Faults:

Water leak, turned out to be a split hose.

The drivers seat trim has come unclipped and will need fixing when I get time to take car in.

Front indicator steams up.

General Comments:

I use the car as a driving school car to replace the BMW Mini I had before.

I was not going to have the MG as I thought the 1.4 engine was a bit underpowered. Then found out they did a diesel. What can I say.

My car has one previous owner which helped with the colour selection as nearly all the colours this car comes in look good. My car is pearl Black and looks amazing. I think the older model looks better than the newer one.

The handling is superb much better than the Mini. It may be hard to believe, but it would leave the Mini around some twisty bends and the Mini had traction control.

The interior is a bit dated, but certainly not nasty. The equipment levels are very good with electric mirrors, windows and sunroof. The drivers seat could do with being a bit lower as there is not much leg room between seat and steering wheel when your sat close to the wheel.

As I have the diesel, performance is not blistering, but it does not hang about. First gear is really for moving off, second helps you to third and third really sends you down the road. The car will happily sit at 70mph and return about 60mpg. It could do with a 6th gear in my opinion to bring the revs down and off the turbo, even more mpg then.

The turbo is smooth and does make a difference, there is good torque and the car will move along in 5th gear at 30mph on 1000rpm.

The best thing though is I can get 50mpg all the time when learners are driving and most driving is around town and stopping and starting. I on the other hand reach nearly 60mpg.

Overall though the car looks great, corners even better and carries the MG badge better than some of Rovers earlier attempts.

I would quite happily have another, the only problem is which colour...

Faults:

Back window was replaced due to the demisters breaking.

Sunroof was replaced due to leaking.

All the badges internally and externally were replaced due to delamination.

The wires in the seats were replaced due to them not folding forward.

The Gearbox was replaced at 6500 miles, due to it breaking on a motorway. The car has always been driven well.

The drivers window rattles.

Both the doors rattle badly.

The center column rattles badly.

The parcel shelf rattled.

The interior light bulb kept on blowing, - 5 times.

The injection system needed the timing resetting.

It used a lot of oil.

It consumed a lot of petrol in normal driving conditions, and an astronomical amount of petrol if acceleration of any magnitude is required. It is possible to see the fuel needle go down.

There are many stone chips, due to the paint being too soft. My previous car was 10 years old and had half the amount of chips.

The windscreen glass is too soft and it scratches easily, unless you check the wipers for dirt and grit every time you drive.

The ZR has typical Rover reliability,- it is terrible.

General Comments:

This car has the most terrible build quality I've ever encountered.

It has more faults than a Rover 200, even thought it is practically the same car.

The interior is dated, and the materials used are cheap and badly designed.

This car does not even qualify as a boy racers car, as it's only attributes are small modifications that can be made to any car, such as bigger wheels to improve handling, and stiffer suspension to improve handling.

The service at all the Rover dealerships I've been to has been appalling, and I've been to 4 of them.