Rover Streetwise

The Rover Streetwise was a compact British car made by MG Rover and based on the Rover 25, with an increased ride height and chunkier bumpers. Rover marketed it as an urban on-roader to appeal to younger drivers, in the mould of the Audi A6 Allroad, Skoda Octavia Scout and Volkswagen CrossPolo, designing it as a two wheel drive urban car with four wheel drive looks. It sat 10 mm higher than the basic 25, with large grey or black plastic bumpers that were not colour coded, redesigned front indicators, chunky sixteen inch wheels and multi purpose roof bars. Engines were 1.4, 1.6 and 1.8 litre units and a 2.0 turbodiesel. Production ended in April 2005 when MG Rover went into administration, but it reappeared in China in 2008 as the MG 3 SW under Nanjing Automobile Group.