> The Metro was badge engineered. The other
> two 80s cars, I'm not sure.
Drivel, but MG Rover are so sensitive about the image of the
Metro/Maestro/Montego they rubbish them themselves. They were all built to
the original 1920's concept of an MG - based on an existing car but with
significantly better handling and performance. The 80s MMM cars had greater
performance than any MG had ever had before, let alone any variant of an
Austin/Morris saloon had ever had, and bear in mind as well that as the 20s
these variants had appeared in the 50s, 60s and 70s. The 1600 Maestro was
my first MG and it was brilliant, even though the 2.0 Litre was said to be
much better. Their faults, and they did have them, is that like all MGs for
many years before and since they were developed on a shoestring. Didn't
stop nearly a 1/4-million of them being sold though, compare that with 500k
MGBs of which the majority were sold in North America.
> And pretty much the ZT, ZS and ZR are just
> redone Rovers.
Drivel again. Those who have driven them (!) have been amazed at the
performance and handling that has been extracted from an apparently mundane
Rover. Time will tell on numbers.
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