Rover 75 R40
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Oct 28, 2026
Jodie KiddGUEST
Well, I mean, I did buy the Ferrari, but no, I was very...
Jodie KiddGUEST
So the first car I was kind of given was a Rover 75 because I've been very lucky that I get kind of collaborations with manufacturers.
Jodie KiddGUEST
So that Rover was sponsoring London Fashion Week and they gave, I think it was myself, Kate Moss... and Rosemary Ferguson, I can't remember.
Jodie KiddGUEST
And we all got a Rover 75.
Jodie KiddGUEST
So that was what I used to drive around in, in the early days.
Jodie KiddGUEST
Did you like
Jodie KiddGUEST
And then...
Jodie KiddGUEST
Don't
JustinHOST
Okay, yeah.
JustinHOST
Bring the Stag back, baby, and restart making the Rover V8 again.
JustinHOST
Except make it flat-plane crank, rev to the moon, and supercharge it.
CalebHOST
Twin charge it.
JustinHOST
You know what? They still do make the Sattered Sky.
JustinHOST
It's just a three-wheel.
JustinHOST
Shout out is we got to bring back Rover.
CalebHOST
We got to bring back Rover.
Richard PorterHOST
Yeah.
Richard PorterHOST
The ride quality that had gone off the most that was my fault, but in an extended way, I allowed my Rover 75 to be towed away by the council.
Richard PorterHOST
because i hadn't driven it for ages and someone in my neighborhood in london reported it as an abandoned car oh it was taken to the car pound this was all my fault because i then didn't see i had at that point in my place what james may always referred to in his house as the leaning tower of post It's all the stuff you can't be asked to look at.
Richard PorterHOST
You just add it to the pile.
Richard PorterHOST
never saw it didn't know the car had gone because it was parked around the corner and it was only one day when i went around to go and move it because i thought i better go and check the rovers all right rover gone had to find out where it was and the guy at the pound said you know by rights we should have crushed this by now it's an unclaimed car but it was too nice so i told the lads to leave it alone which was a lovely touch
Jonny SmithHOST
oh my gosh you could have had it crushed wow okay yeah oh that's been
Richard PorterHOST
fortunate to get it back and um and as i was driving it away I went over a speed bump and the usual buttery ride of the Rover 75 was very much not apparent.
Richard PorterHOST
It was this, it felt awful over speed bump.
Phil WhedonHOST
If there are any other retro-inspired cars from manufacturers of the past that you... would lean into i mean retro the whole thing about using heritage styling is not a new phenomenon it's being called upon now but there are cars from the last what 30 40 years that have pulled on uh you know historic influences so i don't know if there's any particular cars that spring to mind well there was that whole era
Joe MillerHOST
of it wasn't there in the turn of the century you had the s type the rover 75 the new beetle the pt cruiser the fiat 500 the new mini they sort of aged to varying degrees of success or failure but The one that really stands out for me is I think if you did want to do an old design reimagined, particularly as an electric, the one that always comes, I think Citroen are on the right lines, but they've picked the wrong one.
Joe MillerHOST
I think a DS, a modern DS, like a futuristic spaceship pod looking thing that's EV powered and possibly even suspension goes up and down as well.
Joe MillerHOST
I think that's got EV written all over it.
16 MINS LATER
Joe MillerHOST
Yeah, I think it's a very cool car.
Joe MillerHOST
You can even get that V8.
Joe MillerHOST
They did it in the Rover 75 as well.
Joe MillerHOST
That's proper Q car, isn't it?
CamHOST
Because I feel like...
CamHOST
The Rover 75 is a perfect example of this, where they were like, let's just go and make something that looks a bit like Buckingham Palace on wheels.
CamHOST
And
Sam SheehanHOST
I