Articles
Review of the Rover 220 Coupe Turbo from Performance Car magazine, November 1992
The article is more complimentary of the car than the other one from Autocar Magazine. It calls the TorSen diff "an ingenious piece of lateral thinking" but again the reviewer doesn't like the lack of feedback from the steering which I have to agree with. Tiff Needell mentioned this in his review of the car too. I'm surprised the reviewer thought the T-bar roof was so intricate, as there's not much to it really.
Review of the Rover 220 Coupe Turbo vs the Fiat Coupe 16v Turbo vs the Honda Prelude 2.2 Vtec from Autocar Magazine, 26th January 1994
Here is a comparative review of the Rover 220 Coupe Turbo vs the Fiat Coupe 16v Turbo vs the Honda Prelude 2.2 Vtec from Autocar Magazine, dated 26th January 1994. The Rover Coupe is praised for its engine and build quality, but criticised for its handling and light steering.
Review of the Rover 216 Coupe vs the Vauxhall Calibra 2.0i from Autocar Magazine, dated 18th November 1992
Here's a comparative review of the Rover 216 Coupe vs the Vauxhall Calibra 2.0i from Autocar Magazine, dated 18th November 1992. Despite the 1.6 litre Honda-engined Rover Coupe being quicker than the 2 litre Calibra, the reviewer's conclusion is that it is no competition for the Vauxhall.
An article from Autocar, 11th October 1989 - "The launch of the new Rover 200"
Rover's Brave New World.
From Autocar, 11th October 1989 - Rover 216 GSi v Ford Escort 1.6 Ghia v Fiat Tipo DGT SX v Renault 19 TXE
Graduation Day.
Review of the 220 Turbo Coupe from Fast Lane Magazine, January 1993
The Big Numbers Game.
Review of the 220 Turbo Coupe from Car Magazine, November 1992
A tomcat called Rover.
Review of the 216 GTi TwinCam, comparing it to the MKII VW Golf GTi. From Autocar Magazine, December 12th, 1990
This is a review of the Rover 216 GTi from Autocar magazine dated December 12th, 1990. The reviewer considers it to be a better car than the MKII Golf GTi on several points. He praises the "sweet spinning" 1.6 litre Honda D16A9 twincam engine, but calls the engine note "rather dull" which is surprising. Certainly with a cone filter induction kit the engine soundtrack is one of this the best things about this car.
Review of the new Rover 220 coupe turbo from Autocar magazine, October 7th 1992
A review of Rover's new 220 coupe turbo, from Autocar magazine, October 7th 1992. The TorSen torque-sensing differential is praised again in this review.
