This guy obviously doesn't know what he's talking about. The rover 75 is a great car. It has beautiful retro styling, a superb ride, comfortable, well equipped. The V6 makes a great noise. Don't forget that it did win car of the year when it was launched. As I said, a great underrated car.
Hard to listen to someone condem a car that you know was a great car. I had a 75 diesel for 5 yrs.What a car. Comfort and economy plus a beautiful car all in one.
It wasn't built to compete with BMW, but it was designed by BMW built on a BMW chassis. I saw this on test with no badges well before its release to the market.
shush - if these people want to think it's a bad car let them. Keeps the price down for all of us who do like it. It's really strange that it was attacked for being retro when new Minis, Fiat 500s and VW beetles are just that aren't they?
Just a truly wonderful motor car built by British workers i for one would like to say a very big thank you as I’ve owned two since 2002 and still continue to drive one to this day.
Just in the middle of buying one! A 2002 With 54.000 Genuine miles on the clock. My mate who is now 76 Year's old bought it brand new..... She's a keeper.
Head The Ball, oh brilliant news look after her they really are lovely cars . I have a W reg 2.5 V6 with 30,000 mild on the clock on the drive . It’s SORN do I can only use it up and down the drive I may have to sell it one day ... shame ,
You see more of these on the road then the competition at the time. People like him who have no taste are what sent Rover down. It’s a car that has a great design and has aged finely.
It's a Rover.....That's one hell of a stigma to overcome with a single car. I have driven one of these and I quite liked it, but I would have preferred the BMW for sure.
Most people who hate it have never been in one or owned one. The first time I drove one was when I was a taxi driver. I knew I wanted one , I have had three since then!
I don't understand why this car is getting so much hate. Okay, it's not that sporty or fun to drive. So what?! Not every car has to be. There's nothing wrong with a comfortable family sedan. They didn't give any actual reasons why the car is crap in the video. They just repeated that it's not as good as other brands. Morons. Shit review.
My cdti with a Ronbox 160 hp not only wipes the floor with Audi's [note usually driven by morons like this reviewer] but I have even made a 911 turbo look embarrassed
Nothing wrong with the car, just the fat arsed taxi drivers that bought them used, then abused them. They were as much a BMW as a Mini is now, just a different image and aimed at a different age group (possibly). Ive seen plenty bags of shite BMW's and Audi's on the road, because badge snobs buy them, modify them, but can't afford to maintain them.
Ive watched this many times I'm going sell my 75 and buy a Audi a3 from 2001 the a3 is dated the rover is time less it's old school like jag merc Aston I'm not suggesting it's better it's just a great car and reliable
It was a lovely car actually. Nice interior, comfortable, pleasant enough and reasonably easy to drive. I loved it, especially the frugal Connoisseur trim CDT Limousine model (saloon and estate) with its colossal legroom for the bigger adults.
He said himself he disliked it before even getting in it...the guy clearly dislikes the rover badge the 75 was a decent car and second hand much cheaper to buy than its rivals..depreciation doesn’t even come into it if you keep it till the end of its life,I had a ford mondeo 4 years old paid less than 3 grand for it and kept it nearly 9years
Gareth was probably some clown that had an Opel Mantra with Go Faster stripes. take a Chill Pill son and don't use the Word Clapped and drives like a bus. and now that this clowns nearly 45, 3 kids, second marriage he wishes he had a Rover 75. vegasboy1
What a sad review. For a closeted mind, why ask of his opinion. I had had a few Rovers and jst because people or clones like Clarkson say Rovers and Jags are old men's cars, it is a real pants opinion. The Rover 75 is a bloody nice car.
Another " Leyland/Rover" Knocker, Rover designed and built the "BMW" Diesel engine that everyone craves about, little do they know it was nothing to do with Bmw, The 75 was and still is a great car, I have the good fortune to travel in one regularly, comfort is second to none, you can keep your German cars, it competed against their stuff and they never liked that, Fantastic motor..
What's he on about couldn't see a family riding round it this car. What the he'll is the matter with it. What a load of twaddle. The name rover just say it to anyome load of rubbish. The rover 75 is a good car. Underrated by people that Don t drive them .
