I think the Rover 75 was the best (mainstream) car Britain has ever produced. Yes, the engineering capital and some expertise came from Germany - and the entire car would not have been possible without BMW - but the 75 was a British car through and through. The car was designed and styled in the UK and showed what was possible when done properly, unlike the decades of under-engineered and poorly built heaps before it.
Dougie Brown Great! I always liked the 75 but now they are 20 years old, not many good ones left. Soon the ones in great condition will probably start increasing in value.
I've always loved Rovers, my neighbour had a V8 SD1 Vitesse when I was a kid. Unfortunately they'd gone bust long before I could afford a new car. If only they had innovated, invested in newer models and the British people had been a little more patriotic and bought them over their European rivals we might still have a British car industry left to be proud of
"This car has put in a strong performance. If the side impact head-protecting airbag had been standard equipment and not an option.The 75 would have come close to matching the Laguna's five-star rating."
The driver's door opened easily after the frontal impact and points were deducted only for forces that loaded his chest. The body's rigidity resulted in high restraint loads that distorted one of the child restraints.
John Cee, you probably don't understand that there will always be a significant intrusion into the motorvehicle in the pole impact test. This is simply because the deceleration forces are all concentrated on the surface area in contact ie. pole surface in contact with car. Because this area is small and has to dissipate the still significant kinetic energy of the car even at 18 mph the resultant forces will be very large. Deformation of the cabin and a large intrusion into the cabin area will always result. This is why many countries have guard rails and other similar safety devices on the sides of roads in rural areas. To prevent cars hitting trees in the first place which cause similar results in collisions. With standard construction techniques and materials, to say nothing of conventional car design, it is not possible to defeat the laws of physics.
I love rovers, our 620SLI is lovely, shes been sold and im looking for her but couldnt afford her at 17 lol but still, my point is, I think if not 2005, they wouldnt last now I bet, its such a shame, I hope the chinese and Indians can do something and sell it back one day.
I feel assured when driving in wales now. We have an estate 75 and in wales, nearly everyone tanks past you, gonna crash some day, we have a V6 so it's not going slow!!!!
They are more realistic, I mean most people are more likely to be involved in a rear or pile up collision, rather than hitting a hard concrete block in real life.
