Rover 45

The Rover 45 is a compact family car made by the British manufacturer MG Rover from 1999 to 2005, with a facelift in 2004. It replaced the Rover 400 and was in effect a heavily restyled 400, so it kept the mechanical base of the Honda Domani. It was sold as a four door saloon and a five door hatchback. Engines were Rover K-Series four cylinder petrol units, a 2.0 litre KV6 petrol V6 of 150 PS paired with an automatic gearbox, and a 2.0 litre L-Series common rail turbodiesel. In 2001 it gave rise to the sporting MG ZS. Production stopped in April 2005 when MG Rover failed, and the Chinese buyer of the assets later revived MG in Europe but not the Rover name.