Rover 400 Second generation
Production	1995—1999
Body style	4-door saloon 5-door hatchback
Engine	1.4 L K-Series I4 1.6 L K-Series I4 1.6 L K-Series I4 2.0 L T-Series I4
Related	Honda Domani

Rover 45 Second generation (facelift)
Production	1999—2005
Body style	4-door saloon 5-door hatchback
Engine	1.4 L K-Series I4 1.6 L K-Series I4 1.8 L K-Series I4 2.0 L Diesel I4 2.0 L KV6 V6
Related	MG ZS Honda Domani

The Rover 400 (later the Rover 45) is a small family car produced by the British automaker Rover from 1990 to 2005. The car was developed during Rover's collaboration with Honda, and all generations of the car were derived from Honda models. Automakers or automobile manufacturers are companies that design and manufacture automobiles. ... MG Rover are the largest independent manufacturer of cars in the British motor industry. ... The Rover 200-series / 25 is an automobile produced by the Austin Rover Group, and latterly the Rover Group and MG Rover. ... It has been suggested that Vehicle size class be merged into this article or section. ... A Ford Focus, classed as a small family car. ... In automobile design layout is the place where both the engine and driven wheels are. ... In automobile design, an FF, or Front-engine, Front wheel drive, layout places both the engine and driven wheels at the front of the vehicle. ... 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The Rover Group K-Series engine is an engine built by MG Rovers MG Powertrain division. ... The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ... The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ... The Rover M-Series (or M16) is a 4-cylinder, DOHC internal combustion engine introduced by the Austin Rover Group in 1986 for the then-new Rover 800-series. ... The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ... The Rover 200-series / 25 is an automobile produced by the Austin Rover Group, and latterly the Rover Group and MG Rover. ... Honda Concerto 1,5i The Honda Concerto was an automobile produced by the British division of the Japanese manufacturer, from 1988 to 1994. ... Image File history File links Rover_400. ... 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Rover 400 Mk I (1990—1995)

The original 400 Series, launched as a four-door saloon in early 1990, was simply a saloon version of the 200 Series hatchback, and like the 200 it was based on the Honda Concerto. It used the same bodywork and mechanicals, and had the same styling characteristics inside and out. The diesel powerplant was supplied by PSA Peugeot Citroën in 1.8 turbodiesel and 1.9 normally aspirated configurations. A Toyota Camry, a recognizable sedan The Ford Five Hundred, a medium-sized sedan A sedan car, American English terminology (saloon in British English), is one of the most common body styles of the modern automobile. ... The Rover 200-series / 25 is an automobile produced by the Austin Rover Group, and latterly the Rover Group and MG Rover. ... Peugeot 306 hatchback, with the hatch lifted and the parcel shelf tilted for access Not a hatchback: a fastback like this Ford Mustang can be confused with a true hatchback Hatchback is term describing an automobile design, consisting of a passenger cabin with an integrated cargo space, accessed from behind... Honda Concerto 1,5i The Honda Concerto was an automobile produced by the British division of the Japanese manufacturer, from 1988 to 1994. ... Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (1858-1913), inventor of the diesel engine. ... PSA Peugeot Citroën (PSA) is a vehicle company that owns the marques Peugeot and Citroën. ... A turbodiesel is a name for a turbocharged Diesel engine. ...

Rover 400 Mk II (1995—1999)

The second generation 400 Series was launched in the summer of 1995 as a hatchback and saloon. This time it was based on the Honda Domani, which had been released in Japan in 1992, as was the European Honda Civic five-door hatchback. It was no longer related to the 200 Series, which was revised independently by Rover. Power came from 1.4 and 1.6-litre K-Series, 1.6-litre Honda D series SOHC (Automatic gearbox only) and 2.0 L Rover T Series petrol engines, as well as a 2.0-litre turbodiesel from the more luxurious 600 Series. 1992 Honda Domani The Honda Domani is a car made by Honda and marketed in east Asia, including Japan, Thailand and Malaysia. ... The Honda Civic is an automobile manufactured by Honda. ... A 1. ... Gasoline (or petrol) engine is a type of internal combustion engine which is often used for automobiles, aircraft, small mobile vehicles such as lawnmowers or motorcycles, and outboard motors for boats. ... A turbodiesel is a name for a turbocharged Diesel engine. ... The Rover 600 Series is a mid-size automobile launched early in 1993. ...

