Rover 220 coupe turbo - Who Remembers?
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I had a school friend whose mother had one, which he was allowed to drive in the evenings.
I recall a T junction being mistaken in fog for a cross roads and going through a hedge into a field.
I recall being driven into the pub car park and straight into a parked car.
I recall it finally coming to a halt with the front wheels folded underneath it by a traffic island.
It was a pretty lethal weapon in the hands of an incompetant driver.
I recall a T junction being mistaken in fog for a cross roads and going through a hedge into a field.
I recall being driven into the pub car park and straight into a parked car.
I recall it finally coming to a halt with the front wheels folded underneath it by a traffic island.
It was a pretty lethal weapon in the hands of an incompetant driver.
i remember these and small always did like the styling including the very small power bulge offset in the bonnet (same as some 400s and 200s.
Theres a good video of old Top Gear on you tube with Tiff Needell testing a Turbo (like the Fiat Coupe, its the one to have). makes a nice sound.
the colours were nive too. i remember regularly seeing a charcoal grey one that had obviously been breathed on in my local cruising scene about 15 years back a day pieeing on everything that was around at the time like your imprezas cossies gti's gte's etc. very rapid and this one could handle too. clearly had some suspension tweaks.
I dare say a modern day MG badged version of a decent looking throwback to the 200 coupe along the same sort of lines as the tomcat would sell quite well.
Theres a good video of old Top Gear on you tube with Tiff Needell testing a Turbo (like the Fiat Coupe, its the one to have). makes a nice sound.
the colours were nive too. i remember regularly seeing a charcoal grey one that had obviously been breathed on in my local cruising scene about 15 years back a day pieeing on everything that was around at the time like your imprezas cossies gti's gte's etc. very rapid and this one could handle too. clearly had some suspension tweaks.
I dare say a modern day MG badged version of a decent looking throwback to the 200 coupe along the same sort of lines as the tomcat would sell quite well.
My dad had one, was green and we thought quite a good looking car. But when you took the targa roof off the wind buffeting was so bad it was deafening, so it never got used.
It was stolen from the driveway and driving for not very long. Police said it looked like someone just stole it to get home.
It was stolen from the driveway and driving for not very long. Police said it looked like someone just stole it to get home.
I remember these - a friends mum "upgraded" from a red top Astra GTE16v to one ---- with hinsight that's moving from one of the best engineered engines in mainstream production to an electrical gremlins nightmare with its poor EFI first gen.
OP go for a decent Fiat Coupe 20V Turbo better in every way and possibly a future appreciating classic car.
OP go for a decent Fiat Coupe 20V Turbo better in every way and possibly a future appreciating classic car.
Always wanted one in Nightfire red.
Part of the problem with them is that they all drove the same (200 series) - A friend had a 214 then a 216 and they drove the same as the 220 I test drove.
Odd that they were "fast" in the day yet now my estate car is as quick... But such a beautiful machine.
Part of the problem with them is that they all drove the same (200 series) - A friend had a 214 then a 216 and they drove the same as the 220 I test drove.
Odd that they were "fast" in the day yet now my estate car is as quick... But such a beautiful machine.
I had one back in 2000-02. It was a lovely looking thing, but agree it was too fast for the chassis. It was great in a straight line after the torque steer sorted itself out.
Head gasket went on the way from picking it up. The gearbox leaked like a sieve from the drive shafts.
Remains the fastest top speed I've ever driven though at an indicated 146 mph - on an airfield obviously.
Head gasket went on the way from picking it up. The gearbox leaked like a sieve from the drive shafts.
Remains the fastest top speed I've ever driven though at an indicated 146 mph - on an airfield obviously.
I had a 216SE EFI what an utterly rubbish car that was terrible electrics, rubbish engine handling .... Rubbish.
From the experience I had with this car we agreed never to have another Rover again - we had a Golf following that it was worlds apart a true quality item nothing went wrong ever v often every month tinkering.
From the experience I had with this car we agreed never to have another Rover again - we had a Golf following that it was worlds apart a true quality item nothing went wrong ever v often every month tinkering.
I had a vomit green one when I was 21! It was Frikkin ace, I absolutely loved it!
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t off a shovel (or so it seemed at the time) and besides a bit of torque steer and understeer here and there I really don't recall any "dangerous handling" at all.
This from a time when motorways were nowhere near as busy and a 200hp rover 200 was a pretty fast car.
Vmax runs of 140-150mph (indicated) were pretty common, I once hit a pigeon at 120, and got nabbed speeding on the a30 at 130. Back in the days when that resulted in a big fine and a slap
On the wrists and a bunch of points. Would be prison today.
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t off a shovel (or so it seemed at the time) and besides a bit of torque steer and understeer here and there I really don't recall any "dangerous handling" at all.This from a time when motorways were nowhere near as busy and a 200hp rover 200 was a pretty fast car.
Vmax runs of 140-150mph (indicated) were pretty common, I once hit a pigeon at 120, and got nabbed speeding on the a30 at 130. Back in the days when that resulted in a big fine and a slap
On the wrists and a bunch of points. Would be prison today.
Many moons ago I had a 420gsi turbo with around 290bhp - HAZ 3497 was the reg. it would just about keep pace with a mates Impreza type r he had at the time - rolling start and only in a straight line of course.
It was about 11 years ago now I paid £2500 for it, had ridiculously low mileage, and a list of mods as long as you're arm done to the engine. I had it for a year and ended up selling back to the guy I purchased it from.
To this day that car remains one of the best pounds per smile car I've ever had.
It was about 11 years ago now I paid £2500 for it, had ridiculously low mileage, and a list of mods as long as you're arm done to the engine. I had it for a year and ended up selling back to the guy I purchased it from.
To this day that car remains one of the best pounds per smile car I've ever had.
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