BMW X5 - A short honest review of an ageing SUV

Описание: I can’t afford a real midlife crisis so I’m doing it on a budget. So, no Porsche for me, I have gone out an bought a Rover 25. Not just any Rover 25, but the GTI. This not as little as a MINI but not as big as a Golf, that straddled to two size classes, created out of MG Rovers attempt to make a “hot” hatch using the R3 platform.
It is fitted with Rovers 1.8L VVC engine delivering 143 bhp, the same engine used in the S1 Lotus Elize, essentially making this the same car… well the same engine, maybe not the same car… Only 1400 Rover 25 GTI’s were made, over an 18-month period before it was dropped and the release on the Z cars came about. With the MG ZR 160 being the slightly tuned version of the same car in a MG frock.
Now as of December 2024 there is only 28 Rover 25 GTI’s on the road in the UK as of 2024 Q2 statistics according to the website How Many Left. My goal is to keep this one going, I’ll be doing some home fix’s, some garage fix’s, driving about with the family, going on some adventures and all around trying to keep the car alive. Along with myself and my budget dream of owning a rear but unloved and very clearly forgotten 00’s “hot” hatch.
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