Faults:

The gearbox housing is broken and has to be changed.

Since I live in Israel, my options are either to import one from the UK or search for a used one.

When I bought the car, it had many leaks in the engine compartment. I fixed everything for about 430 USD.

General Comments:

This car suffers from an image problem. It is said to be driven by old people exclusively and being slow. This just isn't true.

The 216 was faster than most cars with a 1.6 engines in the 1990's.

It also handles pretty well and had a great ride.

This is actually the second one I've owned. I've had another one when living in South America, but it was a manual one. I had to leave it there when I left.

One thing I have to add is the fact that you should avoid the automatic ones. They are filled with problems to be solved, but just keep coming back.

In manual version, it's a great car.

In addition, the interior of the Rover is pretty comfortable. The seats are in good order, the dashboard is nice to look at and it's a nice place to be.