I *want* one of these, badly. Nauseously. Enough to consider flogging
both the Rangies, the Tatra, and my toy 106.

Not spectacularly Überfast, but /niiiiiice/ to drive. Really nice.
Really rather nice indeed. This one is an 05 plate, black, facelift one
with all the toys. Facelift job and I'm rather bloody taken by it.

The soundtrack is fabulous, the steering is fabulous, the handling is
fabulous, the seats are excellent, the aircon rocketh mightily, the
brakes are ****ing brilliant, the ride is firm but /so/ well damped, the
grip is excellent unless you want to be a total nutjob, it pulls well
from low revs and gets better in the midrange - not much at the top end,
but the soundtrack makes that worthwhile.

It feels like a proper car to drive, a bit heavy but all the controls
are *firm* and very well weighted. The gearshift can't be rushed, but it
feels absolutely bombproof, really monumentally over-engineered.
Interior isn't that special, and the BMW nav and stereo are pants, but
driving the thing I honestly didn't give a ****. A couple of times I
looked at the dash and thought "****in' ell, this is a bloody MG,
they're not meant to be this good".

The boys at Rover / MG who built these things should be saluted for
building something this good. I imagine the one-off "swansong" ZT V8
they built with 600 odd BHP must be one of the best giggles ever made
out of an old saloon car and some ingenuity.

I *will* be buying one for myself in the next couple of years.


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Pete M - OMF#9
Range Rover V8 Turbo
Range Rover 4.6 HSE
"Professional Petrolhead"