Honda Rovers (Rhondas?) in Aus.
- richard moss
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Re: Honda Rovers (Rhondas?) in Aus.
Even in the BMC days the management would have bee ashamed at that level of badge engineering.
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1990 Jaguar Sovereign 4 Litre on LPG
1969 MGC GT (currently hibernating)
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Re: Honda Rovers (Rhondas?) in Aus.
Here are the badge parts of the badge engineering-



Here is the interior- the word 'Rover' appears on the steering wheel and 'Quintet' in front of the gear lever.

And perhaps I should have worded my first post more clearly- Honda did not sell the 5 door hatchback car in Australia under their own badges. That body design of a Honda (for Oz) was exclusively a Rover.



Here is the interior- the word 'Rover' appears on the steering wheel and 'Quintet' in front of the gear lever.

And perhaps I should have worded my first post more clearly- Honda did not sell the 5 door hatchback car in Australia under their own badges. That body design of a Honda (for Oz) was exclusively a Rover.
Dane, roverdriver, not a Viking!


- Richard Clements
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Re: Honda Rovers (Rhondas?) in Aus.
Thanks Dane that clarifies things a lot.
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Re: Honda Rovers (Rhondas?) in Aus.
So in reallity it's not a Rover, it's a Honda 

- richard moss
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Re: Honda Rovers (Rhondas?) in Aus.
Like the mk2 400 then - pure Civic with almost no Rover input other than the badges and interior.47p2 wrote:So in reallity it's not a Rover, it's a Honda
Oh, and that WONDERFUL 4 cyl K series!
1990 827 Sterling manual
1990 Jaguar Sovereign 4 Litre on LPG
1969 MGC GT (currently hibernating)
1990 Jaguar Sovereign 4 Litre on LPG
1969 MGC GT (currently hibernating)
Re: Honda Rovers (Rhondas?) in Aus.
Rhondas? I used to call them 'Hoovers' 

- Phil - Nottingham
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Re: Honda Rovers (Rhondas?) in Aus.
Noisy, inefficient and unreliable 

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