Richard Hammond on the Rover 75
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Richard Hammond fondly revisits the automotive landscape of the year 2000, delving into the essence of iconic cars that left a lasting mark.
In this particular segment, Hammond explores the timeless charm and distinctive features of the classic Rover 75, providing an insightful journey through its significance in automotive history.
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I have to say, the Rover 75 has one of the most inviting interiors I've ever seen in a car.
Just bought one
It is immaculate,had one owner since new and was truly loved.
This will bring many years of joy i am sure
Good luck mate. I always loved the interior but never brave enough to take the plunge. Still running safe boring never fail Hondas.
I had a 75 CDT and it was fast, frugal, and ultra reliable..........could not fault it...........
I absolutely love the 75 and always have.
Owned a 75 CDTi Connoisseur SE for a few years - this side of a Rolls/Bentley/S-Class there was no more gentle and soothing way of travelling distance.
Just bought the 2.0 Tourer for my business. What a brilliant car. Climbing into it is like entering another more opulent world. There simply isn't anything to dislike about it.
Had one of these for 4 years and was really sad to see it go. Stunning car inside and out, incredibly smooth and quiet with great build quality. That said you HAVE to be aware of some maintenance quirks such as plenum drains etc if you want to avoid potentially frustrating/expensive repairs
Plenum drains are an issue on all cars, certainly the Passat had issues in that department. In neither case was it a shoddy design, just people not cleaning them properly.
I LOVE THE ROVER 75 !
Me to
I had Rover 75 Conisure 2.5V6 in British racing green. I loved it.
Probably the best car Rover ever made after the P6.
Fully agree. I wish I could get more classic British cars across the pond. I love them. The 75 was the end of an era.
I have also now Rover 75 ...2000... engine ..2.0 V6 Benzine..110 KW ( 150 cp ) The best car and very beautiful inside&out !!!! I love My Car!!! Fan Rover 75
My granddaughter got into my 75 Tourer and asked her mum if it was a Rolls Royce? when I heard, I said, No! it's better than that!
The interior has always been probably the most of my favourite thing about the rover with this car particularly too.
I don't understand why rover wasn't successful in the end. The 25 and the 75 were way ahead of their time!
The 25 was a facelift of a car who's underpinnings traced back to the Honda Concerto. By the year 2000 the 25 was aging.
Fucking unreliable engines
@@ventisette. not really. CDTi and CDT from BMW. V6 pretty bullet proof. Just the k-series (1.4, 1.6 and 1.8) with head gasket issues…
I bought a 2004 75 CDT six months ago. It was going to be a "spare" car because I have a two-seater and a 4x4 but the 4x4 is really for the winter and the two-seater is no use when the grandchildren are here. Since then I've done just over 10,000 miles in the Rover and all I've had to do is an oil change and two new tyres. It drives like a new car and returns better than 6.0 litre/100 kms (around 48 MPG) and most surprisingly of all, all my neighbours love it. One has asked to buy it and I've had three other offers from strangers in carparks. I was going to keep it for a year and then sell it but my local garage told me to hang on to it for a few more years yet because having checked it all out they reckon it's good for another 200,000 kms (it's done about 125,000 so far). In short a very happy experience and perhaps the best car bargain I've ever made.
One needs to wear a well-fitted, understated and elegant suit when driving a Rover. M.
My papa used to have a 2002 2.0 TDI engine . The colour was gold and she was a lovely motor but she broke down 3 years ago. Long live the 75
I really fancy the estate version
Lovely one. British made.
its stunning what cars richard hammond reviewed back then and what he reviewed on top gear.
And 24 years on folk are still using 75 & ZT as daily transport ❤
That's how good they are .
Yer Audi BM and Mercs of that era are long gone to the pearly gates 😅
Got one in same colour...lovely V6...🤗
My grandparents also owned one of these as a ZT, they now drive an MG6 Magnette TSE
Richard Hammond, James May and Jeremy Clarkson always contradict themselves. On many reviews, they are complementing Rover cars, yet on Top Gear their making fun of them!
