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STMO123

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« on: 15 August 2006, 20:04:33 »
Thought I'd seen (or heard) of most cars but I never Knew that they'd put a 4.6l V8 into a Rover 75, and I definately didn't know you could still grab one new. (Well,not used anyway)

http://www.evanshalshaw.com/specialoffers/specialoffers.asp?category=1&drpType=&search=true&drpMaxPrice=0&drpMinPrice=0&make=&y=6&x=17&navwindow=1&view=10
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« Reply #1 on: 15 August 2006, 20:05:50 »
Yeah, quite rare, RWD as well....
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« Reply #2 on: 15 August 2006, 20:07:23 »
Think they added it a short time after MG did it?
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« Reply #3 on: 15 August 2006, 20:09:34 »
Yeah,but,whats the point?  They must have had to uprate the gearbox,suspension,tyresetc.etc So, its a ZT :-?
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« Reply #4 on: 15 August 2006, 20:14:44 »
I think the Rover engineers did a proper job from what I've heard - doing what they wanted to do with 75, and not what BMW wanted them to do. As said, RWD, different gearbox, 18" wheels, uprated brakes...
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« Reply #5 on: 15 August 2006, 20:16:47 »
Well,Jaime,they cant have done a very good job advertising the fact because,as I said, never heard of it.
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« Reply #6 on: 15 August 2006, 20:18:17 »
more cash spent wisely on a company that was on the edge
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« Reply #7 on: 15 August 2006, 20:21:08 »
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Well,Jaime,they cant have done a very good job advertising the fact because,as I said, never heard of it.
Yeah, I had. I remember one of the postal mailings, and some mag adverts, used that rower bloke who won the medals...
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« Reply #8 on: 15 August 2006, 20:22:02 »
Only released a few months before they went tits up...
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« Reply #9 on: 15 August 2006, 20:37:44 »
just browsed for MG ZT's.... they very cheap!

Autotrader result:

2003 52 Reg MG ZT 1.8 T 160 +
4 Doors, Manual, Saloon, Petrol, 82,000 miles

£4,800

Buy it, now and when MG's go back into production parts will be back again....
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« Reply #10 on: 15 August 2006, 20:55:53 »
As far as I remember, the only MG that MIGHT go back into production is the MGTF. The Chinese want a nice little british sports car to produce. They'll go down a bomb I'm sure! :D
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« Reply #11 on: 15 August 2006, 20:58:45 »
If anyone needs genuine MG parts, you can get them here

http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/pdf/mgrover/MG%20Rover%20Popular%20Parts.pdf

Not cheap!
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« Reply #12 on: 15 August 2006, 21:13:23 »
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I think the Rover engineers did a proper job from what I've heard - doing what they wanted to do with 75, and not what BMW wanted them to do. As said, RWD, different gearbox, 18" wheels, uprated brakes...
One little thing spoils it when you open the bonnet! An oval with F0rd in the middle sitting on the plenum chamber staring you in the face.  :( I'd want a Rover version if they'd done one rather than the carbon fibre go-faster MG version that they actually produced. It would have been a successor to the last proper in house designed & built Rover P5B (A coupe would have been nice  :) )
http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?r40ztef.htm
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