Aimed that at Matty lol, ad prob go for a second hand Honda. Much better
The Rover 400 is a Honda Domani/Civic you mellon.
Stuy, I forgot, everyone around the world has as much money as youm, can afford to run, maintain and uprate 2 high performance cars as well a high spec beemer, and this car isnt warranted to be released.
Im afraid you need to wake up, there are millions of people across the world that cannot afford £5000+ for a new car, not even a few grand for a second hand, and this will benefit them.
Okay, maybe not so much in the UK and the US because people dont think anything of getting a car on finance (haha the biggest joke ever, like my brand new car... sorry whos car is that, aha its really the finance companies), but in many other places this car will be the difference between walking and driving.
On these forums, it seems unless a car has "street cred" or is built to be modified, there are far too many people who will just make fun of it and dismiss it.
In a world of rising oil prices, shortage of oil full stop, increasing costs all round with regards to cars and taxation, then eco-friendly cars are the way forward. I wouldnt want to see the bill for running your Nissan down the road in 10 years Stuy, or that of any other modern high performance car. Hence why diesels are now selling as much as petrols!!
And once the economy goes into recession (which it WILL happen no matter what you or anyone else says), then affordable cars/second hand cars will be the only way the majority of people will be able to get ahold of them.
I dont particuarly like the looks of any Tata cars (thats excluding the fact that they will soon own Jaguar as I like the looks of a few Jags) but nobody can argue that cars like this serve a purpose and serve it well.
And as was mentioned on more then one occasion on the MG Rover forums, when Japanese cars were first launched, people thought ewww I would never buy a Jap car, and everyone said nah there is no place for them in the European or US market.
And fast forward 30 years, and Toyta, Honda, Nissan are all doing very nicely in both the US and EU markets thank you. The same could be said for SAIC/NAC and TATA... who would wanna buy them in the US and EU markets? Right now, I would rather have an old Ford Fiesta then a TATA (although if and when SAIC/NAC release the MG7 and Roewe 750 I would consider the sportier versions as their basically the Rover 75/MG ZT but bought up to date), but in 20 years time, they could be the Honda of the 2000's, a highly respected manufacturer, even if they dont have the "street cred" that some brands do.
Not everything is about going as fast as possible, tweaking every last inch of performance out of your engine, LOOSING THE USE OF YOUR CAR FOR MONTHS WHILST YOU GET IT TWEAKED... there are millions of car owners in the UK who dont even like driving, they have a car to get from a to b, and hope that car is reliable, they dont car about the performance or the "street cred", hence why so many people prefer to buy £7000 Corsa's rather then spending much less on a much higher performance car.
If people cant see the real world and think everything is about performance and racing, and beating ya mates from the lights, having the power to go bragging about to ya mates and anyone else who wants to listen, then fair enough. But
you are in the minority, the average car owner doesnt really give a damn, so long as their car starts each morning, is as cheap as possible to buy and maintain and gives them years of service.