Rover 827 Saloon

...I could get to a Rover SD1.

A 2.7 V6 injection engine delivering some 172 bHp, with an automatic transmission, this is a 1500kg car that'll nearly always win at the traffic light takeoff. It cruises supremely, a two hour trip feels like you have just popped to the local shop, big bucket seats, air con, and electric everything, one of the most comfortable cars I have ever driven!

There has been a few problems with the ...
...windows can be intermittent due to cracked tracks on the fuse box printed circuit board, this is very easily remedied with a few blobs of solder.

The designer apparently wanted a car that felt like a greenhouse when you sat in it, and the 827 is just that. All round visibility is fantastic, unlike newer cars, the windows are large which just adds to the sense of spaciousness in the vehicle. I'm 182 cm tall, and I feel very comfortable, ... more

I bought one of these three years ago, it was the closest thing I could get to a Rover SD1.

A 2.7 V6 injection engine delivering some 172 bHp, with an automatic transmission, this is a 1500kg car that'll nearly always win at the traffic light takeoff. It cruises supremely, a two hour trip feels like you have just popped to the local shop, big bucket seats, air con, and electric everything, one of the most comfortable cars I have ever driven!

There has been a few problems with the electrics, and sadly this is down to bad design, the windows can be intermittent due to cracked tracks on the fuse box printed circuit board, this is very easily remedied with a few blobs of solder.

The designer apparently wanted a car that felt like a greenhouse when you sat in it, and the 827 is just that. All round visibility is fantastic, unlike newer cars, the windows are large which just adds to the sense of spaciousness in the vehicle. I'm 182 cm tall, and I feel very comfortable, even if I sit bolt upright, there is sufficient headroom, and the passengers front and back have more than enough space.

I've driven my car some 50,000 mile in the last three years, gone through a few tyres, but only serviced it once, it just seem to go on and on; a very reliable car indeed. Especially as I abuse it all the time, although in this car you rarely need more than 50% throttle, i treat the hrottle and brakes as on/off switches.

I would recommend this car as a must to anyone that wants to know what an 'old-school' big car feels like before we all get taken over by little engined nasty sounding imports. 

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