Unfair view from someone who's expectations from a car are clearly different to what the 75 offers. If you want fun and sporty MG had the MG ZS 180 or MG ZT 190. I am just casting my mind back to the Audi A3 of that age, and what a dull Germanic plain interior that car has.
"Audi A3 is definitely better than the 75" Those cars are part of different car categories guys! "The driving is too soft" What the hell do you expect, a miata handling? It's a 1.5 tonnes limo! Go drive a Passat diesel then, it's the best car ever!
I have driven Passat 2006 and it does not compare with rover 75 at comfort, and interior finishes. Passat looks like a low budget car besides Rover 75. Look at Passat door seals for god sake. They look like a the first seals ever invented, and glue everywere. And after, look at R75 stitches. Rover 75 it is what they announced it to be. Time will prove this.
It is a car that out do the large saloons of the time like the passats or mondeos you cannot compare to bmw or Audi it is just not at that level it is a good mid level class saloon with marc design.
I have a 20 year old Audi A4 and a 21 year old Rover 75. The Rover is a comfier ride on uneven A/B roads roads. They are both diesels and both very reliable. There is no rust on the painted upper bodywork of the Rover, and underneath is no worse than the Audi. Neither have underbody corrosion mentioned on the MOT. The Audi has had two new front wings due to unsightly cosmetic rust on the wheel arches (common with VAG cars of this era). The interior trim of the Rover has held up better than the Audi. The Audi needed the glovebox lid fixing, armrest catch fixing, has scratched "soft-touch" coatings and worn radio/climate control buttons. There is not a lot in it really between them. They can both reach mega-miles. The Rover is classier to look at. Personal preference really. I don't agree with the Rover bashing, it's unfair.
A complete flop here - smaller inside than it needed to be to compete to compete with German, Swedish or Japanese in the same price range. The quality was not there in the body or interior either. Then there was the engine. Only the 2.5 litre V6 was available here to start,and it had a very poor reputation. Many needed a complete new engine at only around the 80,000 km mark as they suffered from all sorts of problems. When the 2,0 litre diesel became available, the picture was a bit better - the main issue was the lack of any sort or power. Overall, not a surprise that it did not last long on the market. Sad when you think back to the quality car Rover was until the SDI. Downhill from there on.
@@graemedurie9094 I'm digging up about the KV6 engine, maybe it differs from the fours? As mentioned in below forum thread. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_KV6_engine#Known_issues www.mg-rover.org/threads/2-5-kv6-reliability.84984/
@@miljororforsprakpartiet290 Only the V6 was listed here to start with and it rapidly developed a poor reputation. The diesel came along later and was a more solid engine but still no competitor for the German and Swedish cars in the same price range. I had a P4 75 as my first car, 14 years old when I bought it. It was a car of exceptional quality mechanically and in the bodywork also. The aluminium castings in the intake system had a real beauty.. No performance at all, taking the best part of the morning to get from the garage to the street, let alone the corner to the main road, but with that quality you did not mind.
@@graemedurie9094 Yes, understandable, as the gasket problems weren't fixed until about 2000 (?). I'm looking to buy a 2004 2.5, some people claim to have 200-250k miles on them. I'm aware it's not the same universe as a Rover from its golden ages, when Rover was about the greatest automaker... I don't expect that. Launching the 75, Rover were almost bust, had an idea, and, using what they had, put all their hope into satisfying us (like Alfa Romeo 156, Saab CombiCoupé, Apple iMac...). Would be nice if it avoids warping its head each weekly shopping tour though....
An elderly woman, one of my oldest & best friends, just bought one of these...I was riding in it today...I''ve never heard of such a car b4...seems to go alright so far, but I have some grave misgivings what is going to be like if, more like when, anything goes wrong with it. Almost like having just bought a Jag, is there were only 6 other Jags on the road. It's not just because it's a Rover..I'd fear for her almost as much if she'd bought any latter-day UK car..
They did it wrong- the Mercedes-Benz C class, Audi A4 and Bmw 3 series were modern, of their time, contemporary and excellent cars. Rover were harking back to the 1950s
I tried to love the Rover 75 but I just can't. My biggest problem with it it's that it tries to look sophisticated but doesn't really feel like it. Everything inside, buttons, panels, the road noise and handling - it just feels thin, light and cheap. Even the doors don't have that satisfying, heavy clunk know from Jags or most German counterparts. It's a guy man who hired an expensive suit for a fancy wedding and then drinks nothing but pints of Stella all evening.
