Smooth operator… If you’re not likely to put your foot down often, a Vanden Plas is probably the best Maestro in the real world. You get lovely wood cappings, leather trim if you go for a later one, or a … Continue reading
The Golf GTi will be along in a second… When I was young, a friend of my father’s had an MG Maestro EFi. My father thought little of it, spouting his anti-Leyland guff at me in the Rover 800. “Rattly, … Continue reading
It’s R8, this Rover… The R8-series Rover is starting to be appreciated, like the Maestro before it, as more than just a banger. The earliest and mintiest cars are finding cherished homes, and there’s even an owners’ club. Probably the … Continue reading
More than a Mayfair… Simon Heap is my kind of chap. He doesn’t always like his cars to be the way they left the factory, but the way he chooses to improve them is to make any addition look like … Continue reading
Bread and butter motoring, 1980s style… In bread-and-butter form the Maestro is an oft-derided car. I may as well admit it here, despite the fact I like Maestros and Montegos I’m a bit of a snob with it. Don’t laugh … Continue reading