John, You may be right and I am overthinking things, and I bow to your greater knowledge. The only thing that I will add as a thought for you is compare the launch of the 216SE in the middle of the 94/5 model year with that of the 1.6SE just over 2 years later for the 1997/8 year. There are several ...

Thank you for the information. What prompted my post was the similarity between the 216 Tomcats in Japan and those of 1995's UK 216SE Tomcats - exactly the same 3 body colours, Metallic Charcoal, and Pearlescent Nightfire and Tahiti - Coincidence, or an indication of an underlying connection? It did...

The story of the 220 Turbo Coupes intended for Japan in 1995 is pretty well documented, the cars coming back to the UK and eventually being sold here as the "FDH" Tomcats. But included in the various documents available for download in the Members' Area of our website is a sales brochure p...

I now have the following sales brochures covering much of the lifetime of the Tomcat. Rover Cars Publications 4372 (1992) and 4407 (1992) for model years 1992/3. Rover Cars Publications 4486/A (1993), 4520/A (1993), and 4532 (1993) for model years 1993/4. Rover Cars Publication 4559 (1994) and 4801 ...

I'm trying to get a full set of the sales brochures for the Coupe, i.e. ones that only covered the Coupe. So far, I've got the following publications: 4372 published 1992 - 216, 220 & 220 Turbo 4848 - - - - - - - - - 1995 - 216 SE only 4923 - - - - - - - - - 1995 - 216, 220 & 220 Turbo 5018 ...

Hi everyone, I've recently joined as I may need the knowledge and advice of you all in getting my 1.6SE tomcat rolling again. I bought it 2nd hand in 2000 when it was less than 3 years old and drove it regularly up to 2010. But for family reasons it's been off the road in my garage on SORN since 201...