My sensible head, and business head, got the better of my 'Jeez, I love this Busso V6' head, and I sold the Alfa 166 to a petrol head aquaintance. I wasn't after another car. That was kind of the reason for selling, however, I was offered this one in part exchange, and thought, well, it's unusual being the V6, so why the heck not?
I actually knew this particular car from some Hubnut videos from 18 months ago when Ian Seabrook owned it. He praised the car highly, as did the guy who bought it from him, and subsequently bought my 166. So it was nice to have the opportunity to see whether their praise was justified.
2000 Rover 45 V6
2 litre KV6, 150bhp
5 speed Jatco automatic transmission
Wedgewood Blue
113k miles
Club spec, with blue velour interior
Coronet alloys
Right. I'll come to the point straight away.... I love this car already. What a forgotten gem.
Lovely, comfy velour interior .. tick
Saloon, over hatch, any day .. tick
KV6 sound .. massive tick
Auto .. tick
Needs pushing along to make decent progress .. yes, and it's addictive!
It is carrying a few panel dents, which I'd rather weren't there, however, saying that, this car is all about the lump upfront and the pleasant assault on the ears it inflicts.
When I say it needs pushing along, some people might be happy to just make more sedate progress than me when behind the wheel of this car. But once you know what awaits when the go-go pedal is planted, sedate just isn't an option. It does lack a bit of torque, but that's really not the reason I get poor mpg results.
Apparently there are less than 100 of these 45 V6's left now, with about 30 of these Club spec, and about 60 Connoisseur spec.
Did I say I love this car?
I actually knew this particular car from some Hubnut videos from 18 months ago when Ian Seabrook owned it. He praised the car highly, as did the guy who bought it from him, and subsequently bought my 166. So it was nice to have the opportunity to see whether their praise was justified.
2000 Rover 45 V6
2 litre KV6, 150bhp
5 speed Jatco automatic transmission
Wedgewood Blue
113k miles
Club spec, with blue velour interior
Coronet alloys
Right. I'll come to the point straight away.... I love this car already. What a forgotten gem.
Lovely, comfy velour interior .. tick
Saloon, over hatch, any day .. tick
KV6 sound .. massive tick
Auto .. tick
Needs pushing along to make decent progress .. yes, and it's addictive!
It is carrying a few panel dents, which I'd rather weren't there, however, saying that, this car is all about the lump upfront and the pleasant assault on the ears it inflicts.
When I say it needs pushing along, some people might be happy to just make more sedate progress than me when behind the wheel of this car. But once you know what awaits when the go-go pedal is planted, sedate just isn't an option. It does lack a bit of torque, but that's really not the reason I get poor mpg results.
Apparently there are less than 100 of these 45 V6's left now, with about 30 of these Club spec, and about 60 Connoisseur spec.
Did I say I love this car?
