MG Maestro EFi

Posted on 28/07/2010 by Sam Skelton

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, poorly made, didn't feel THAT quick" and so on and so forth. But I'd read good things of them, and Kevin's Targa Red EFi made a powerful impression. Later in life, through the Maestro and Montego Owners' Club, I encountered many individuals who love their cars, and I was getting itchy feet Read more [...]

Rover SD1 Vanden Plas EFi

Posted on 19/06/2010 by Sam Skelton

A refined ruffian As regular readers of From The Captain's Chair will know, I'm not entirely new to SD1s. They hold particularly powerful memories for me, and are able to turn me misty-eyed at the turn of a key. Having been overwhelmed by Keith Adams' early 3500 manual, I wanted to try an automatic - I'm lazy, and I wanted to find out if the auto was as good as I thought it would be. I also hoped that my second taste of the SD1 would be in EFi form - is there a huge difference in the way they Read more [...]