Does Anyone Know How Many Rover 75's And Mg's Are Still On The Road ? - Page 2

stevemac · 21st July 2009, 13:25

Still seem to be very popular in the Southeast. I see mk 1's every day and a fair number of mk 2's. Only one V8 that I know off. There is a MG tourer and a R75 saloon for sale in a car dealers just down the road. Barons Specialist Cars have an MG and just around the corner from them is a R75 for sale. There is always at least one parked in B & Q's every time I go. I must have handed out at least 50 club postcards since I had then printed in the new year.

trebor · 21st July 2009, 13:47

I wrote to DVLA last year under the fredom of information act and asked them for details of 75/ZT's still on road.

They have a get out clause in the legislation which says that if it will take them too long to put the information together they dont have to do it and they quoted me a ridiculous amount of staff hours needed to interrogate their IT systems so that was that, i dont believe it would take that long but have no way of disproving it

Reebmit · 21st July 2009, 14:01

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Originally Posted by stevemac

Still seem to be very popular in the Southeast. I see mk 1's every day and a fair number of mk 2's. Only one V8 that I know off. There is a MG tourer and a R75 saloon for sale in a car dealers just down the road. Barons Specialist Cars have an MG and just around the corner from them is a R75 for sale. There is always at least one parked in B & Q's every time I go. I must have handed out at least 50 club postcards since I had then printed in the new year.

Same here Steve, I see many 75's and MG's on the way to work (Southampton). The V8's though are few and far between though.

Reebmit · 21st July 2009, 14:24

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Originally Posted by trebor

I wrote to DVLA last year under the fredom of information act and asked them for details of 75/ZT's still on road.

They have a get out clause in the legislation which says that if it will take them too long to put the information together they dont have to do it and they quoted me a ridiculous amount of staff hours needed to interrogate their IT systems so that was that, i dont believe it would take that long but have no way of disproving it

I'm just looking into this now and will report back if I get some feedback

majedm75 · 21st July 2009, 14:56

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Originally Posted by martin green

Rover, built around 330000 models of the Rover 75's and MG'S etc,...

Is this a worldwide figure for all the production years (1999-2005)?

Nick999 · 21st July 2009, 15:01

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Originally Posted by majedm75

Is this a worldwide figure for all the production years (1999-2005)?

The wordwide figure was 238,324 for production years 1999 - 2005

JohnDotCom · 21st July 2009, 15:47

The present problem is many buyers of the old models don't appreciate they are expensive cars not a budget buy,
but an executive car type purchase,
expensive when repairs required in their minds and to keep on road so get scrapped very quickly.
Soon as a HGF or a Cam Belt change is overdue or required you see them sent for scrap.
There will be only the dedicated few left in the end as in any mark of car unfortunately.

Nick999 · 21st July 2009, 16:09

I guess the first 75's now qualify for government scrappage scheme. I would imagine that lots of 99 cars will be scrapped this year, then many more 2000 cars next year. Ten years from now our cars will be a very rare sight!

EnEnGee · 21st July 2009, 16:10

Still relatively common site around my area in North Kent of all variants. Still see them for sale on virtually all the second hand car lots locally. Within a 5 minute walk of my house there are 5 that I know of not including my two.

kaiser · 21st July 2009, 16:10

Why worry?
We know how good they can be, and I really think we have got the problems truly sorted with the many efforts from the club.
Generally big cars are out so maybe it is the time to snap another one up at the moment.

, looked after, these cars can last most of us the rest of our lives, with a bit of luck!

21st July 2009, 13:25	#11
stevemac This is my second home Jaguar X Type 2.2D Estate Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Farnborough Posts: 4,306 Thanks: 6 Thanked 13 Times in 6 Posts	Still seem to be very popular in the Southeast. I see mk 1's every day and a fair number of mk 2's. Only one V8 that I know off. There is a MG tourer and a R75 saloon for sale in a car dealers just down the road. Barons Specialist Cars have an MG and just around the corner from them is a R75 for sale. There is always at least one parked in B & Q's every time I go. I must have handed out at least 50 club postcards since I had then printed in the new year. __________________ • • • • • • • • Steve “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.” Winnie-the-Pooh http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/n...5/twitter1.jpg

21st July 2009, 13:47	#12
trebor This is my second home Rover 75 CDTi Connoisseur SE & MG ZT Saloon 190 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Coven Posts: 12,523 Thanks: 526 Thanked 1,877 Times in 885 Posts	I wrote to DVLA last year under the fredom of information act and asked them for details of 75/ZT's still on road. They have a get out clause in the legislation which says that if it will take them too long to put the information together they dont have to do it and they quoted me a ridiculous amount of staff hours needed to interrogate their IT systems so that was that, i dont believe it would take that long but have no way of disproving it __________________ www.midlandsnanomeets.co.uk Robs Car Gallery Coven near Wolverhampton WV9 2000 Cowley Built Rover 75 2.0 V6 Club SE/ Atlantic Blue/ Sandstone/Walnut (daily driver) 2003 Land Rover Freelander 1 TD4 HSE Helsinki Blue/Black Leather (swmbo daily driver)

21st July 2009, 16:09	#18
Nick999 Posted a thing or two Ex ZT160 ZS180 ZT190 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bristol Posts: 1,018 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I guess the first 75's now qualify for government scrappage scheme. I would imagine that lots of 99 cars will be scrapped this year, then many more 2000 cars next year. Ten years from now our cars will be a very rare sight! __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

21st July 2009, 16:10	#20
kaiser This is my second home 75 Tourer 2.5 Auto, 1.8T, 75V8ZT Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Johannesburg ZA Posts: 6,200 Thanks: 1 Thanked 859 Times in 613 Posts	Why worry? We know how good they can be, and I really think we have got the problems truly sorted with the many efforts from the club. Generally big cars are out so maybe it is the time to snap another one up at the moment., looked after, these cars can last most of us the rest of our lives, with a bit of luck!

21st July 2009, 15:47	#17
JohnDotCom * Rover 75 FaceLift Tourer CDTi 170BHP Auto ConnSE 2005 Model Starlight Silver Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Abergele Posts: 28,735 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	The present problem is many buyers of the old models don't appreciate they are expensive cars not a budget buy, but an executive car type purchase, expensive when repairs required in their minds and to keep on road so get scrapped very quickly. Soon as a HGF or a Cam Belt change is overdue or required you see them sent for scrap. There will be only the dedicated few left in the end as in any mark of car unfortunately.

21st July 2009, 16:10	#19
EnEnGee Posted a thing or two CDT Tourer (SORN) & 2.0 V6 Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sittingbourne Posts: 1,058 Thanks: 2 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts	Still relatively common site around my area in North Kent of all variants. Still see them for sale on virtually all the second hand car lots locally. Within a 5 minute walk of my house there are 5 that I know of not including my two.