Rover BRM

What classic? ... a Rover 200 with a dodgy colour scheme and interior styling? It's just like any other special edition to 95% of Joe Public so unless somebody had a particular liking for one then it wouldn't be snapped up would it?

Chris

Well, it could be a two-seater sportscar with a turbine engine - but there was only ever one of those, and I haven't spotted it on eBay.

Ian Dalziel ( snipped-for-privacy@lineone.net) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Strangely, that was what I thought of, too.

I just thought the "limited edition" factor would make them desirable. I know there are lots of limited editions out there, but this one seems to stand out more than most to me. I think they're a great looking car.

Cheers Paul

Ebay prices would suggest most folk think of it as a boring car with a hideous lump of garish plastic glued to the front. Perfectly vile!

Tim

Okay. But to many they look, well, like "WTF did that Muppet paint an orange funky thing on his Old Mans' Car?" heh.

The message from "Tim Downie" contains these words:

I've just googled for it. Grief, that's ugly!

Looks like someones gone mad with lipstick doesn't it.

I always wondered who they sold those to and how. Limited editions are a pain in the ass. Low volume "classics" like Ford Cossies with only about 15,000 made are lying in garages awaiting bits that will never come (well not until one more gets broken up). Very low volume under 1000 are an even bigger pain in the ass. Asking prices for one of the 500 odd Audi Sport Quattro coupes reflect that they cost a fortune in bits. Sooner or later you have to make repairs or restoration to some of those "special" bits, then you find they charge a lot more for those desirable bits or they become discontinued first and you have to revert to basic spec and lower than basic value or pay a lot for one off copies.

Classic what? Like an Allegro? A car that proves classic is a worthless term applied to any old POS over a few years old and past it's best crushed by date.

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: The message : from "Tim Downie" contains these words: : : > Ebay prices would suggest most folk think of it as a boring car with a : > hideous lump of garish plastic glued to the front. Perfectly vile! : : I've just googled for it. Grief, that's ugly!

Have you seen the inside?

Ian

Pimp my Rover?

PDH

The message from "Paul Hubbard" contains these words:

More like Pimp /in/ my Rover.

Can anyone point me to some proper pics of this?

Alas, all the ones I've found seem be of cars attacked by a nutter with a can of red spray paint.

Inside as well!

I was thinking of replacing my 220 when these came out the price was somethin like 18k rarther put me off