and about. The best part was that Since 1988 it had covered fewer than 28000 miles! It was like a brand new car. Completely mad but brilliant! It now lives at a family friend’s whilst I drive my sw20 MR2 so needless to say I like my old cars.
Cool, I used to bomb around in my Mum's 213SE back in the early 90's. It was a quiet comfy little car, but with skinny tyres it had terrible understeer on roundabouts! Good for the odd wheelspin though. It felt VERY modern after all the Austin / Triumph / BL cars my parents had owned before it. Sadly it was written off when some plonker rear-ended my mum and she still gets neck ache from that crash now - 30 yrs later :(
If Hyacinth allowed Richard to transport her Royal Doulton with hand painted periwinkles, it must have been a proper car. Coffee at 11:00 Elizabeth.
I love keeping up appearances
I owned one of these. It was a good car and I always like the styling. And a great Honda engine too!
But did you mind the cyclists in it?
I'm now feeling nostalgic about VHS video tapes , the mid 1980s and the Rover 200 series . Each one of these three were a bit crap but I miss them anyway .
I used to look down on 200 owners. For after all I owned a 400 series with electrically operated sunroof and fake leather seats. Pure luxury.
Was i the only one trying to find the tracking button on my ipad at the start of this video? Maybe the head needs cleaning?
My grandfather bought a new 213 in 1984 when the range came out. I remember he was extremely dismayed to see so many Honda badges around the engine bay, but the reality is that this car really wasn't too bad at all. It drove well (like a Honda should), was comfortable and reasonably luxurious for the day, at least for a car that had moderately-upscale aspirations, and most importantly it was well-built. With the exception of the Triumph Acclaim, this Rover was probably better-designed and built than any BL/Rover car before it. The car did rust though, my grandfather's car making it a full decade before being scrapped. Lasted longer than he did, unfortunately.
"Sporting nature". haha very amusing! I'm sure Richard will find it most satisfactory.
Rode around in one a few times. Very comfy. I had a 214 of the later shape. Was fun.
Really? I had the 216 GSi with optional leather trim, so we effectively had the same car, except I enjoyed a much greater level of comfort, luxury, *and* performance.
We had one of these, it was a great little car. Sadly like many other great cars from this era rust has seen too many off. If a 216 Vanden plas or SE came along in good condition I’d buy it instantly. Cars back then were much more exciting, long before the marketplace became saturated with hideous crossover SUVs and MPVs. God only knows what people see in those shit boxes.
Blast from the past! I remember my Grandad, hiring one of these to go to Scotland.
I had a 213S as a company car from 1984-86. I did 70,000 miles in it and it was a really pleasant car. The 1.3 Honda engine was much nicer than the 1.6 chugger.
I had the Vitesse, brand new - oh, *and* I owned it outright, of course.
Just lovely. Was 7 when car arrived
My Grandfather had one, a 216 Vitesse. It wasn't bad but boy did it rust. The later Concerto based 214 and especially 216 were much better built.
The Rover 200 is a pretty car.
My parents had a 216 VDP on an F plate.
It was the first car they owned that could do London & back on a tank of fuel from Somerset.
The optional air-conditioning made for a cooler Rover 200 cabin in summer than the standard stratified heating and ventilation system.
the Rover 200 series Richard and Hyacinth Bucket car was introduced in 1984, that repalced the Triumph Acclaim. More upmarket image than the Montego, and the Ford Orion. There are less than 1000 left in Britain.
I really wanted to own one of these SD3s but sadly never had the chance.
Generation Renter I had one and loved it . Great car
We had one too and loved it, if I could find a good condition 216SE or Vanden Plas today I’d buy it in a heartbeat.
@@mrdoofa9357 I owned 3, all from new: two Vanden Plas examples and a Vitesse.
I had 213s as I first car 2nd hand of course ….great car apart from the rust
Same here mate. Ragged it around for 70,000 miles and it never let me down.
I had the 216 Vanden Plas, from new of course. We had the same *type* of car, but I enjoyed far greater comfort, luxury, *and* performance than you.
I wonder why Hyacinth and RIchard did not have the Vanden Plas trim level
Ah Rover and that partnership with Honda seemed like a good idea at the time I suppose but was a key element in Rover's demise when Honda buggered off. Rover's market place as a 'quality car' fully disappeared paradoxically as you'd think Honda reliability might have had the opposite effect. I liked the old 200 but it wasn't really a Rover
I hurd thay didnt use honda engains or gear boxs. so in truth all thay mostly shared was the same body. so really all you got was a honda but with out the reliability...pointless really.
