ROVER 820 VITESSE SPORT

johno · Post by **johno** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:02 am

Just spotted this car (item no: 4524193623) on ebay....just wondering did all the vitesse sports not come with leather seats?

john

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:12 am

It should have the half leather Recaro seats.

mach1rob · Post by **mach1rob** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 2:26 am

Hmmm looks like someones had the Recaros out and stuck boggo standard Si seats in, plus I wouldn't pay that much for it, mine set me back Â£400

Should have these in it!

george_chick · Post by **george_chick** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 11:00 am

Those are SLI seats, I'd be very wary considering someones had the seats out of it, don't know what else has been chuffed about with.
Thats not usual FSH Rover owner activity.

At 70 odd K the seats shouldn't have been torn or dry, so that excuse for swapping the seats wouldn't ring true.

Look elsewhere at that price too.

mach1rob · Post by **mach1rob** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 7:32 pm

Only thing I can think off is that they were a bit to sporty for the old duffer that owned it

Mind George, the reason I said Si is they have the piping on them and wasn't the SLi dropped from the range at the facelift, leaving just Si, Vitesse and Sterling, or is that my senality creeping up on me again :lol:

george_chick · Post by **george_chick** » Fri Feb 04, 2005 11:42 pm

You could be right about the seat trim, pre 96 the Si seats are those horrible things with stripes.

I ignore the post 96 stuff, not enough of them in the breakers to do any proper research anyway.

talkingcars · Post by **talkingcars** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 6:04 pm

What else should be diffrent between the vitesse and the vitty sport?

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 7:03 pm

Vitesse:
16" alloys
180bhp

Vitesse Sport:
17" alloys
200bhp

Those are the most noticeable differences. I think the Vitty Sport also has better suspension.

Post '96 are just called Vitesse, but have Vitesse Sport spec, IIRC.

talkingcars · Post by **talkingcars** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 7:47 pm

How did they up the power from 180 to 200?

TurboMG · Post by **TurboMG** » Sat Feb 05, 2005 9:05 pm

More boost, cam/cam timing, exhaust.