1990 Rover - Austin Montego Reviews

Nothing major.

Had the sills replaced to pass the MOT, but at a cost of £70, cheap.

This car is so much fun to drive!

OK so the Montego isn't the fastest or flashiest car on the road, but gives some a run for their money with 0-60 in 9.6 seconds, so if you see a montego don't always think its going to be slow.

As I said styling wise not the best, but I think she is beautiful with those sleek lines down her sides and lovely hips, and looking down on the bonnet while you drive instils almost pride.

You can't help, but grin when you fling her into a bend and she's rolling everywhere, fun for the driver, not so good for the passengers he he! Generally she handles well, and is all right at 70+ mph.

Mildred (Montego) is quite well equipped for a car of her age with electric windows, mirrors, sunroof, and central locking, all in good working order. And there is loads of room in her.

The exterior isn't too bad for a montego, though the plastic petrol cover is bubbling! Really the rust isn't as bad as some people say.

Everything is cheap to repair and maintain with tyres from £25.

Every fortnight she does 200 miles plus with no trouble at all.

I love this car!

Nothing really, except the usual tyres, exhaust, brake pads/shoes, battery etc.

Let us down once in 6 years and 54,000 miles of ownership - the alternator stopped working so we were stranded with a flat battery!

Also, made a funny groaning noise for a while, but only around 50mph. Stopped after about a month though.

Got rid of it when the head-gasket blew and water began to pump out of the side of the engine!

Was also looking a bit rusty/scruffy by this point, but never failed an MOT for anything more serious than headlight alignment!

Well, it was a cheap 4 year-old car! It was the seven seats that attracted us to it. We'd heard all the criticisms, and only intended to keep it for a year or two, but ended up keeping it for 6!

It went to 7 European countries in this time, and only broke down once, thankfully that was 5 miles from home!

Also, put the 5 back seats down, and suddenly it's a van! Shifted HUGE amounts of stuff!

Steering was heavy despite being power-assisted, but the engine had a surprising amount of power when pushed.

Cabin build quality was quite bad though, with numerous rattles/squeaks, and a couple of bits fell off!

The Auto-box was a bit jerky, but most of the Monty's miles were on the motorway, so this didn't really matter.