Isn't that what KZfaq ad revenue is for?

Public television show.

talldude123 yep, way better than the link they have now.

Nick Motsarsky these videos are probably too short to generate much.

Done!

I love how his harshest criticism particularly in the 80s and 90s always seems to be the lack of an electrical or oil gauge on a car, but if he finds one like in this car, he loves it.

They still sugarcoat everything.

@@basshead. especially if the car is American.

@@spencerbrayall8678 yeah they loved the Pontiac T-1000 (Chevette clone) even if it did 0-60 in 30 seconds because.......it's AMERICAN MADE!!!

the most reliable rover or the most unreliable honda.

Hahahaha

You can’t have 100% reliability…gotta water it down a little bit…or a lot.

@@Banom7a Honda cars are always reliable.

@@frankdenardo8684 British: we can make a honda unreliable, observe

My aunt in Newport Beach, California had a Merkur XR4 ti !!

I remember seeing a sterling in San Francisco back in 2007 and thinking “what kind of Honda Accord is that?”

@Black Conservative Patriot these cars were popular in nj where i grew up..they even had a hatchback lookin sterling too

Doug DeMuro should definitely review a Sterling and a Merkur. His most recent video is a review of a Geo Metro convertible

I thought I know every American car brand and every model that was sold in the US. But I never knew that Rover sold their cars in America (under the lable of Sterling) 😳

Yep. Burled means the same thing in American English as Burred in English, erm, English. BTW in the UK we had Daewoo's badged as Cheverolet's. That was due to a corporate takeover but we get a lot of stuff re-badged for tax reasons; The VW Hilux for example..

@@buggs9950 The VW Taro wasn't UK-only. Tbh, I haven't seen one outside Greece

@@Random-nf7qb Oh really? I didn't know that, thanks.

And some Isuzu’s badged as Chevrolet, LUV, and Geo Storm and don’t forget about the Mitsubishi vehicles labeled as Dodge.

The Mitsubishi Dodge Challenger Galant

😆😆😂😂😂😂 And on the trunklid.

Anti-Skid is a better translation for the German name than Anti-Lock. Modern 4 wheel ABS was still quite new to the US market in 1987. Mercedes and BMW began offering it in 1978, but it wasn't available in the US market until 1984 for fear of lawsuits if people crashed (or that's the story I heard).

@@compu85 - Yes, good drivers can stop faster than ABS, so it could be a liability...

"This car has the latest ASS brakes". 😄

There is a huge retro following now here in the UK, anything Rover or British Leyland is seriously cool now in car circles

????? nothing interesting came to USA from UK after 1980... MGA, Austin Healy 3000, TR8, MG V8, etc... all gone... unreliable, but still fun...

Does "charm" mean parts that don't work like they are supposed to? haha

Yes that charm is so reassuring when it's died on the side of the road!

@@BuzzLOLOL Erm… one word… Delorian 😂

Lol 😆 lol 😆 hilarious. I love that

It's embarrassing for Brits that they couldn't make reliable small cars... after making great WWII bombers/engines... and perfecting manufacture of the Buick/Rover/MG/Triumph/TVR/Morgan aluminum V8... and that V8 engine should have gone into the Sterling !!!

@freepieanchipsgarage - Nope, Brits also ruined the Fords... and we didn't really even see those Ford models in the USA... too small, unreliable, and weak... I would never had known about 'English Fords' except my Dad had stopped in UK on his way to France in WWII and mentioned such things...

@freepieanchipsgarage I’m guessing you’re British and you got a bit salty from that comment?

@freepieanchipsgarage My friend’s first car was a 14 year old 1969 Ford Cortina GT. It was a 4 speed manual, he used to bring me everywhere he went, as I was his starter. I remember one night coming out of a movie theatre, I pushed him out of the parking spot, and then pushed him up to about ten mph, he dropped the clutch in 1st gear and the engine started. We got such an applause from the rest of the crowd coming out of the theatre. Within a year, he bought a cortina wagon too. For parts. In my life, I only saw 3 cortina’s in the US and he owned 2 of them. Not saying unreliable as much as I’m saying that when something did break, there was nowhere to go for parts.

Standard government ministerial car back in the day!

We didn't know we had it either. I think we had the SD1 too. It of course is best well known as the police car used at the end of The Great Muppet Caper.

Never knew we had them here either, at least until very recently. I know we had a very small number of SD1s exported here in the mid-70s, since you mentioned them.

