600 ti Rover Motorsport edition ever heard of one ??

listie · Post by **listie** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:25 pm

Hi all

Got chatting to my local rover dealer yesterday, who it turned out was an ex Ti owner, he went on about a very very limited edition of the Ti built by Rover Motorsport? He thought only a handful where built maybe only 5, but they came with a SW autodesign kit, which included a silverstone front splitter.

The other things he remembers them having are

Electric M3 Mirrors
18" compomotives
Big brakes
Full Recaro interior

Anyones every heard of this before or was he pulling my chain??

thanks

Si

AwoL · Post by **AwoL** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 9:46 pm

i've just seen one of these advertised for sale somewhere recently, so i think that may suggest theres some truth to it, however, i was under the impression it was just a bit of badge engineering.

114gta · Post by **114gta** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:29 pm

They exist and do have the kit, but i think he was making a bit of it up like the 18" rims and m3 mirrors, and id say there were more then 5 made!

Post by **Cableguy** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:33 pm

Factory rover with bmw mirrors ? and 18's to sap the power of this limited edition piece of kit ? nah. Probably is one but hes exagerated.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:38 pm

there was also, i believe, as ive seen it down my road, a kernehan sport version... kernehan being my local ex rover/mg garage.

just has different wheels, and some other cosmetic mods, but i dont know of any other changes...

listie · Post by **listie** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:21 pm

A bit of searching found these

Si

214_si · Post by **214_si** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:40 pm

thats one gorgeous 600

Ti-Andy · Post by **Ti-Andy** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:45 pm

214_si wrote:thats one gorgeous 600

but it's yellow

listie · Post by **listie** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:50 pm

Ti-Andy wrote:
214_si wrote:thats one gorgeous 600

but it's yellow

I'm not a fan of the colour either

Si

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:18 pm

its horrible.

the wheels look sh1t!

they detract from what is otherwise a very rounded car, the bumper and the colour dont suit it at all.

just my opinion, but it lookes total logger (and i actually typed logger and not the bad word cos ive deceded that logger is my new word for the bad word (if you get my drift)).

fluke · Post by **fluke** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:22 pm

Aaaah my eyes

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:32 pm

That car doesnt look like anything the manufacturers would ever sell.

Its not very nice at all. That colour is horid.

214_si · Post by **214_si** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:37 pm

i must have bad taste then :oops:

johno · Post by **johno** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:02 pm

Seats look nice

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:23 pm

Also why is the passenger seat different to the drivers one.

Null_Byte · Post by **Null_Byte** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:27 pm

I actually quite like it :oops:

The colour is erm, bright, but thats not always a bad thing.

gav2pac · Post by **gav2pac** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 1:11 am

i like that a lot!

rnash2002 · Post by **rnash2002** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:19 am

Does look well,not a big fan of the colour,maybe if it was in a dark metalic grey :wink:

turboestate · Post by **turboestate** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 6:28 am

dunno about you lot, i look at the first pic of it, then look over to listie's avatar..
i know which i prefer

listie · Post by **listie** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:22 am

Gary wrote:Also why is the passenger seat different to the drivers one.

Not sure but it could be that the drivers seat has an extra sliding bit at the front, if you get what I mean

Si

rich820coupe · Post by **rich820coupe** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:38 am

ive been told this before and bassicly thought it was doggies lol, ive also heard of a out the factory 2.2vtec running round how true this is I dont know

Post by **MarkCoupe** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:21 am

I like it, i also think the wheels with those brakes look like they mean business, id consider Parting the Nissan for one anyway.

DanK · Post by **DanK** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:30 am

listie wrote:

Si

I have to say, what I like most about this interior is the lack of walnut.

jpmonkey69 · Post by **jpmonkey69** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 11:40 am

I was gonna also say I like the grey "wood"

I'd like to replace mine with that.

And why is the passenger front seat different to the drivers one?

sysdump · Post by **sysdump** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:17 pm

Hmmm, yellow! That's ace!

Not keen on the wheels but the rest of it looks alright.

Chris

Jumping Jack · Post by **Jumping Jack** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 1:14 pm

I like it, i'd swap mine for it.

I'd imagine that the drivers seat has more adjustment options than the passangers.

symonh2000 · Post by **symonh2000** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 5:10 pm

I think it looks grim, the colour looks nice on a Fiat Coupe, but not a Rover. I think it would look good in a dark colour such as Black or BRG with some 5 spoke 18" Wheels, that look like the spokes go to the edges of the wheels.. As for the yellow inside, Hmmm..
I have also seen Kernahan Sport special 600's around The Oxford area, I am sure they had 18" Wheels too. The M3 mirrors are available in all good halfords stores, I might add.