It was very badly made, and the engine (only the V6 sold here, no diesel or 4) was an unreliable disaster. Overall the quality was well below Benz, and even below a Jaguar of that time.
Ok, we've got a real expert here. Thank you for your analysis. I bought my 75 at 160 000kms and it's got 430 000kms on it right now. Glad there's finally someone to tell me that it's unreliable, I really had no idea!!!! Best get rid of it soon then, huh? :-P
This guy obviously doesn't know what he's talking about. The rover 75 is a great car. It has beautiful retro styling, a superb ride, comfortable, well equipped. The V6 makes a great noise. Don't forget that it did win car of the year when it was launched. As I said, a great underrated car.
Its popular to hate :P
Thats exactly wot Gareth is all abaht. Being "one of the lads" and couldn't be seen dead sayin' any'tint good abah't.
What a tosser!
Hard to listen to someone condem a car that you know was a great car. I had a 75 diesel for 5 yrs.What a car. Comfort and economy plus a beautiful car all in one.
It wasn't built to compete with BMW, but it was designed by BMW built on a BMW chassis. I saw this on test with no badges well before its release to the market.
shush - if these people want to think it's a bad car let them. Keeps the price down for all of us who do like it. It's really strange that it was attacked for being retro when new Minis, Fiat 500s and VW beetles are just that aren't they?
Just a truly wonderful motor car built by British workers i for one would like to say a very big thank you as I’ve owned two since 2002 and still continue to drive one to this day.
Just in the middle of buying one! A 2002 With 54.000 Genuine miles on the clock. My mate who is now 76 Year's old bought it brand new..... She's a keeper.
Head The Ball, oh brilliant news look after her they really are lovely cars . I have a W reg 2.5 V6 with 30,000 mild on the clock on the drive . It’s SORN do I can only use it up and down the drive I may have to sell it one day ... shame ,
@@metalman4141 I would definitely keep it , I used to have the 2.5 V6 I used to love driving it.
You see more of these on the road then the competition at the time. People like him who have no taste are what sent Rover down. It’s a car that has a great design and has aged finely.
And after 20 years you see Rover 75 on roads and you don't see opel, ford, bmw, mercedes, audi from that era.
I loved 75 when it was new and it still looks and feels better than than comparable X-type or BMW E46. Never understood why people don't like it.
It's a Rover.....That's one hell of a stigma to overcome with a single car. I have driven one of these and I quite liked it, but I would have preferred the BMW for sure.
The only reason people hate it is "Because Rover".
It's amazing what you can do with 3 brain cells
People don't think, they just listen and learn.
Most people who hate it have never been in one or owned one. The first time I drove one was when I was a taxi driver. I knew I wanted one , I have had three since then!
I don't understand why this car is getting so much hate. Okay, it's not that sporty or fun to drive. So what?! Not every car has to be. There's nothing wrong with a comfortable family sedan. They didn't give any actual reasons why the car is crap in the video. They just repeated that it's not as good as other brands. Morons. Shit review.
My cdti with a Ronbox 160 hp not only wipes the floor with Audi's [note usually driven by morons like this reviewer] but I have even made a 911 turbo look embarrassed
Because people are pricks
Nothing wrong with the car, just the fat arsed taxi drivers that bought them used, then abused them. They were as much a BMW as a Mini is now, just a different image and aimed at a different age group (possibly).
Ive seen plenty bags of shite BMW's and Audi's on the road, because badge snobs buy them, modify them, but can't afford to maintain them.
Ive watched this many times I'm going sell my 75 and buy a Audi a3 from 2001 the a3 is dated the rover is time less it's old school like jag merc Aston I'm not suggesting it's better it's just a great car and reliable
It was a lovely car actually. Nice interior, comfortable, pleasant enough and reasonably easy to drive. I loved it, especially the frugal Connoisseur trim CDT Limousine model (saloon and estate) with its colossal legroom for the bigger adults.
I had the 2l diesel. Drove it for 3 years and loved it. Fantastic car.
I knew before that guy opened his mouth that he would want a sterile BMW or Audi A3.
