This Quintet has been stored outside for a few years, so is showing deterioration, but at least it gives you an idea of what it looks like.
If a potential Honda buyer wanted a 5 door hatchback car, he would have to buy the Rover as the hatch was not a 'Honda' option. There were two versions of transmission- a standard manual and a semi automatic. The semi-auto had a torque converter etc., but the ratios were selected manually with the floor mounted gear lever.
My son recently decided to buy a more economical car than his SE Vanden Plas, so after some hunting bought a Rover 416i Vitesse.
Here it is posing alongside the VDP
....and here it has its eyes open
The engine bay
As I understand it, both of the Rhondas were fully built by Honda, but with some Rover features such as woodgrain trim and of course badges.
