1990 Rover Metro 1.4 GS 53,500m FSH Timewarp Car For Sale

1990/ H Rover Metro 1. 4 GS: Very rare luxury flagship model of the original Rover Metro line up finished in the finest colour scheme of British Racing Green Metallic with Stone Beige leather upholstery and burr walnut trim.

The Metro GS was the most expensive Metro in the re-launched Rover Metro range of 1990 at just under £11, 000 which was £1000 more expensive than a Metro GTI 16v.

This GS is not to be confused with the later and much more commonplace GSI which succeeded it. This 1. 4 GS came with the very peppy but mechanically simple 1400cc 8 valve carburettor non-catalyst engine, similar to that found in the GTa. Bowing down to incoming emissions laws, the carburettor engine was replaced with a fuel injected engine, which was not only slower but less frugal too. Soon driver’s airbags were made mandatory, so due to the extra manufacturing costs involved in including fuel injection, engine management, catalytic convertors and the SRS airbags, Rover downgraded the specification of their flagship Metro model, the most noticeable feature that was dropped was the standard leather upholstery, replaced with velour, which cannot compete with the luxury feel and look of real Connolly leather.

In addition to the leather and walnut interior this highest specification Metro has electric windows, central locking, tinted glass, tilting sunroof, adjustable lumbar support, plush cut pile carpeting, rev counter, variable intermittent wipe, rear wash wipe.

Current owner for the past ten years, owner before that kept this special Metro for the ten years before that. In factory standard condition and outstanding throughout. I have had a major service carried out including a new timing belt, water pump, HT leads, distributor cap, rotor arm, rocker cover gasket, antifreeze, new front brake discs and pads, brake fluid, and finally a brand new 3-piece clutch kit was fitted.

In 2018 I also had a brand new headgasket set professionally fitted along with a new radiator and thermostat as I feared the headgasket might have blown, as it transpires it had not but this is insurance for the new custodian that this common K-series malady has already been attened to.

The car has a FSH and drives superbly, as quick as an MG Metro but with a wonderfully refined and sweet K-series engine and a super slick 5-speed gearbox.

Very rare with less than 15 Metro GS's left on the road. MG Metro Turbos have broken the £10, 000 barrier, this is a much nicer car to drive, it has a superior specification and the drive train is so much more robust and refined than the old A-series engine with its notoriously weak 4-speed in-sump gearbox.

This is a unique opportunity as you will not chance upon another GS in such beautifully original condition or sporting the best colour scheme available.

I have driven this special Metro for 9 months over as my daily driver and put on over 3, 000 miles, and it has just flown through its MOT test, passing first time and without a single advisory, an outstanding result for a Metro approaching its 30th birthday and proving what a superior specimen it is. I would drive this Metro anywhere, it has never missed a beat or let me down at all.

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