Honda didn’t bugger off...BMW bought rover and shafted Honda. Pretty sure Rover would still be around if BMW hadn’t messed it up.
It was basically a Honda designed car built by Austin workers in an Austin factory. Nothing about any of the 1984 and later cars had anything to do with REAL ROVER. It just became a badge for British Leyland cars.
Paradoxically real Rover still exists - JLR is pretty much the old Rover... The old Rover factories and the Land Rover business.
@@nudisco300 Many models 200/400/600 were almost entirely Hondas, but not those such as the Metro, Maestro, Montego, the post Honda Rovers were also all Rover... and JLR is much, much smaller. It's just a subset of what Austin Rover was. Longbridge has gone. As I said the Honda partnership was a short term boost and long term dependency that should never have happened. What do you think about Clarkson and May and their weekly slagging of Rover? Are you a Landy Disco owner?
Where did you get these videos. Iv enjoyed quite a few... Thanks for sharing.
The 200 is a Honda Ballade badged as a Rover
anthony perkins We had a Rover 200 and a Honda Ballade, loved them both.
👏👏👏
The Bucket Rover in Keeping Up Appearance on the BBC,
Was the standard issue for Network BBC reporters and correspondence at the time.
Still a head turner.
Had the 213, amazing little engine never let me down, but they skimped a bit on the old rust proofing. Shame that's what let the car down.
The 213 has a Honda engine so there you have it
I had the 216 Vanden Plas, so we had the same type of car except I enjoyed a much greater level of comfort, luxury, *and* performance.
Thank fuck we've moved on from VHS tape.
Looked good in it's day. I can't comment on reliability.
Drove a 216 Vitesse in the day. Not worthy of the Vitesse badge at all. Woeful car.
Set square design at its best here.....the new 200 really lifted Rovers profits for a time.
The mid-80s Rover 200 was the best C-segment saloon ever produced, and I'll not hear a *word* of criticism from any of you.
Owned a 1985 216se cream colour and with dark brown dash and light brown velour upholstery. Nice 👍 please could someone adjust the tracking on this video .
Supper!216 Vitesse 💪🏻😃
What's the music ?
YES thoes are the 2 words when i look at my project rover 25 luxery and refinement with its 2 inch pannel gaps and scuffed bodywork and paint
The Honda residence, the lady of the house speaking...
Top.
My mate's brother was sodomised by a man in a garage. He drove a 1.6L Mondeo
The Austin killer! (Montigo) Yes the Mistro was there after but this car killed off Austin as a car company. We all know what happened to Rover. I owned 4 of them. I liked every one of them. Each one had a little niggle here and there example cylinder head! Loosely fitting trim ect. I would still buy one today if the engine was L series not k series. After all they were British!
Davaro Smith Tbh I think the "K"-Series killed off Rover what a Pile. Austin Morris Wolseley & Triumph were killed off because their sales had totally slumped at the time bit Like Simca Humber Hillman etc (Rootes group PSA)& Rover was the only Profitable brand in the bad old BL days
Then there was the Frid Iscot, the Hellman Avunjer and the Tromphe Acloom.
Yesterday's equivalent of a BMW 1 series. Can't afford a 3 series, but too pretentious to drive an insignia or a mondeo
Very accurate.
I wonder if Hyacinth Bucket watched this with her Rover dealer
Manual sunroof !! Hysterical.
"There is no room for complacency in this market". Coming from a company which was built the same styled range rover for 24 years!
Где такой можно купить с левым рулем?
The ‘obvious choice’ back in the day
Until I bought one. Awful to drive, my Orion was far more fun in every way.
New shape triumph acclaim ? Lol
I had one of these as my first car, it was an automatic and i thrashed it to death, by the end, the transmission wouldnt shift until it hit the rev limiter, very annoying while trying to drive it through town
Poor Rover. Rooted by BL.
They forgot to say it was a Honda tho
The belmont glsi was a better car in every stat they listed lol
"sadly ignorant" lol.
I'm trying to picture the Honda Civic this car was badged as in the US, as a "prestige" vehicle and it just doesn't work.
