£500. That's all. I don't even believe that our buying department are particularly mercenary, either; it just so happens that the trade value of a ten-year-old Rover 75 with eighty-five thousand on the clock is just five hundred quid. This one especially; this is the base model, the “Classic”. And it has the little-loved 1.8 litre engine, from the fabled K (or "Kettle") series with their legendary (and exaggerated) propensity for overheating and head-gasket failure.
But still, it's an awful lot of car for very little outlay, especially when it's been dressed up in proto-Connoisseur trim (chrome door mirrors). I thought the wine red saloon deserved a little more time in the limelight before it made it's trip to the murky world of the car auction.
