RoverSeas

A blog dedicated to old British cars seen around the world, especially from the Rover Car Company

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A 75 at speed (this isn't how you usually see them...) outside the bahnhof in Innsbruck

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My first Teutonic Rover! I wonder why the Germans didn't take to these in their droves...

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An exquisite boxy 200 in Lisbon - I feel a trip to Portugal coming on...

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Roverspotting is really taking off, my mate saw this on a backstreet in Tarragona. A 200 coupé (not tomcat) is a sight to behold.

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A rather regal Rover 75 residing in a underground car park in Granada. If you look closely you might notice that she has a slight oil leak... My colleague found this one for me - Roverspotting is catching on. Other spots without pictures were a 45 in Olde English White in Granada and a very rare square 218sldi on the autovia south of Madrid.

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Spain is a real haven for these bastions of British engineering, the climate helps keep the tin worm at bay. A 25 on the streets of Granada. I saw a chiselled 200 blasting out some tunes on my run the other morning but didn’t have my phone with me to take a snap.

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I don’t want this blog to be about Minis and other iconic British cars but I had to take a picture of this one as it was made during the AustinRover years.

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Beautiful Rover 75 in aubergine in the small wine producing town of Pezinok east of Bratislava

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Rover 400 in Bratislava, I had a 420 GSDi as my first car. Lovely torquey diesel with pleather seats and a sun roof, those were the days - I think she might have been scrapped now 😢

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I shouldn’t have these here really as they were found on a street in New Cross, South London - but it’s such a treat to see two Maestros (one in van mode) next to each other! I think the owner of these two might be my hero…

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Rover 200 coupé, widely known by its code name of Tomcat. Saw this in Acantilados de los Gigantes in Tenerife near the port. She was a bit beaten up and I think had the 1.8 k series in. My mate wouldn’t stop for a better pic 😞. I was obsessed with these when I was younger and desperately wanted a pre facelift turbo (in fact I still would...)

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A 25 papped from my car in Tenerife

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A Mk1 Freelander also in Novi Pazar.

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A Rover 25 Streetwise in Novi Pazar, a small town in southern Serbia just north of the Kosovan border. This is the car that started it all, why is it here?!