I hate my MG4!

[Kithmo]

I had an old shape 1988 Rover 216i Vitesse EFI, a veritable pocket rocket, it used to see the Ford XR3s off at the lights. A shame it was such a rot box and not suitable for unleaded fuel with the BL 1.6L O-series fuel injected engine.

 

[Paulie68]

Love this colour.

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These still come up for sale and are usually very reasonably priced. Here's a very nice one on Car & Classic at the moment. 1995 Rover 200 Blue Manual, 5 speed Right Hand Drive in B...

 

[Paulie68]

I had an old shape 1988 Rover 216i Vitesse EFI, a veritable pocket rocket, it used to see the Ford XR3s off at the lights. A shame it was such a rot box and not suitable for unleaded fuel with the BL 1.6L O-series fuel injected engine.
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I used to very much like that design back in the '80's, thought it was crisp and modern at the time.

 

[salty]

I used to very much like that design back in the '80's, thought it was crisp and modern at the time.

Think they still look good, even now.

 

[Paulie68]

Think they still look good, even now.

They shared the body with the Honda Civic of the time, but I think the Rover version worked better at the front.

 

[Kithmo]

They shared the body with the Honda Civic of the time, but I think the Rover version worked better at the front.

Yes and the Rover 213 (non-vitesse) 1.3L was the Honda engine, which was able to run on unleaded.

 

[nogbad]

I had an old shape 1988 Rover 216i Vitesse EFI, a veritable pocket rocket, it used to see the Ford XR3s off at the lights. A shame it was such a rot box and not suitable for unleaded fuel with the BL 1.6L O-series fuel injected engine.
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I had an EFI VdP - very swift indeed