1991 Rover - Austin Metro GTa from UK and Ireland - Comments

Nothing.

Changed the cam belt at 85,000 to be careful.

Brilliant.

Faster than you might think, 100% reliable.

Cheap to buy, reasonable insurance, economical if driven carefully.

The car looks good, as standard it comes with a rear spoiler and wider wheels than the standard model. The wide wheels give great grip, especially round roundabouts.

The only problem is the close ratio gearbox, which makes it faster, but means the engine revs quite highly on the motorway, and can appear buzzy.

I have to agree with you that the Metro GTa 8v is very nippy indeed, but can be very noisy. This problem has been made worse by my choice of a Janspeed performance backbox, which means that any speed over 60mph sounds like a jumbo taking off.

I've had usual problems with worn out pads & exhausts, but the only major problem has been welding to the front floor pan and jacking points which was very expensive.

All round though a very nippy, good looking & reliable car. I love my Metro!!!

Have to agree too that the Metro GTa is a great car, but definitely go for the 16v as even though it's SPi, stick new plugs, filter and remove the cat, and stick on a back box (BB2 is too loud as well!!) and it shifts much better than the GTi, better fuel consumption as well.

Yeh, the 16V GTa is better. Mines faster than the GTi now after plugs, filter, cat removal and BB2 addition. Way too loud though, but better fuel consumption from all that.

Only downside is the suspension and lack of adjustment.

Worth every penny I paid for it!

The GTA is a very nice machine I owned one a while back, but let it go in favour of a GTI, this was the best thing i'd done in year's I carried out similar mod's to my GTI as i'd done on the GTA, And the results were much better, the GTA is good, but it's GTI stable mate is by far the better machine.

I just picked up a '91 GTA with a clutch that had been seriously abused. it is totally immaculate with not a spot of rust or mark on the paintwork. the previous owner was emigrating so he let it go for £1oo. wow what a machine it goes great. although the clutch has seen better days the car is rapid. its the most fun you can have on 4 wheels.

Now to modify it.I'm finding it hard to find parts and when I do the prices are through the roof, so if anyone can help it would be much appreciated.

I've just passed my test, a little late at 21 but still, and I'm driving my mums GTa. Found it quite nippy although theres some rust on the wheel arches and the central locking motor on the passenger side has been replaced once and same on the drivers side (which needs replacing again).