Nothing major mechanically in the time I have had it, other than, when under warranty, the fuel pump seized, but it was repaired by the garage. Since then nothing significant has gone wrong.
I have serviced it once a year since I have had it anyway. The smaller things which have been a problem have just been wear and tear things like the interior, the seats have become untidy in appearance and the stitching on seats has come away.
This car makes a brilliant first warm-hatch alternative, probably much better in manual form, but an automatic is an easy to drive kind of car.
My example was packed with more gadgets than a Safrane. 4 x electric windows, electric roof, mirrors, alloy wheels, full leather interior, what more do you need, ABS and air con maybe!!!
Isn't a Rover 416 GTi basically a reskinned Honda CRX? Because it has a Honda engine.
It's a more British, more 'old man' version of the CRX. Excellent cars though.
It may look pretty, well apart from the hideous rusty Wheel Arches, but it is still a Rover.Hence, very cheap and serious image problems. No way can an aging 416 be compared to a Honda CRX.
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