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rHILE listen ing to “Gar-
tion Time” and spying me flicking through a sheaf of press releases, my father volunteered the news that he was out to replace his age ing car. .
Picturing m my mind s .
eye his tweedy demean our, terror of velocities above 50 m.p.h. and glacial reactions, there
really was only one option. “Rover 75”, I responded without glanc-
ing u p .“ Could have been
built just for you.” When a 30-year-old
• Honda Accord Type-R or a SEAT Leon VT.
With the launch of the ,
ZT 190, MG Rover is try ing to span that vast gulf
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work colleague asked the same thing last week, I made a similar appraisal and recommended either a
tating a significant • reworking of the Rover 75
platform, and will be offered in 160 b.h.p., 190 b.h.p. and 260 b.h.p. ver sions.
,
I S e S S S S S a e the
D.n.p.
ly described as a wheeled TiW/oriVior’s Original” into
something that will ring the bells of thrusting 20 and 30 somethings is going
to take quite a piece of work.
of MG Rover’s large car projects, wears the quietly 1 confident expression of
Chris Millard, director ,
somebody who knows something we do not. Presiding over a range ot
sporting variants for the MG ZT dubbed Enttrryy,
, Services
n ING 'MACHINE Irs. Sales aw Spares. I Rakes. No call out. no
I. E s t . ,1 9 6 1 . A J “ris, Unit 7 Clayton
state. Nelson. Tel. J 690773.
Bets fit &■ rent. Vet Dave on 01282 [15/ 07932 993511.
>untry L ife S e c t i o n
istrian II t BE TAKEN, for a
For the best deals on A l in a u p to l 5 0 , ? ? i i
n t ia l c u s tom e r s ca ll •on 01282 422331.
Rally rather splendid car!
Revered by enthusiasts
~ who made David Koresh s Branch Davidians appear
T m
Irol engine flio
|ntyogy 4GE
|0MTH, ?10.80/o
Vent by vaguely apathetic, ite fol
low-up, the Impreza WKA should have been a shoo-in
for success. Somebody somewhere in
the Subaru styling depart ment must have wondered
quite how fanatical deciaea
_
quite how fanatical t_/lovnt.PPS V
signing
ing” WRX. Sales of Honda Accord Type Rs soared.
----- -- Subaru now.offers the
. limited
edition.UK.300, which copies the World Rally Car’s styling in order to get the enthusiasts back
:
on
board.Genuine rally anoraks will be able to spot the de ferences between the UK300 and the works rally
car, but otherwise the sub terfuge is very impressive. LC" The big headlamp units • __
i bfack shells with twin high-, r,nAa fpaturin gloss ig
tiny eiieu.a, ...----- bulbs hover above.
. The effect is squinty ana
’ mean, and completely changes the character oU ..... the car. Gone is the benign,.
slightly dopey mien ot the WRX, the UK300 looking
like it is about to hoover any inquisitive children
into its menacing maw. . Most of the styling work
■ Stevens, he of the Mcl^ren ' FI and Subaru World Rally
was carried out by_Peter ., r; Car. Once again he
have been ditched, ep rr»nlace<ced Viv nods featuring gloss
Impreza devotees were, and decided to test their faith • bv designing the “challeng-
teat w«u c
e tt. . „ plaque denoting which of the 300 cars it is.
ueng*
ion with the gold alloy wheels.
Other extenor enhance ,
ments include white side repeaters and Prodnve .
^Fltte^i with the cosmetic
kit only, the lmpreza UK300 retails at £24,995,
a full £3 500 more than a standard Impreza WRX,
and would appear som thing.of an expensive _
woui-. . . thing expensiv
that drives up mid-range power and torque by over
•20%.
£1,600 extra bumps the potential price up to
, I t does not come cheap „
Fuel Consumption approx 97mpg • 125cc slnolo^cylinder tour stroks
£26 595. ' ■ Whereas the WRX went
a bit flat and breathless at the top of the rev band, the
UK300 just surges straight through to the redltne with
i proved why he is the man. Zbll - -^Hb ft at 4,000 r.p.m. ;• n r - * -
The front spoiler gets a . rehanuua hi nek closs bib extension, converts.
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jrusto, developing a hearty , maximum torque figure of i*. - i . a n n f tVnm. . ' -
um to the WEX’s
; manymanufactmeraturn ,r ^ g jb f ta t 3,600 r.p.m. ; . ; 1 to when they want their
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bv Andy Enright — -----------------------------
while the rear spoiler is a high-riding item featuring downtumed aerofoil tips at
each
end.Grip through corners is helped by the standard fit ment of massive 18in. OZ 10-spoke alloy wheels shod with gumball 225/40 Pirelli P-Zero Rosso tyres.