The Rover 400 may have been marketed as a small family car, due to its similarities in size and engine range with models such as the Ford Escort and Volkswagen Golf, but Rover inserted some wood trim in the dashboard and priced the car in the large family car segment. This meant that, despite being moderately successful in its early years, the model would not repeat the sales success of its 200/400 predecessor. A Ford Focus, classed as a small family car. ... The Ford Escort was a compact car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company from 1967 through 2003. ... The Volkswagen Golf (Mark 1 and Mark 5 badged as Volkswagen Rabbit in North America) is a compact car / small family car manufactured by Volkswagen. ... A Ford Focus, classed as a small family car. ...

Rover 45 Mk IIF (1999—2005)

In the autumn of 1999, the 400 Series was facealifted and renamed 45. It was instantly recognisable as the same car which had been marketed as an inexpensive alternative to other large family cars during the later part of the 1990s, but Rover management now realised the error of their previous strategy and it was marketed as a small family car. Since the summer of 2001, a hot hatch version of the Rover 45 was sold as the MG ZS. Peugeot 205 GTI A hot hatch is an informal or slang term for a performance derivative of a European hatchback (in the US, Asian sports hatches are sometimes called sport compacts). ... 2002 MG ZS The MG ZS (2001-present) is a sporting family car derived from the Rover 45 (launched in 1999). ...

The 1.4, 1.6 and 1.8-litre petrol and 2.0-litre diesel engines were carried over from the 400 Series, but the 2.0 four-cylinder petrol unit was replaced by a 2.0-litre V6 from the larger Rover 75 — although this power unit was only available on saloon versions. The 45 came equipped with the better seating of the 75 and whilst the 400 models handled very well, the suspension was tuned to give much better controlled ride characteristics with quicker steering. This gave the 45, especially post-2003 models which shared suspension mods with the MG version, handling as good as most and better than some of its rivals. The Rover 75 (codenamed R40 during development) is an executive car produced initially by Rover at Cowley in Oxfordshire, and later by MG Rover at their Longbridge site in Birmingham, England. ...

The 45 was available with Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) supplied by the German manufacturer ZF Sachs AG which had also been previously used in the MGTF. This particular design of CVT consists of an oil-cooled laminated steel belt (with external oil cooler) running on variable pulleys. MG Rover had many failures returned to the German supplier. With the retention of MG Rover's manual gearbox factory by BMW, Rover ended up purchasing their own gearboxes from BMW who hiked up the price so much that Rover subsequently went elsewhere for a supplier. This turned out to be Ford and later Rover 25/45 models up to 1.6 were fitted with a Ford gearbox. With all the changes that MG Rover had made to this model, the later versions had little in common with its Honda origins apart from the body shape. The continuously variable transmission (CVT) is a transmission in which the ratio of the rotational speeds of two shafts, as the input shaft and output shaft of a vehicle or other machine, can be varied continuously within a given range, providing an infinite number of possible ratios. ... Sachs is a German manufacturer of motorcycles, mopeds, power-assited bicycles and ATVs. ...

