Very underrated cars the Rovers! Most people slag them off. I had a 216 Gti the older shape. Half leather seats and wood trim looked lovely inside. I was amazed how fast it was for a 1600. Handled well also. I never had any problems the time i had it. I put on over 50,000miles on it making it 170,000miles. No rust, always passed the mot and did the servicing at the proper intervals. Loved that car. My mate borrowed the car to return a favour and he ended up wrecking it! When the 25 model came out years later, I ended up with the 1.4 16v model. I found it to be very slow like it was being strangled and found out the reason after investigating. Throttle plate only opened three quarters of the way as a plastic pin was stopping fully opening! Removed pin and throttle was now able to fully open. What a difference it made. To this day can't understand why Rover would do this. Fuel economy maybe? Was a good car but sold it on after 7 mths. My Mrs has had 2, 45 models, one being the 2.0ltr sporty one and recently a 2.0ltr diesel. Both great handling cars. Not great turning circle though! The diesel one was pretty slow but reliable! Only sold it as parts are getting hard to get aswell as expensive! Overall quite good car's!