Inside, the UK300 gets blue suede-effect bucket
seats and door inserts, ' plusher carpeting and a limited edition numbered
„ Only one’colour is avaii-
• able, WR Blue Mica, con trasting in authentic fash
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The new BMW C1 motorcycle
Mover! , ' > . v
: 01XQ :.fS S £ s t^ ^ ~ ^ S = r = I^ 6 3 5 U u to V » r t ° ? S ^ W ........... ""“" S S m ■ — — : ■ , .W-. - 1 r.ipar Len se s . Interior Light Package, u a o f ........... iTTIiTiillW 01Y318I SE Choice ol Metallic caours w^00 iw^rCrntfSiigToM mi,es 1 ll l l ls I iBi .
ZT 375, a car that looks set to make BMW M3 dri vers feel slightly inade
' - quate. The Ultimate driving , . .
machine? We will have to wait and see. A 500 b.h.p.
The 2.5-litre V6 is per „ „ .
Core, Ultimate and pubhc- • anjngtn ^ ^ up {at ity-only Extreme versions, p ^____& ^ n n w e *
“ t S e • preterruiK
he knows that a series of hot Rover7G based models with enough get up and go
to knock the opposition for ____L m l-liait* w a v .
six are on their way. The 190 b.h.p. front-
wheel drive model featured here is part of the Entry
croup, and will feature alongside the MG ZT 160. . Core rear-wheel drive
$4n6deis will also J>eayaUT. •, (■able in due course, necesst-
I l tS fg lp Mmimm-
V8 MG ZT Extreme is planned, but will only be used for promotional pur poses.
haps the only impediment between a good car and a great one. Long in stroke and lazy in nature, this is
dollops of low down power. MG Rover has worked
reluctant to rev, —
4-/-» row
hard to liven the feel of the engine up with lighter fly wheels, a more extreme program for the electronic control unit and a lowered final drive gear ratio to make the acceleration
punchier.The car’s all-up weight
of 1550kg is still going to • be enough to blunt acceler-
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01 Y FREELANDER 1.8 ^ . ^ ^ ^ Cond, Electric Sunroof, 24.000 miles. 98 R FREELANDER 1.8 X
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ation, although the ZT-190 should crack 60 m.p.h. in 7.5 seconds before running out of gear ratios at 140
m Bigger brakes have been
fitted to cope with the enhanced velocities and
more aggressive driving styles the ZT will be
exposed to, and the sus pension has come in for a massive overhaul.
, want for goodwill from
Will the MG Z1 sue ceed? I t certainly will
but increasingly M G Rover must look to the wider European arena for its sales, and these will he hard to come by. The French and Italians
have been notably sniffy about British sports cars
and the styling may be too m n 7Tsuc-
• aggressive for the relative- iv conservative Germans,
accUstomed as they are to „itra-discreet Mercedes,
’ Audi and BMW modelsls. MG Rover has worked
an
hard on this car and deserves to reap the
. rewards. Judging by the value for
money it will offer, it may have turned a significant corner.
A beefier Beetle
b y Andy Enright W :
'HILE some would argue that the
, . new Beetle has never really taken off in
quite the manner that VW intended, that is perhaps
down to a lack of serious propulsion and inherent
public cynicism when attempting to replace a leg
end.Volkswagen’s V5 power plant, as ntted to this Bee
tle, will certainly scotch the first concern and its aggres
sive pricing should blow a big hole in the latter too. The 170 b.h.p. five-cylin
der engine is certainly one of the highlights of the Volkswagen range, beingin
lounn uiiuci mi — -- Golf, Bora and Passat mod-
• 1_J1. ~ t«AnnoiO A
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els.Volkswagen’s decision to replace the old 10-valve 150 b.h.p. engine with a modern 20-valve cylinder head
m *
the trendy Beetle body shell and you may expect to be knocking on the door of
£20,000, but just £16,995 will land you the privilege of
" u Z S ' t h e
S M S K S S J s s s S S S . outside; full marks to the design team for doing the job properly, rather than filling it with Golf and Polo dials from the VW parts
design has worked wonders for the V5, not only differ
entiating it from the 150 b.h.p. 1.8-litre turbo unit that is the bedrock of the VW range, but also endow ing it with effortless mid- range overtaking power and a broad swell of torque. Couple this engine with
bin.The roofline sails over head with what feels like feet to spare, although rear seat passengers will not
enjoy the same sensation or space. Instead they will
have to watch their heads when the rear tailgate is
slammed shut as, like the
Audi TT, taller passengers heads can come into contact with the rear screen with potentially painful conse
quences. The view from the drivers
seat is otherworldly. With the fascia bathed in soft indigo light and the wind screen well out of arm’s reach, the curving A-pillars arc down to an unseen bon net creating a soothing impression of sitting back and watching proceedings through a widescreen tele- ■
vision. The V5 Beetle is speci
fied much as any other in the range, with the excep tion of some very attractive seven-spoke 17in. Daytona
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mirrors.The Beetle V5 is the
quickest Beetle to date, hit ting GO m.p.h. in 8.5 seconds before running on to a max imum velocity of 131 m.p.h. It is the engine that real
ly is the most impressive thing about the car, and the
■ each gear is enough to put a smile on the face of most drivers faces.
way that it seems to gain in enthusiasm as it barks towards the rev limiter in
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