He said himself he disliked it before even getting in it...the guy clearly dislikes the rover badge the 75 was a decent car and second hand much cheaper to buy than its rivals..depreciation doesn’t even come into it if you keep it till the end of its life,I had a ford mondeo 4 years old paid less than 3 grand for it and kept it nearly 9years
Gareth was probably some clown that had an Opel Mantra with Go Faster stripes.
take a Chill Pill son and don't use the Word Clapped and drives like a bus.
and now that this clowns nearly 45, 3 kids, second marriage he wishes he had a Rover 75.
vegasboy1
What a sad review.
For a closeted mind, why ask of his opinion.
I had had a few Rovers and jst because people or clones like Clarkson say Rovers and Jags are old men's cars, it is a real pants opinion.
The Rover 75 is a bloody nice car.
Ive had my car 2 litre automatic two months I realy don't see the problem ive done over a 1000 miles that's a lot when is going to drive like a bus
Another " Leyland/Rover" Knocker, Rover designed and built the "BMW" Diesel engine that everyone craves about, little do they know it was nothing to do with Bmw, The 75 was and still is a great car, I have the good fortune to travel in one regularly, comfort is second to none, you can keep your German cars, it competed against their stuff and they never liked that, Fantastic motor..
No. No it wasn't meant to compete with Jaguar. If anything it was an upscale family car. And why couldn't he see a family riding around in it?
I used to have lada my family got to the sea side they didn't complain
OK bit lost why get some one who hate s it to rubbish it the guy has absolutely no interest in giving this car a fair shake so did this in bad faith
What's he on about couldn't see a family riding round it this car. What the he'll is the matter with it. What a load of twaddle. The name rover just say it to anyome load of rubbish. The rover 75 is a good car. Underrated by people that Don t drive them .
Unfair view from someone who's expectations from a car are clearly different to what the 75 offers. If you want fun and sporty MG had the MG ZS 180 or MG ZT 190. I am just casting my mind back to the Audi A3 of that age, and what a dull Germanic plain interior that car has.
compare now a 99 astra and a mondeo, with rover 75 they were same price.
"Audi A3 is definitely better than the 75"
Those cars are part of different car categories guys!
"The driving is too soft"
What the hell do you expect, a miata handling? It's a 1.5 tonnes limo!
Go drive a Passat diesel then, it's the best car ever!
I have driven Passat 2006 and it does not compare with rover 75 at comfort, and interior finishes. Passat looks like a low budget car besides Rover 75. Look at Passat door seals for god sake. They look like a the first seals ever invented, and glue everywere. And after, look at R75 stitches. Rover 75 it is what they announced it to be. Time will prove this.
A Quattro 2.0 diesel 8P is also over 1.5 tonnes. (A3)
The 75 was however made that way. For a sportier feel, the MG ZT was available.
Who filled his head with terms like "feedback from the road" or "steering wheel feedback" 20 years ago?
It is a car that out do the large saloons of the time like the passats or mondeos you cannot compare to bmw or Audi it is just not at that level it is a good mid level class saloon with marc design.
Excellent cars.
audi a3 is a money pit, trouble with clutch, includes master/slave .. turbo problems and it goes on
I have a 20 year old Audi A4 and a 21 year old Rover 75. The Rover is a comfier ride on uneven A/B roads roads. They are both diesels and both very reliable. There is no rust on the painted upper bodywork of the Rover, and underneath is no worse than the Audi. Neither have underbody corrosion mentioned on the MOT. The Audi has had two new front wings due to unsightly cosmetic rust on the wheel arches (common with VAG cars of this era). The interior trim of the Rover has held up better than the Audi. The Audi needed the glovebox lid fixing, armrest catch fixing, has scratched "soft-touch" coatings and worn radio/climate control buttons.
There is not a lot in it really between them. They can both reach mega-miles. The Rover is classier to look at. Personal preference really. I don't agree with the Rover bashing, it's unfair.
A complete flop here - smaller inside than it needed to be to compete to compete with German, Swedish or Japanese in the same price range. The quality was not there in the body or interior either.
Then there was the engine. Only the 2.5 litre V6 was available here to start,and it had a very poor reputation. Many needed a complete new engine at only around the 80,000 km mark as they suffered from all sorts of problems. When the 2,0 litre diesel became available, the picture was a bit better - the main issue was the lack of any sort or power.
