[srishiva]

One Rover Motego was owned by KidsKemp owner. I used to see it a lot. Been a while I saw it.

[GTO]

Of course I remember the D1; we'd actually gone by to the showroom as potential customers. One look and the payee name (on the cheque) was changed to "Maruti". Damn, that car was one heck of a shoddy build. Everything was so badly put together that we were left wondering if the local cobbler was in charge of final assembly . My family took a small test-drive too......Dad used to drive a Tempo in the 70's and found the drive identical!

A car that could be maintained without going back to the manufacturer since it shared a common parts bin with several other more popular vehicles.

I bet. Even the wheel caps were lifted from a Padmini.

CAN we talk about the Rover Montego in this thread please?????? Also a model called Montana xxxxx something?

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[Maverick1977]

A friend of mine had bought this car some time in 1994-95 & he used to drive it like a maniac. He wanted to drive it like a sports car & had even removed the rear seats to make it light. Because of this we could sit as many as 5 ppl in the back. I even remember getting that car painted by a local painter just below our building. That was really funny!!!
However 1 incident that I will never forget was the time when the car had rammed into a Premier Padmini. The Padmini's running board was damaged quite badly, but there was not even a single scratch on the car. The Padmini driver was badly shaken but my friend was totally nonchalant about the whole incident.

[ajithshetty]

Greetings BHPians,

My tryst with the Sipani D-1 dates back to 1990 when it wheeled in as our 'first car'. We had to place a plastic bucket below its fuel tank as it was leaking on the very first day. The power plant was an 'Autoland' 1.5 litre diesel engine and it was definitely a fine motor. Frequent travels to Mangalore and Udupi involved a prior visit to the mechanic and the preperation was very close to a NASA shuttle launch. Reaching our destination, we used to find our faces and palms blackened with soot (possibly a ruptured exhaust pipe).
But all these misgivings do not match the immense pleasure and pure joy that our family had experienced with this car. Fond memories!!!!!!!!!!


Ajith Anand Shetty

[ringoism]

Somehow stumbled upon this thread and kind of glad I did. I'd kept trying to remember the name of the car a friend had bought second-hand maybe around 2003 on the B'lore outskirts, the odd one with the fiberglass body and what looked to me like an Austin four-cylinder engine and the surprising RWD.

It was silver, it ran/drove despite being rather worn, and for some reason I was thinking it was a 2-dr. Is that possible?

EDIT: Oh, wait... followed GTO's link and found the Dolphin / Reliant Kitten. I think that was the 2-dr. in question!!!

-Eric

[Leoshashi]

Originally Posted by GTO

Of course I remember the D1; we'd actually gone by to the showroom as potential customers. One look and the payee name (on the cheque) was changed to "Maruti". Damn, that car was one heck of a shoddy build. Everything was so badly put together that we were left wondering if the local cobbler was in charge of final assembly

Should be a good read for you :

PS: Sorry for the poor image quality, got it as a forward.

[Stanher]

Originally Posted by haithereitsme

Hey guys, check out the actual pictures of Sipani D1.

Isn't this a Motana, predecessor of the D1?

[karlosdeville]

Such a cool picture of a Montana in action in period