Rover 600 - Top Gear 1993 Jeremy Clarkson

Rover 600 - Top Gear 1993 Jeremy Clarkson

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[_Ben]

This car still sends a shiver down my spine...The company I worked for's chairman surprisingly swapped his blue Jaguar XJ Sovereign for the same colour Rover 600 (there was a huge increase in company car tax at that time...) as the 600 in full specification was being pushed as a ''Baby Jag'' to many company fleet owners.
I was never a fan of the blandly-styled 600, & a work colleague asked me what did I think of the chairman's new car, which I half-jokingly replied ''it's a bit of a turkey-mobile...isn't it...?'' Fast forward to the regular one-on-one month-end finances & accruals meeting with the chairman, all went well until at the end, where he leaned across his desk, looking not very happy & said ''So Ben, I hear you think my new car is a bit of a turkey-mobile...'' 😳😲😩
My god, I go red & embarrassed just typing this tale out even now, at the time, I wanted the floor to open up & swallow me....I think my nervous reply was ''Er, er, 😆

[albertotoledo]

Today is 9 September 2023
I have one Rover 620 SDi
With 300.000 Km
Salutations from Spain ♥️🇪🇸🇪🇺

[paulillingworth]

Had x2 600s loved them and sold last one at 21 years old, super reliable and very very comfortable.

[mfitzy]

I loved those era of rovers. Such a pity the Honda connection couldn’t be developed more as I think they were really onto something.

[sbomorse]

Once voted "The best looking car in the world"

[davidhathaway]

Owned one for 7 years back in the day the most reliable car I had.
Only sold it because I got a company car .
Would be quite happy to own one today.

[cambs]

Apart from the 800, rovers from this era were not too bad. You had decent honda engineering, they had sorted out electrics and they were as comfy as anything. I have still to this day to find an affordable car as comfortable to drive as my old 414. Though, they would never shake off the reputation they gained from the BL days.

[casparpolitman]

Still drive one every day to work! Probably the last on in daily use in my whole region (not in the uk)

[madontherun]

I had the Accord and my Mother had the 600, she got in my car once and said that it was exactly the same dashboard. we didnt know the inside story at the time.

[GaryJohnWalker]

The 600 was comfier - the Honda fine on good roads but a bit jarring on B roads. And big griiles have been back in fashion since this time.

[mustsilm]

So was it reliable car? Considering its a Honda?

[Nixter]

Mate of mine had a 620Ti. 200 horse. Thing could shift.

[pureboxofscartcables]

I drive both at the time and I didn't reckon either of them much. Both decent cars and the Rover was very nice looking but I found myself comparing them to the Montego.
The 620Ti was the best, not so much because it was way more powerful but because it didn't have that crap Honda engine that used to eat engine mounts and petrol and exhaust systems.

[miljororforsprakpartiet]

why does he sometimes say honda and sometimes "hondar" i dont get it

[newstreetbridge]

Above All…. It’s a Rover


Which will fall to bits within a few years