Rover 75 Review | The Break-Down | Not Britain's Last Car After All

Join us for our first motoring podcast as we break down the many many alternative facts of our Rover 75 review.
We sit down to talk about the recently released Rover 75 Review. We address some pretty impressive mistakes made during the filming, including THAT Honda engine debacle, as well as the two seconds of film that went well.
We also take the time to talk about the best of British motoring, while asking, what does it mean to be British? Why BMW bought Rover in the 1990's? And does Britain have any truly British mass production motoring marques?
We dive into the feedback from viewers, and how much joy the CZcams community brings us when we release a film.
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[@7taylr]

found your channel on a lamppost by the boulevard

[@CarSoul]

Welcome on board mate! Glad to see the marketing works haha

[@rarevhsuploads4995]

Rover was British, the 75 just had German engineering & British styling which is a good combination. Otherwise the X-Type Jaguar is a Ford Mondeo etc the modern Mini is a BMW. I do disagree regarding automatics, on the 75’s the hydraulic clutch is heavy & always seems to need replacing. The car is a luxury barge for auto shifts & the autos are only worse mpg in urban driving which is precisely where the ease of automatic is most desirable. Honda engine, unless you do background research things like this will be missed & only the Rover 75 community will care others won’t even notice. As a community member I don’t care, I see lots of people describe all the engines as BMW derived in sales adverts when only the diesel is. The V8 is an American Ford Mustang engine & makes no attempt to disguise it.

[@CarSoul]

I think the Rover community has been very understanding of the angle! 😂
We only test drove an automatic, so perhaps we need to give them a bigger shot.
If I ever come across a 4.5 I’ll hire an airport and give it the film it deserves 🙏

[@misssummersalt]

To be fair, Bentley showcases the absolute best of British craftsmanship and it sets the world standard.
Ok sure, I may be an Aussie.
Ok sure, I may have sold Bentleys for 10 years...
But IF I were Britblooded, I would be more than proud to claim the industry's benchmark for the finest in handcrafted luxury as one of my own.
But even after putting all of that aside, Rover was taken over by BMW in 1994 (I think) and the 75 got a whole new BMW platform. How does that make it any more British than the German owned Bentley or Rolls-Royce, the Indian owned Jaguar and Land Rover, the mainly Middle Eastern Aston Martin or the recently Italian Morgan or even the Bahraini McLaren?
The point is, once Vickers bowed out of the game and sent a lightning bolt between Bentley and Rolls-Royce that would finally see the brands rediscover their own identities again (and royally screwed BMW with the deal! haha), there weren't any REAL British cars left. But in reality, those that survived, have ensured that the Brits are still known for being the ones to look up to when newer manufacturers are striving to be the best.
And I reckon that's pretty admirable. 🙂

[@CarSoul]

I do love a Bentley, and 90 percent of the time I’d agree that they do have a very distinctly British identity. But I walked past an early naughties one the other day, and all I could see in the window was a huge great gear select surround from a VW Passat 🤮
Interesting point in the platform, I was under the impression that BMW threw money at Rover and they largely built it from the ground up. Would be interesting to do some more research on that.
But again, no mention of brands like Vauxhall, but I suppose they’re just clones of whatever parent company cars are getting passed around, at least brands like mini have quite a bit of unique British input!