Man, the SD1 is so cool. Give me a Vitesse in silver with a black interior

You were workin' as a waitress in a cocktail bar When I met you I picked you out, I shook you up and turned you around Turned you into someone new Now five years later on you've got the world at your feet Success has been so easy for you But don't forget, it's me who put you where you are now And I can put you back down too

*age, not have

@@thirdstar9255 yep!

My gosh I can't imagine trying to keep one of these running that late, let alone now.

My family had a Merkur Scorpio when I got my driver's license. At that point it was about 12 years old and had some issues, but it was great to drive.

@@lukerinderknecht2982 omg they were so GREAT to drive weren’t they?! I ended up having two and although not TOO many issues the transmissions (A4LD) were so problematic that it basically killed the car and experience with all its reliability problems. The cost of a tranny rebuild was astronomical but at the time it was worth it.

@@fredaydaybae8450 yeah we went through two flywheels, which were hard to source in our area at the time. I ended up bringing one back from Germany when I was on an exchange student program there.

Me too. I like the clean lines. Today's designs can be so overwrought.

Neither has anybody else

Me neither I guess some of these were imported to Japan that I live but ...

@@kevinbarry71 I have. Then again, I'm in the UK..... 🤣

I saw one at the back of a tow truck, it appeared to be smooth riding!

I remember seeing one running...in 1992

Nobody enunciates like John! Guy must've been raised by a pair linguistics experts.

Words to live by

Or if she didn't have a low trunk sill for easy liftover.

@@stevedempsey527 omfg lolololol

Or halogen headlamps.

😂😂😭

At least the the actual legend is a good car overall

Honda cut ties with Rover quick!

@@1985toyotacamry Acura Legend was good looking car, Sterling look like nissan stanza, very cheap looking.

@@rockhard9369 I mean to be fair the Nissan Stanza is a good car but this car is like similar to a GM car that one didn't built a car correctly and GM is very confident

@@1985toyotacamry yep! Loved my '89 coupe with the 5-speed. Had it in the early 2000s and still remember it fondly

Didn't fancy seeing you here! Your videos are very entertaining. As for Rover what a sad story indeed.

I was guessing that the 0-60 was going to be 11.5 seconds at first... when I thought this car was just a dumpy 80s econobox like a Nissan Stanza at first. Then I realized it was Legend based, and a luxury car, with a V6. Then I was surprised that it was even worse than I thought.

My Dad bought a new Mitsubishi in 2019. Until last weekend, he didn't realize it has a telescopic steering wheel. He was very impressed when I showed him. :-)

And those "backlit gauges," as if that hadn't been offered before.

Backlit gauges were still pretty new at the time. There were the odd few vehicles that had them before.. but it wasn’t until the mid 80s that they became common and not until the mid 90s that they became exclusive. Heck.. my 1995 VW GTi still had front lit gauges. My 1985 Volvo 744 was the oldest car I owned that had backlit gauges.

@@Bartonovich52 The oldest car I've owned was my '85 Volvo 240, which had face lit gauges. My '88 Camry and '89 Lebaron convertible had backlit gauges.

And don’t forget radial tires!! 😂

And no mention of a chin-spoiler

* *ITS* , genius. Ugh.

@@gavinvalentino6002 Thanks for that. Normally, I’m the one correcting grammar.

Oh man that sounds like a lovely car

@@RobJaskula it was beautiful! The paint was so deep and rich, and the wood inside was gorgeous. Yet, I believe he only owned the car three years, perhaps four at the longest.

Just curious.. Do you enjoy getting kicked in the nuts? Lol

How they took Honda's homework and managed to mess it up so bad I'll never understand.

​@@revvolutionsQuite easily. The management had them put it into production before the factory had it's full refresh to change over from SD1 production. That's why after 1990 they were very good. Unfortunately by that point its reputation was already tarnishes. The MK2 which sadly never made it to the States proved to be a big success in Europe for its quality and reliability. They even started building cars for Honda in the same factory!

