Got it in one. I needed to fit two bikes in the back, can't do that with the Rover. Plus I was planning on moving so needed the hatch for that too, but it doesn't look like that's going to be happening just yet
Erm, this is far from the truth.
Er, because the Honda version of the 600, is bland bland bland !
Obviously not, or it wouldn't have won the awards !
Agreed. Clearly you would expect no less from a design more than ten years old.
Nope, can't think of any apart from the 406 Coupe - and even that doesn't look half as nice as it did a few years back.
Er, because he went to a garage and bought one ?!?
I fail to see what relevence this has ?!?
I think the 405 has dated better than the 205/309. Mk2 405's still look quite good, but 205/309's just look poo :)
You would say that though! Personally i think any of the sporty Pugs (GTi/Mi16) from that era still look very cool (assuming evrything is in good nick and not faded).
On a related note i'm off to look at a 309 Mi16 later :)
They look too narrow, too tall, and too boxy.
It's the SAME CAR, minus the stick on plastichrome.
True :)
I just meant in general :) 205 GTi's and the ilk look nice, 309 Goodwood's look awesome.
*dribble*
Externally almost all of the body panels are different, and not for the better.
The *only* external parts that the 600 and the Accord share, are the windscreen, roof, and rear doors ! Cosmetically, it's almost completely different - and that is why "the Honda Accord didn't win anything".
I still say they look far too similar to hail the 600 as a 'design classic' and give nothing to the Honda.
Personally, I think the Honda version looks better - but only as a Type R.
They don't. The end. :P
The Type-R Accords are the next generation !
It was a '94-'97 Accord underneath the 600.
Similiar, yes. Alike, no.
That's a totally different car tho, they didn't make a Type-R in the Accord model that mirrored the Rover 600...
Well, the entire middle bit of the car from A to C pillars is absolutely identical.
Good point. I was thinking of the 2.2i VTEC.
On that subject.... they're a bit cheap now, aren't they?
Nope. As I said before, the *only* identical bits are "the windscreen, roof, and rear doors".
Very ! I'd be highly tempted, if I thought I could put up with a day-to-day VTec. They seem *very* high-spec too - lots come with HID lighting etc.
That'll be the bit between the A and the C pillars, then.
The 2.2i Vtec in the older accords was the detuned 150Bhp lump - nearly 9 secs to 60, so not very quick. I *think* you can swap the ECU with the same gen prelude, which might perk things up a bit.
But the 2.2 Vtec in the Accord Type-R's they were discussing is 210bhp :)
Yea, but at around 18,000rpm tho :)
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