Austin Montego 2.0

...new car - "The New Austin Montego" It's a cool ad: A bloke arrives at the office car park in his new Montego to find it busy and overcrowded but an empty space at the other end catches his eye. With a wry smirk he drops a cog and performs a series of impressive driving stunts - he leaps a wall, does a nifty 180 in a narrow gap, drives on two wheels and finishes by handbrake-turning it neatly into the one remaining space, much to the applause of ...
...to keep the weight down Austin Rover fashioned the Montego out of steel so thin you could read through it which means that about 10% of the car dissolves every time you drive through a puddle. This is probably the reason why there's so few Montegos left, certainly ones in anything resembling good condition. The equipment list is quite good, especially on the top of the range models - electric windows and sunroof, central locking, ABS, power steering ...

Spike_ 17.06.2003 (14.07.2004) · Read full review
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...the low end the trusty Austin A+ Series 1.3 engine, in the middle the pretty beefy 1.6 litre R series (this was soon modified and became the S Series) and at the high end the speedy 2 litre O series. Aswell as the standard Austin versions, an MG version was developed. This had a 2 litre EFI (electronic fuel injection) engine which kept it up with the MG sporting badge offering a very nippy 115 bhp. To complete the MG range a Montego Turbo was developed ...
...7.2 seconds! To complete the full line up an estate was developed, and these have become remarkably popular with there spacious boots, 7 seats and good engines. This is why the Montego's were popular. Although early models were plagued by suspect build quality, rust was always a problem and the brand name of Austin-Rover had taken a bashing, here they developed a nice range of cars with some very good engines, excellent practicality particularly ...

GraWar 15.07.2001 · Read full review
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Having owned more than 10 Montegos, and only being 24 years old I can safely say they are not the bad cars the press made out. I still have 3 Montegos, one is a show car, one a project car and the other is a race car. Two of these are 2.0Efi models. I have taken part in a European challenge in the 2.0GTi Estate that took us 4000 miles from Norway to Spain in 55 hours, covering a total of 9000 miles in 10 days. This was a test of a car that I bought ...
...is still going strong, and has since taken part in other sporting events without a problem. As a family car the Montego is excellent, it has a huge boot in either saloon or Estate forms, and will seat 5 easily with loads of leg room both front and back. All in all, a worth car for a family on a tight budget, fun to drive and easy to work on. ...

npturner 16.10.2001 · Read full review
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The Austin Montego 2.0 estate is a very big car. It offers lots of legroom for both the driver and passengers. The Montego has been known as cheap and nasty by lots of people but I think they are splendid cars and I am proud they were British made! Our montego did lots of jobs for us. It managed to take us and lots of suitcases on holidays even when it was in its 90,000 miles! It was also used to transport heavy garden materials and never complained ...
...I would recommend the Austin Montego to people with a low budget or people who just want a car for a working purpose. The insurance is very cheap.I would buy the 2.0 litre version... It is VERY powerful.As I said you could probably find a decent one for around £500. ...

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