I doubt it. Reliability is what killed the market. Resale is another thing entirely. People concentrate so much on resale not really understanding what affects it and why it even matters. If you are going to be offloading a car after a mere one or two years of ownership, you don’t care about money. So it doesn’t matter if you are selling a Honda or Toyota because you are going to lose tens of thousands of dollars anyways. The value of car needs to be based on its intrinsic value. Its ability to get you too and from a place reliably. This is where this car failed. And then people selling them after one or two years flooded the used market and THAT is what caused them to depreciate. Depreciation is almost always a supply and demand equation. Like a Pontiac Grand Am. Great car. The last generation is one of the best cars GM ever built. Solid drivetrain, lots of power, excellent fuel economy. An overall excellent if a bit ostentatious design. Well.. nobody wanted to buy GM cars because they remembered the low quality duds they made in the 70s, 80s, and early 90s. They needed to offer leases to move models. Unsold inventory went wholesale to car rental companies. Then all of the lease returns and auction vehicles flooded the market two or three years later and drove prices into the basement. Even more people are turned off of these cars because “they aren’t a good investment”. But 20 years later you still see so many of these on the road. They are $800 cars, a mere $400 repair bill away from being pushed over a cliff and set on fire... yet I don’t go a day without seeing one! So.. I bought a rental car myself barely over half sticker with 7500 miles and factory warranty. Depreciation works great for me, that car will last me a long time. Who cares what it’s worth? If I bought an equivalent Toyota I would have paid 50% more and it will only be worth $2000 more by the time I plan on selling it 15 years from now. Between taxes and interest on a higher amount, it will have lost so much money, I could afford to replace the engine and transmission in my car and still be ahead.

I believe that was filmed in a mall in Jersey City or the Newark area, they comment about the long drive from NYC to Jersey (if that's the same episode you're thinking of)

@@danielponder690 It could well be. I'll have to check it out again. It'll give me an excuse to rewatch the show. 👍 Thanks.

@@liverush24 you're welcome but I stand corrected, it was all on a sound stage and was one of the most expensive episodes to produce, who knew!?

@@danielponder690 It certainly looked the part & I've learned something new. 👍 Cheers.

Almost all exterior shots where the cast is actually present were done in Los Angeles, so what you saw was a California car!

Really as they were fitted with Honda v6’s?

@@billybellend1155 yes, even the most reliable engines could have been abused and failed. You never know how the previous owner took care of the car, maybe he always skipped an oil change or ignored all the tune up schedule, or drove really harsh from day one, who knows? Or, maybe the second hand car dealer already knew it was a junky car and tried to bait someone with little car knowledge to buy it. Anyways, it was a real experience and I just walked away although he claimed I damaged the engine. I said if an engine could be blown with just a few hard accelerations, it was a piece of junk. He was of course very pissed but what else he could do?

Honda Automatics at the time were horrible.

I have an 02 Accord V6 - it's not much faster with its 4 speed auto than the same era I4 manual.

@freepieanchipsgarage yes that is correct, however Honda had no direct input and no updated technology was passed onto Rover after '94.

@freepieanchipsgarage you do realise that was sarcasm?

I used to be a Sterling tech........I'll never forget.

Definitely can see a couple quirks and features on this one. Lol

Not me. That guy is a goof.

they did get it right with the Rover R8 but it was too late to save their tarnished American image.

@freepieanchipsgarage Very True, the 75 was even better...

The 1970s were even weirder. For example, in 1972 you could buy a Ford with a 7.5-litre V8 that produced only 212 horsepower.

A 2020 Subaru Legacy is only making like 170 from its 2.5..

That's about accurate. The '87-'89 Camry V6 was 2.5L, 153 horses. 1990-91 Camrys had 156 horses. Honda Accord didn't come in V6 until 1994

Amazing where 30 year of progress gets you!

@@nickmotsarsky4382 Well Subaru also managed to only get 215 out of a 2.5 Turbo only 10-15 years ago, and still couldn't manage to make it reliable.

I never understood how it could be unreliable since it has the same engine as an Acura, which people praised for reliability...

@@1962delia It was basically everything BUT the engine (Electrics, rust, various suspension bits). Also, the fit and finish and general assembly was fairly dire. The JD Power initial quality survey that year was interesting. The Sterling and Legend book-ended the ratings. The Legend was first, and the Sterling was last..

I agree. Both are basically Hondas in this case, though.

@@thearousedeunuch not everything; and even if they were identical; you'd be crazy to have one built by the traditional English automotive assembly workers

I'm English and fully agree. Rover was the last of mass produced British manufacturers and they died a death due to decades of under investment, they were popular withe older generations, but to me and my buddies, would pick a Honda every time, great engines and rock solid build quality.

nice car

I've got a 1969 Rover 2000 TC that I drive in the summer. My fellow Americans don't know what it is.

@@mescko I sure used to get a lot of stares when driving it and questions when I was stopped.

the us-market 827 hatch was nice looking, too

pre-facelift front looks a bit anonymous, post-facelift one with the chrome grille looks much better :)

Lol!!!! I can't stop laughing!! Too funny!!

Do you need a hug?

When something breaks on a Brit car you just replace that part with a USA made part...