This car has been sold.

My Rover 200BRM

On 14th September 1999, our new car, a limited edition Rover 200BRM was delivered. This car is based on the 200vi, but has significant mechanical and visual improvements:

• It has a lowered and uprated suspension, a close-ratio gearbox, uprated brakes, a Torsen traction-control differential and larger wider wheels.
• It has also removed the anonymity of the 200vi; the exterior styling attempts to pay homage to the BRM Grand Prix cars from the 1960s. Most obvious is the large, bright orange air intake.
• The interior is also unique, with stitched red leather seats, steering wheel and trim, turned aluminium panels and gear-knob and red carpet. On the exterior, the 16in wheels have 205/45ZR tyres, there is a unique mesh grill and silver trim.

It is considered by Rover's engineers to be the definitive and ultimate development of the 200-based car. This may no longer be true if the MG Rover X30 project actually appears.

• Rover's Ultimate Racer? - the development story at the Unofficial Austin-Rover Web Resource.
• Rover's 200BRM Website has now disappeared.
• But roverbrm.co.uk has the content and more!
• An English translation (by Babelfish) of the article at Rover Switzerland.
• 0-100-0mph test that shows the Rover 200BRM has better brakes than the Caterham 7 Superlight R, Jaguar XKR and Aston Martin Vantage 600 and DB7 Vantage.
• Article about the original Rover-BRM - "The engine could be revved to 60,000 once warmed up"

Last updated: 23rd February 2001 Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2001 Jonathan Stevens