The original four door Range Rover was the moment Land Rover accidentally invented the luxury SUV while still assuming you would hose out the interior after a muddy weekend. The Ranger Rover didn’t change much during its lengthy life cycle, but in the mid 80s the formula was fully baked with coil springs, a Rover […]
How did we get here? I was trying to learn more about how a Rover 216gsi ended up in middle PA, but instead, I’m watching a video that features a nosering’d lady eating a hamburger and some dude’s hand-feeding Cheez-its to a bear. Somebody told me I shouldn’t feed wild animals, but if that’s what […]
This next car comes as a seller submission from Tim who describes the car as: This is a rebodied tribute Blue Star with a new heritage body, done in 2000 by Banks Garage in the UK. This Mini is rare and in exceptional condition. Absolutely no rust, no scratches, dings or dents. Interior is perfect […]
The first thing you need to know about the 1995 MGF is that it was the first new design from MG since the launch of the MGB in 1962. The MG marque was used by the Austin Rover Group as a strange performance brand in the 70s/80s, but in the early 1990s they started developing this interesting little mid-engine roadster. Today the MG brand is owned by a Chinese state owned auto company and sells all kinds of strange cars with the MG badge on the hood, but that is a story for another time. Find this 1995 Rover MGF offered for $7000 in Richmond, TX via craigslist.
I’ve been a big fan of the new Mini by BMW product that has been sold since around Y2K, because those cars depreciate quickly and offer a fun modern take on the classic front-drive light car paradigm. The only thing BMW did wrong is to make the car about 10% larger than it should have been, which if you then back calculate to volume, you’ve got a car that is 27% heavier than it should be…and that’s not very “mini”, is it? Forget the modern version of the Mini and get a classic Mini, they built them through the year 2000 and you can back-date the looks to the ’60s like the seller did with this next one. Find this 1992 Mini Cooper offered for $11,500 in Phoenix, AZ via craigslist. Tip from Rock On!
This next car comes as a tip from Erik202 who writes: I am a huge fan of Group 2, Group A, DTM and silhouette cars in general and one of my favourite stories from that era has to be the TWR Rover SD1s. I’m not sure I have strong enough feelings about this particular rover to […]
Sterling owners will tell you with a wide smile that they’ve got an Acura Legend with a cool badge, but what they won’t mention is the Rover connection. Because, from 1987 through 1991 ARCONA (Austin Rover Cars Of North America) imported a rebadged version of the Rover 800 series as the Sterling 825/827 for the […]
Find this 1968 Rover 2000 TC here on eBay bidding for $7,000 with buy-it-now of $8,500 located in Doylestown, OH with 9 days to go. From eBay: Item specifics Condition: Used Seller Notes: “Only defects on this car I am aware of are: the Ice Alert safety feature (light on dash when temp at bumper […]
The classic Mini was built starting in 1959 and production didn’t stop until the year 2000, so you might be shocked to learn that the classic looking beast in front of you today was built the year when the UK and France annouced plans to build the Chunnel and Argentina was victorious at the World […]
The Rover P6 was released in 1963 as a clean sheet design to replace the P4 & P5. The P6 included a number of advanced features, including a de Dion tube rear end with inboard disc brakes, and a unibody design with unstressed body panels bolted to the frame — similar in concept to the […]