Last year after the firm had gone bust there were a hundred million pounds worth of brand new cars just dumped in an airfield. Any one have any idea what happeded to them.
If they're still there can we just walk in and take one? :D
2006-11-17 12:33:23 · 5 answers · asked by Wattsie 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Other - Car Makes
£100m was the notional value if Rover cars had been any good, if people wanted them and were prepared to pay the retail price for them. None of the preceding applied and Rover went bust. Thus, that £100m worth of cars would struggle to get anywhere near that value. I would agree that their only real use would be in the spares yield.
Rover had been in the sh*it since the late 70s, and never managed to climb out. British Leyland, and the SD1 saw to that. The only real chance of Rover getting back on its feet was a more harmonious tie-up with Honda, and the commie unions weren't having any of that, so they bit the dust.... and fu*cking good riddance.
2006-11-17 23:02:33 · answer #1 · answered by Phish 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
There are several dealers specialising in Rover sales now but to answer your question the £100 million dropped to £50 million when they went bust! Since some of these cars are now over three years old they would not be a wise buy for anyone and it wouldn't surprise me in the end if some were dismantled for spare parts. For example a friend was complaining that subsequent to an accident he couldn't get a door for his Rover 75 anywhere. The City Rover is an Indian Tata in disguise with old fashioned drum brakes even and should be avoided at any price, even the £3,000 new being asked on the internet.
Be very careful, anyone, about buying a new Rover - please. They are old technology made worse by being left to rot in a field for years. To give the basic answer to your question - loads of them are still there and are likely to stay so until dismantled or crushed.
2006-11-17 18:52:30 · answer #2 · answered by lynxd67 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They're still there. They now belong to the administrators and will (eventually) be sold off the pay the companies Rover didn't pay. Essentially, if you had a company that supplied Rover with wheels and you haven't been paid for them they still belong to you, so legally you could remove all the wheels and repossess them. They might have been worth £100,000,000 when they left the factory, but with no manufacturer support they are practically worthless now. Especially after being parked up for a couple of years.
2006-11-18 07:28:41 · answer #3 · answered by Bandit600 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean Upper Heyford the disused American Air force base,if so they were all still there the last time I looked a couple of months ago.Unfortunately I don't think we can just walk in and take them or I would have a fleet of them and a feedback rating on eBay higher than a Giraffes tonsils!
2006-11-17 12:44:55 · answer #4 · answered by Grannyman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is sad, MG/Rover made nice cars, not great but good, and after they went bust the prices dropped, and sales went up.
Just goes to show that pricing is everything!
2006-11-17 12:46:36 · answer #5 · answered by tattie_herbert 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