Rover CityRover

The City Rover was a small car from Rover, which was presented in autumn 2003. These were a slightly modified Tata Indica with Rover logo (so-called badge engineering).

The Model 100 should be offered as a replacement for the in England initially quite successful small cars Rover. The based on the Austin Mini Metro and Rover Metro car was taken in 1998 after disastrous results in the Euro NCAP crash test from the market. BMW wanted thereby also avert further damage to the image of Rover. Since no successor had been developed for the original model, the sales figures continued to fall at Rover. After the departure of BMW was sought under financially difficult conditions for an inexpensive way to fill the gap in the model range. Tata offered itself as a partner because the company had developed in India a small car, which had to be modified only slightly for distribution by Rover.

The vehicle, which was initially sold only in England and Spain, however, sold sluggishly. Technically, could not meet the claims filed in Europe and not safety convince the City Rover. Although he was equipped with two airbags and ABS, but had too resilient passenger cell. The design corresponded to the level of the early 1990s. The price of the vehicle, despite price reductions compared to more modern competitors extremely high.

Yet in May 2005 arrived after the collapse of MG Rover in the English seaport Dover shipload of City Rover was sold as a bankrupt in supermarkets. Supposedly had been planned at MG Rover, the 2007 model year to bring out a successor to the City Rover. Also a MG version was thinking.

The collaboration with MG Rover was terminated by Tata, also to an additional license exploitation of the City Rover to prevent by other partners. Another production of the City Rover was thus prevented.