That is because Top Gear was (I guess it still is) a comedy more than a serious car show. You can tell that by the way they keep dropping pianos on old Morris Marinas.
@@matthewbanta3240 it's more because the 75 was the only modern good Rover, specially the CDTi which had the BMW E46 320d "M47 Engine", all other rovers from 1999-2006 are complete rubbish
@@brunosuicida6791 No, when they realised the 200 wasn't big enough to run up against Astras etc it was a very good supermini. The ZR handled very well indeed and even the 1.4 went well. Certainly a better drive than a contemporary A3 with it's droning 1.6.
I love this car , the styling and the ride are beautiful just one snag, the clutch this is my second rover the first was the petrol version with the rover engine 1.8 , on this the overheating was the problem. I now have the diesel shortly to be scrapped , Im fed up of it. had a new clutch fitted 2 months later the master cylinder failed , had a new one fitted that failed after 2 hours. this time it was the slave so now have a new metal master fitted instead of the crappy plastic one and a new slave 2 months later its failed again. I now consider it uneconomical to run. as its now cost over £1000 .
The most exciting part.
Best car I ever bought
STUNNING CAR, It could and should have saved Rover but I blame its dreary old fashioned dash that appealed to pensioners and not young business execs. What a pity as the 75 was an EXCELLENT car and I still think it is one of the most beautiful cars ever.
I don't think the dash was "old" fashioned.
Think about it, look at any 60's/70's British Rover or any other car and the dash was very flat and upright.
The top of the 75's dash was curved and made of wood, looked alot nicer than dare I say BMW or even Rolls.
Where I'll give you it is the center console and radio, that weird hose shoe humpy bit didn't looked quite right.
However don't foret the Mercedes-Benz S-Class had a similar old farty dash too, yet it sold extremely well.
In fact the 75 was in many ways a far more advanced car than alot of similarly priced cars, certainly in the looks dept. If it had slightly stronger V6 or V8 engines, and the choice of RWD or 4WD, that really would've gave it a leading edge.
However the Phoenix consortium never gave it the funding it needed, and the whole car was dogged by the perception of it being an old persons car, I can kinda see it but then so was the Jaguar XJ6.
Actually what really killed it was BMW boss at the time of the launch basically casting a shadow over the whole Rover brand, saying something along the lines of they weren't sure of it, and people thought they might ditch Rover, hence everybody was too frightened to buy one. I read that somewhere not sure where though.
Cheers.
If a manufacturer made such an old fashioned car today, I'd definitely buy it
Buick sold an entire generation of cars to the retired demographic in the later 20th century. Money to be made in appealing to older buyers & new people are constantly entering the target audience as they age. I’d buy a modem car with retro looks.
Nice to see bane
I had one, totally luxurious to drive.. One big problem though, the head gasket.. Which went on mine.. Shame
Ted Brean HELLO! should I buy one from 2005 with ~60k miles (95k km). It's a 1.8 liter petrol K-series engine (120hp) automatic and its under 3000€ (a bargain in my opinion!). I really love the car and there is really no other cars in that condition for that price with those looks. The other option is a fiat punto...
i bet james may snapped up one of these when they first came out.
+michael jagger Actually, he didn't. Like the Jag S-Type, he hated its faux-cottage style when it came out. The review is on YT, it's entertaining.
BW - MST Rovers were always old man's cars and Jags until the late 2000's old man's cars.
What, has every young exec's car goota by all black and biz like inside and sharp nosed like BMW.
That tells me everything I need to know about the sort of people who generally drive them, not saying EVERYBODY is like that but in general.
Everybody I know that drives the hot German cars, Audi, BMW etc as good cars they are, they're all show offs, shallow folk, out to make an impression but no real substance underneath.