3:00 reputation counts for jack sh1t
Reputation, lol.... never had a good one since the 1960s...lol
why buy a Rover, if you can get a Audi coupe, BMW 3series or a Mercedes... what a car, looked like a Nissan Bluebird...lol
btw; i would have choosen the Volvo....
Honda Ballad
Back in the days when top gear was worth watching
The Belmont although less attractive was a better car.
I used to own a 213, biggest lemon ever!
very poor reliability and rusted away like no tomorrow, RIP BL/Rover.
You couldn't give these away in the 90s, even if you left the keys in the ignition, the doors unlocked and a stack of tenners on the seat.
The national flag and trumpet music seem to be essential for propaganda
It's a Honda Civic- mutton dressed as lamb.
Yes, it is a Honda Civic in sheep's clothing.
Azureecosse other way around. The 1.6 has the Leyland S Series engine. The 213 had a Honda 12 valve engine.
For the 1990 models. It was 1.4 Rover and 1.6 Honda engines.
Sorry but Honda is a much better name than Rover. More like mutton dressed as shit
Sadly ignorant so much so they bought a Nissan bluebird lol
These cars truly suck arse. Thank fuck they're almost extinct.
piece o crap, my father had a 216 vitesse 87 D plate, 2years old 35000 miles, gave us alot of problems in our 2 year ownership, in the end he got a toyota corrolla, never let us down...never!!
Trab Ali As soon as you said Toyota Corolla your comment lost all credibility. Nothing quite says boring, soulless, unimaginative, bland, dull, forgettable and uninteresting as a corolla does.
@@mrdoofa9357 true, but reliable
@@trabali5168 But equally rusty.
@@MrsZambezi rust prevention and body galvanisation technology wasnt that advanced in cars of that era (mid 80s). so most cars started rusting in some form or other after 5-6 years, some more than others.
216 engine was crap. 1.3 was from Honda and absolutely bulletproof
crap cars thay were. i looked at a second hand one once. couldnt beleave how tiny it was, cramped inside, slow, noisy, felt cheap and plasticy.
Hahahaha Honda gave you a rebadged version of their and stole your Rover technology to build their dream CRV of 4wd versions then came another giant who gave a new version of Rover 75 BMW and stole another Rover technology to bring the BMW 4wd.
bascran murali Honda didnt steal anything from Rover it was the other way around! Rover were near Bankrupt at the time hadnt the money nor the Backing to build independent Models The Rovers were almost 100% dependent on Honda"s Technology as if Honda wouldve wanted to use the Jurassic period A-series derived Mini engine which was used across the BL (Austin-Rover) range at the time?
Strange comment. BMW didn't 'steal' anything. They paid well over the odds for a wonky car maker and so were entitled to use whatever technology was at their disposal.
You seem to dislike Rover? Well real Rover still exists today as Land Rover. BL split off Land Rover seperately to Austin Rover and Land Rover consisted of all the assets and factories of the original Rover Car Company.
The cars that were called 'Rover' in the 80s and 90s were built in what wete original Austin factories by original Austin workers. Rover saloon cars died when they started making them in Austins Longbridge factory.
Ford made the Jaguar Xtype at Halewood (an old Ford Escort factory) but at least they had the decency to properly train all the workers and completely refit the factory and Jagu-ize the place. All Rover did was stick a Rover badge on what was some average Austin cars.
All three versions of the 200 series should never have worn a Rover badge. Rover was an upmarket manufacturer aimed at businessmen it should have never been taken down market onto small family hatchbacks.
nudisco300 Totally agreed.. I think Looking Back The MG or Triumph Brands shouldve been used on the smaller Saloons There"s talk of Tata bringing back a new Retro Rover Electric SD1 next Yr?
@@ghmusic8116 Agreed.
I would have had Triumph as the small/medium car player. Mini branded like it is today (almost as a seperate brand on its own)
MG for a range of coupes and performance vehicles,, and Rover specialising in 4x4 (Land Rover) and executive saloons pitched at 5/7 series BMW and E/S class Mercedes.
@Glow in the Dark Yeah we all know that anyway! BMW saw the growing sales of 4x4 and wanted a piece of the action. What better way than buy the maker of the most renowned 4x4 and import technology. Its quite common in business. Years ago Amstrad bought Sinclair so it could get into the computer games market as opposed to the business user to market it already had.
I think I prefer the montego vp. Instead of this shite box.
The Montego was a bigger car, probably more comfortable and roomy. However the 213/216 from this era were far better engineered and built than the Montego.