Initially, the Rover 45 sold reasonably well thanks to its good equipment levels, comfortable interior and reduced prices. While the asking price remained modest, however, the Rover 45 began to lose its popularity in the face of more refined and modern rivals like the Peugeot 307 and Renault Megane — it must be noted that the 45, being based on the 1992 Honda Domani, was a very outdated car in terms of style compared to its contemporaries by this stage, even though its dynamics from a drivers point of view were still equal to and better than some more popular rivals.^{[citation needed]} A facelift in the spring of 2004 was MG Rover's last effort to boost sales of the Rover 45, including a new front and rear end, a re-designed dash, revised suspension settings, improved equipment and lower prices, necessitated by the end of Domani production in Japan. Production of the car stopped in 2005 with the end of trading at Rover. A red Peugeot 307 CC coupé cabriolet with a folding steel roof The Peugeot 307 is a compact automobile produced by the French Peugeot manufacturer since 2001. ... The Renault Mégane is a compact automobile made by Renault. ... 1992 Honda Domani The Honda Domani is a car made by Honda and marketed in east Asia, including Japan, Thailand and Malaysia. ...

The Rover 45 design is controlled by Honda, and the company is believed to have seized schematics and tooling relating to the 45 and ZS shortly before MG Rover was sold to Nanjing Automobile Group. MG Rover are the largest independent manufacturer of cars in the British motor industry. ... NACs logo The Nanjing Automobile (Group) Corporation (Yuejin Motor Group Corporation, Chinas oldest car maker, founded in 1947) is a state-owned enterprise with 16,000 employees. ...

Nanjing revived production of the MG TF range at Longbridge and the MG 7 (previously MG ZT) in China early in 2007. The Rover marque has been sold to Ford. In late 2006, Nanjing announced plans for two new entry-level model ranges to go on sale at the end of 2008. These will be badged as MG and possibly even Austin cars, and will be effective successors to the Rover 25/MG ZR and Rover 45/MG ZS. The TF name has been used twice with the MG marque: 1953-1955 - T-Series 2002-2005 - F-Series This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Longbridge plant is a formerly illustrious car factory in the Longbridge area of Birmingham, England. ... The MG ZT is a high-performance version of the Rover 75 executive car, produced by MG at their Longbridge site in Birmingham. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into articles entitled Ford Motor Company and Ford (vehicles). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Austin Motor Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles that rose to be a major motorcar brand, the dominant partner after merger with Morris in 1952 but declining after absorption into the British Leyland Motor Corporation, and its subsequent troubles. ...

The RDX60

From 2001 MG Rover had been trying to replace the 45 with an all-new model based upon the shortened Rover 75 platform. Codenamed the "RDX60", this vehicle, first seen as the Rover TCV concept, would have been larger than its rivals, and would have shared the Rover 75's praised "luxurious" ride quality. MG Rover are the largest independent manufacturer of cars in the British motor industry. ...

However during the design process, MG Rover's design partner Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) went into administration — blamed on the financial needs of their Formula One team Arrows. MG Rover lost most of the computer-aided design work for the new vehicle in this set-back and, in simple terms, had lost £100 million overnight. Shocked at having lost so much, MG Rover ended up paying many more millions of pounds to the TWR administrators in order to have all CAD Work returned. However this major set-back made them lose many designers, models and resources, and MG Rover could not afford to start all over again without cutting corners. Although they did not give up, designers from the company retold their stories, saying that the RDX60 progressed very little up until 2005. Tom Walkinshaw Racing, also known simply as TWR, was a racing team founded in 1976 by touring car racer Tom Walkinshaw. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Team Orange Arrows Formula One car at the 2000 United States Grand Prix The Arrows Racing Team team was founded in 1977, by Italian financier Franco Ambrosio (A), Alan Rees (R), Jackie Oliver (O), Dave Wass (W) and Tony Southgate (S) when Rees, Oliver, Wass and Southgate left the Shadow...

However salvation looked possible in 2005 when a joint veture was proposed between SAIC (a large Chinese company) and MG Rover. However, SAIC took over a year to agree a deal and within that crucial time MG Rover had found itself with no money after bad sales of the face-lifted 25/45/75 and the release of the 75 V8. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

External links

• Rover 200/400 (R8) Owners Club - Complete Resource for the Rover 200/400
• Details of the RDX60 Project