I suppose that's the way when business and money are involved make a good first impression just to get the money or the clients. Atleast the Rover was different and interesting.
Doesn't mean just because you've got one people aren't gonna take you seriously, a sensible person would even if it is seen an old man's car.
He didn't like it , didn't get its styling
ROVER..... Ancora bellissima...
Piękna limuzynka ;-)
Thats Hamond from top gear!
Little Richard
So, where's the rest?
I owned a 827 si Sterling.. A.K.A. Rover in 1989.. Even though the passenger power seat broke.. Very soon.. I loved it's British luxury.. Not very reliable.. Though.. But elegant beauty.. I just wish they could get the electrics right.. Honda.. Engineering??? It was good but really happened? Mercedes and. BMW... I love all car makers for one reason or another.. I've owned over 50 cars.. Mostly European... But I've had some American cars as boring as they were.... At least they didn't blow up... I really wish that Rover tried again in the US.. The Sterling really wasn't a bad car.. U can't find one now anywhere.. My 827 was British racing green with tan leather.. It even had power rear seats!!! What luxury!! If only it would have been reliable!! If I could find another one..
I would put up with it... My 1986 Alfa Romeo spider has been in the shop for months... But nothing.. Not one other car.. Not even a Ferrari.. Has more driving characteristics than an Alfa Romeo.. I've owned 15.. All I can say... Love the Sterling.. But if I'm putting up with 2 headaches... Hmmmm... I'd ive with my Alfa... Just my personal opinion... I've had 2 164s... All the l model A Milano.. 2.5.. 2 of them.. One the Verde.. 3 Gtv6.. God I wish I kept them!!! But now... That 75 Rover.. Is beatiful!
A 20year old video uploaded 7years ago...Ok...
wow, take a look at there young hamestar before he is grow up and before he is on there topegar :-O
What killed Rover after Honda was that none of Rovers car segments by this time matched up to the competition. Nobody wants an executive car that's a bit more than a 3 series but not quite a 5 series. I mean what market sector is that aiming at? People in between a promotion? lol
Same with the 200 which used to be an Escort /Astra competitor but had become too small for a family car and too big to be a supermini.
Their sizes were all out of whack. This, combined with Rover betting on bubble shapes as the new design language when the market was heading for rakish designs was the death knell.
One wonders whether BMW deliberately messed up the sector alignment for Rover.
So was Hammond lying about his opinion in this video or on top gear when he was ripping the piss out of it on so many occasions. Don't get me wrong, O'm a fan of the former top gear trio but the lack of consistency is baffling... or not.
Paul Evans they did what they did at the time to pay mortgage.money hey.
The Rover 75 will become legal for U.S. Import in 2023
Rover 75 is really nice car, but need some minor fix to be done.
Here you can find great video about water leaking in rover 75!
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A stately good looking car? Is the man on drugs?
+Adam Steindl lol agreed, this thing looks like a once nice jaguar, with a kids toy of a reptile kit.
And a place to put your pension book - behind the sun visor.
But a piece of junk. Badly put together, in what by then was sadly the Rover tradition, and with generally poor engineering. The stories of complete engine failure at under 75,000 km are legion, with lots of lesser bits having trouble before then. All very sad. I had an original Cyclops-eye P4 75 as my first car, it then being 17 years old. Doors opened and closed beautifully and unfailingly. Nothing but nothing fell off. The engine compartment was beautiful to look at with magnificent aluminium castings for the inlet side. Zero performance of course, but it's probably still giving someone excellent service.
Disagree totally. Many of these have done 500K miles - with the diesel engine (BMW). Some clever people have hacked the ECU and remapped to raise to 160bhp which totally transforms the car. It's a joy to drive, very reliable and comfortable - and has many novel features built in. I've owned many cars but this is the best I've ever owned and driven. Still get a kick when I drive it.
Rubbish car
+RyanDB5 98 CH it was a good car to be honest only the styling limited its market.