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Re: ... how many left - 820 Vitesse Coupe

Post by Manalishi » Sat May 13, 2017 8:28 am

Sorry for lifting this ancient thread but as time goes by maybe some of the issues are more in the light now? Also, the older LHD coupes are forgotten in the statistics above, or rather not mentioned.

I have a few additional thoughts about this. My car is a 1993 LHD coupe, sold in Italy. (Ch no 163xxx) Full Sterling interior, 180bhp Vitesse, non-torsen, old interior regarding switches etc. I have reasons to believe the car was sold/registered 1995-06-14. (When imported to Sweden it therefor became a model 1995 according to Swedish registration.) It was imported to Sweden in December 2005.

So LHD coupes were built from 1993. 180bhp, non-torsen. Built for the Italian market alone or for entire European market?

What can be told on the LHD coupes? Anything about how many LHD coupes were built? Many cars went to Italy (tax reasons) but they also pop up in Germany, even though they might originally be Italian cars. I have read somewhere online that 600 LHD coupes were sold, can this be confirmed? Newer LHD coupes pop up as well (200bhp etc) but they are more scarce.
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Re: ... how many left - 820 Vitesse Coupe

Post by dollysprint » Sat May 13, 2017 8:26 pm

Henrik, more information is now available since the original thread in 2012, give me a week and I'll wade through the database and build figures and give you a more accurate picture. 180 Vitesse Coupes whilst selling the best in Italy were available to most of Europe from 1993.
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Re: ... how many left - 820 Vitesse Coupe

Post by scoobyh123 » Sat May 13, 2017 9:24 pm

Thanks for the thread revival Henrik - although my Coupé is an 827 i still like to read about cars with the other engines.

I know last time i looked on howmanyleft (which only shows UK registered cars as far as i'm aware) there were only 30 827 Coupés left. At the time there were either 174 or 176 Bugatti Veyrons listed as being on the road.

Call me "elitist" if you like (not that i have anything against Lotus cars of course :lol: ) but if there are only 30 827 Coupés but 176 Bugatti Veyrons, purely on rarity value alone that makes the Rover better than the Bugatti.
I doubt we'd ever get the chance to compare the two cars side by side but even the Vitesse Coupé is getting pretty rare now as well, chances are it's already rarer than the bugatti as well.

Next time someone says something about a Bugatti Veyron, we can all smirk happily in the knowledge our cars are rarer! :wink: :lol: :D
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Re: ... how many left - 820 Vitesse Coupe

Post by deano » Sat May 13, 2017 10:49 pm

White dog shit is rare these days Dave, but I don't particularly want any

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Re: ... how many left - 820 Vitesse Coupe

Post by traineefarmer » Sun May 14, 2017 8:26 am

deano wrote:White dog shit is rare these days Dave, but I don't particularly want any

:lol:
But is it worth more than a Billionaire's Volkswagen?
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Re: ... how many left - 820 Vitesse Coupe

Post by scoobyh123 » Sun May 14, 2017 8:50 am

traineefarmer wrote:
deano wrote:White dog shit is rare these days Dave, but I don't particularly want any

:lol:
But is it worth more than a Billionaire's Volkswagen?
Probably not but it's a lot easier to dispose of! :lol:
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Re: ... how many left - 820 Vitesse Coupe

Post by Manalishi » Sun May 14, 2017 10:08 am

dollysprint wrote:Henrik, more information is now available since the original thread in 2012, give me a week and I'll wade through the database and build figures and give you a more accurate picture. 180 Vitesse Coupes whilst selling the best in Italy were available to most of Europe from 1993.
Thanks Dave, that's great news! A good archive is really excellent when it comes to old classics. I know the Austin Seven (1922-1939) has a really well organized archive over most of the surviving cars. I can try to locate more info on the 820-827 coupes here in Sweden. I know there are about 5-10 827 plus 2 Italian 180bhp from 1993, all being LHD.
scoobyh123 wrote:Thanks for the thread revival Henrik - although my Coupé is an 827 i still like to read about cars with the other engines.

I know last time i looked on howmanyleft (which only shows UK registered cars as far as i'm aware) there were only 30 827 Coupés left. At the time there were either 174 or 176 Bugatti Veyrons listed as being on the road.

Call me "elitist" if you like (not that i have anything against Lotus cars of course :lol: ) but if there are only 30 827 Coupés but 176 Bugatti Veyrons, purely on rarity value alone that makes the Rover better than the Bugatti.
I doubt we'd ever get the chance to compare the two cars side by side but even the Vitesse Coupé is getting pretty rare now as well, chances are it's already rarer than the bugatti as well.

Next time someone says something about a Bugatti Veyron, we can all smirk happily in the knowledge our cars are rarer! :wink: :lol: :D
Good news! I can now reject the kind offers from the Veyron owners that try to make a swap with me.
Henrik
Rover 820 Vitesse Coupe 180bhp -93 (Italy)
Rover 827 Vitesse manual (non cat) -89 (Spain)
Lexus GS450h -13
Austin Seven Special -36
Gone:
Rover 820 ti -95
Rover 216 DOHC coupe -93
Rover 620 ti -98

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