Overall, not a surprise that it did not last long on the market. Sad when you think back to the quality car Rover was until the SDI. Downhill from there on.
The engines are said to be very reliable post-2000 or what it was, when the KV6 finally matured.
@@miljororforsprakpartiet290 Said by whom? Neighbours made the mistake of buying one for normal use. They had endless trouble with it,
@@graemedurie9094 I'm digging up about the KV6 engine, maybe it differs from the fours? As mentioned in below forum thread.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_KV6_engine#Known_issues
www.mg-rover.org/threads/2-5-kv6-reliability.84984/
@@miljororforsprakpartiet290 Only the V6 was listed here to start with and it rapidly developed a poor reputation. The diesel came along later and was a more solid engine but still no competitor for the German and Swedish cars in the same price range.
I had a P4 75 as my first car, 14 years old when I bought it. It was a car of exceptional quality mechanically and in the bodywork also. The aluminium castings in the intake system had a real beauty.. No performance at all, taking the best part of the morning to get from the garage to the street, let alone the corner to the main road, but with that quality you did not mind.
@@graemedurie9094 Yes, understandable, as the gasket problems weren't fixed until about 2000 (?). I'm looking to buy a 2004 2.5, some people claim to have 200-250k miles on them.
I'm aware it's not the same universe as a Rover from its golden ages, when Rover was about the greatest automaker... I don't expect that. Launching the 75, Rover were almost bust, had an idea, and, using what they had, put all their hope into satisfying us (like Alfa Romeo 156, Saab CombiCoupé, Apple iMac...). Would be nice if it avoids warping its head each weekly shopping tour though....
Of course he's named Gareth. And Lo, Gareth is a complete plonker.
Nice motorway cruiser
Who is this knob.
An elderly woman, one of my oldest & best friends, just bought one of these...I was riding in it today...I''ve never heard of such a car b4...seems to go alright so far, but I have some grave misgivings what is going to be like if, more like when, anything goes wrong with it.
Almost like having just bought a Jag, is there were only 6 other Jags on the road.
It's not just because it's a Rover..I'd fear for her almost as much if she'd bought any latter-day UK car..
My one is 20 years old and still drives like new!
Because of people like him the Rover Industry collapsed
They did it wrong- the Mercedes-Benz C class, Audi A4 and Bmw 3 series were modern, of their time, contemporary and excellent cars. Rover were harking back to the 1950s
I fink I should buy a bus at least you can get your family in and say rovers are crap and say why ìs the bus better than a rover drive a bus
the 75 was actually multi fuel, it could run on petrol or diesel with no modification , it was an amazing car.
Riiiiiiiight..
There was a factory-approved LPG variant
A registration plate for a Glasgow Ranger's fan
it's nice but it's no jaguar!!!!
Lad nobody said it was...... 😂
wow gumtree 200 for a car wow
What a heap of tripe
I tried to love the Rover 75 but I just can't. My biggest problem with it it's that it tries to look sophisticated but doesn't really feel like it. Everything inside, buttons, panels, the road noise and handling - it just feels thin, light and cheap. Even the doors don't have that satisfying, heavy clunk know from Jags or most German counterparts. It's a guy man who hired an expensive suit for a fancy wedding and then drinks nothing but pints of Stella all evening.
Only problem with your analogy is that I'd class Stella as upscale beer.
It was very badly made, and the engine (only the V6 sold here, no diesel or 4) was an unreliable disaster. Overall the quality was well below Benz, and even below a Jaguar of that time.
I had Vauxhall Ford British Leyland I had these cars the the rover is better than these cars get a grip see it for what it is a very nice car
"WAAH WAAH, I HATE ROVERS AND I CLICKED ON A VIDEO REVIEW OF A ROVER 75 AND DISLIKED IT SO I CLICKED THE DISLIKE BUTTON WAAAAAH"
I hate idiots. I clicked on the down button for you.
Rover 75😩a complete failure and so unreliable
Ben Powe obviously have no idea what your talking about please go and join the rest of the anti rover brigade I'm sure you'll be very welcome
Ok, we've got a real expert here. Thank you for your analysis. I bought my 75 at 160 000kms and it's got 430 000kms on it right now. Glad there's finally someone to tell me that it's unreliable, I really had no idea!!!! Best get rid of it soon then, huh? :-P