>>Those diesels suffer a whole range of nasties
Sorry do you have anything to back that up with? or is that just pub talk?
The M47 BMW engine is renowned for its reliability regardless of what its fitted to (3 and 5 series, Landrover, MG, Rover etc)
Would you mind sharing some of these nasties with us (take the MAF out of that as I havent heard of a diesel that doesnt suffer MAF issues at some point)
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My 75 diesel tourer has been well behaved for the last 18 months since we bought it mileage now 30k we find it a good tow car too
But everytime screwloose opens up it makes me feel like selling...i won't though
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Whilst ZT's may not be the easiest cars to trade in, they are fetching the money. At auction good condition ZT CDTi's are fetching well over book at the moment (one of the very rare cars which are) and the estates are very sought after. CAP have upped the values of 75's and ZT's by a significant amount this month.
Some might only bid £500 but they're wasting their time as even on a high mileage example the starting price is about £4k. There might not be huge demand for the ZT but there aren't many about either so it is all down to supply and demand.
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A guy in our street is on his third 75 and swears by them.
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I was looking at one a few months ago, drove very nice, comfy, smooth, nippy, only downside driving wise was that the windscreen was a bit small and felt like i was driving a postbox.
I was only put of by the fact i was told parts will soon getting hard to source.
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I was only put of by the fact i was told parts will soon getting hard to source.
It wasn't an old man with a screw loose who told you was it? ;)
With the Chinese production of the cars and engines now coming on stream parts are going to be anything but a problem. The current diesel is a BMW engine so no parts probloems there.
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The trouble is the electrical system is not BMW and as for a flood of parts coming from China forget it.They are going to use a different engine and a homegrown electrical system thats for sure in fact nobody is certain it will be a 75 lookalike they are going to build .They wanted and got a very cheap production line with paint and press shop and they could for not a lot of money tool up to produce anything they wanted.It would be interesting to hear from any of the Brit engineeres who are working on the plant assembly.As for buying the car I personnally would not buy it (unless it was mega cheap)but there are plenty of parts in the UK to keep it running just do not take over the channel.
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The electrical system is CAN-BUS, so I reckon the probability of developing faults there is minimal unless it happens in an ECU.
Also pretty sure it is BMW, the radio in my dad's 75 used a beemer-style connector.
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Andy raises a good point: I would strongly discourage the OP from buying an MG if he intended to tour in it. I wouldn't fancy my chances of the breakdown man in Calais being able to get me back on the road in time for the ferry - I fear all it would take is something simple, like a cracked windscreen, to put you off the road.
My first concer, though, would be putting any faith in the future of MG/Rover production - there have been so many twists in the tale, do you really want to put your trust in Shanghai Automotive (or whoever ends up owning what's left of Rover) supplying replacement body panels at some indeterminate point in the future?
If it the car was cheap enough to write off in the event of a ding, go for it, but at £5,000+ it'd be too much of a risk for my taste. But to each their own!
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The trouble is the electrical system is not BMW
I don't need to read anymore. Your first sentence is totally wrong so it's a fair bet the rest will be the same ;)
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Depends on your definition of BMW or Rover.
The electrical system was designed by Rover employees who were then of course ultimately employed by BMW.
Who made it? Neither Rover or BMW but sub-contractors.
www.ae-plus.com/Key%20topics/kt-electronics-news8....m
I declare the Rover war to be well and truly re-started.
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