[ROVERNET - UK] Rover brand name sold

Thu Aug 17 05:40:04 BST 2006

Yep, the last "quality at any cost"  new Mercs seem to be the R129 SL, 
W124 E Class & W140 S Class. I've got a 300TE that seems bulletproof and 
two friends have had W210 E Classes that regularly have had dramas. I 
see for the revised W211 E Class they have dropped the troublesome 
Sensotronic brakes, but otherwise MB seems to be trying hard with the 
latest car to be regain their reputation. But a Merc is still a Merc!

Oops... better start talking about Rovers!

Ali Al-Abbasi wrote:
> I agree, I'm a Mercedes guy , I own four models dating from 1970 to 
> 1997. It somehow baffles me how they can miss some things and have 
> issues that you would never believe. But that said, it's still apples 
> to oranges.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Drew Egginton" <drew at pitstop.net.au>
> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 12:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Rover brand name sold
>
>
>> True! What about the Paykan from Iran... a Hillman Hunter they made 
>> until last year or even the early 1960's Ford Falcon that made it 
>> into the 1990s in South America!
>>
>> Whilst the 75 is a nice car, I find it very cramped inside and while 
>> there have been quality issues you wouldn't expect BMW to produce a 
>> model that was better than their own - but don't forget BMW & Merc 
>> have also been known to drop the ball on quality.
>> Ali Al-Abbasi wrote:
>>> They will be a little dated, but nothing like a Hindustan, a Russian 
>>> Fiat 124 derivative or a Romanian Renault 12. Those things are at 
>>> least 30 years old. I think if they set the price right and get the 
>>> build quality right, these cars should easily be able to compete 
>>> with American cars quite easily. If they try selling them in the 
>>> same price range as a BMW then they will be making the exact same 
>>> mistake as the British owners before them. These car's just aren't 
>>> as good as a Mercedes or BMW.
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Drew Egginton" 
>>> <drew at pitstop.net.au>
>>> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 11:18 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] Rover brand name sold
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yes, apparently Nanjing will produce a revised MGTF and ZT 
>>>> (possibly renamed MG7) in the UK and optimistically MGTF coupes in 
>>>> Oklahoma, USA. SAIC (I think I mistakenly wrote Nanjing in the last 
>>>> post) will make this new 75 and 25 in China. Interestingly, several 
>>>> previous suppliers have put their hands up to help Nanjing with the 
>>>> TF and I've read Lotus is assisting with upgrading the K-series 
>>>> engine. You would think (despite freshening up) these models would 
>>>> be well past their use-by dates by the time they're on the market 
>>>> compared to their competition! Many "poorer" countries have a long 
>>>> history of taking over production of old UK/European designs. 
>>>> Hindustan anyone?
>>>>
>>>> UK dealer SMC has also been offering some great deals on the last 
>>>> of the ZTs & 75s.
>>>>
>>>> Andrew E
>>>> Perth, Aust
>>>>
>>>> Gavin.Walker at csiro.au wrote:
>>>>> We could end up with the interesting situation of having to 
>>>>> versions of
>>>>> the same car produced by two independent companies on two independent
>>>>> production lines.  Nanjing would produce MG ZTs based on the 
>>>>> Longbridge
>>>>> plant and SAIC would produce Rover 75s based on the same design 
>>>>> but with
>>>>> new plant.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gavin Walker
>>>>> Canberra, Australia
>>>>>
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