Austin Montego Estate and Rover Montego Countryman Walkaround

[@DjNikGnashers]

Lovely to see the estate. I used to be a taxi driver years ago, and at the time, almost every private hire taxi in our area was a diesel montego estate. They were very reliable, easily tuned to give a bit more power, and parts were so cheap so replace. To be fair, they drove very well too.

[@nickshipp8471]

I owned three Montego Estates during the 80's and 90's my last one being the Countryman in British racing green. A fantastic car which I sold after clocking up 100,000 miles. Love the video, a real trip down memory lane, thank you.

[@Seminal_Ideas]

I really enjoyed watching your video. Always thought that the estate Montego just looked right. I never had the opportunity to own one but admired them anyway. Cheers.

[@patrickrocks3312]

Really nice cars good design handled well and comfortable something modern car manufacturers have forgotten how to do.

[@lloydvehicleconsulting]

I absolutely love these Montegos! It is hard to pick a favourite, so I can see why you have more than one...

[@stevejelly3161]

Hi !! I bought a dark red diesel estate in 2004 for £50 (MOT'd .. scrap man refused to take it) !! ... My poor Dad was crying at the wheel of his car and shouting not to buy it !! LOL ... I drove off and the engine just went "BLURRRRRR" (turbo was working) and paddled to the petrol station !! ... The 0-60 mph on minimum throttle was around 2 minutes !! ... It had "INTERGALACTIC" mpg (fuel gauge never moved) and after a long while the slowest it would cruise at was 70 mph on motorways !! .... The car was INCREDIBLE !! ....

[@DavidDavid-kl4ru]

I'd forgotten what a well thought out car the Montego estate was. Much more nicely proportioned styling than the saloon. Thanks for sharing

[@jch2211]

There's no wonder that countryman as a lovely stance with the boot full of logs. Very nice examples BTW 👍

[@mattw8332]

Nice collection! I remember the Countryman was a limited edition for a while in 1987/88 before it became a permanent spec a year later. It must have been successful! Very neat design too, tidier than the saloon.

[@clinteastwood2210]

A beautiful car.

[@SmR8008]

Good looking cars. The later turbo diesels were fairly quick.

[@sameyers2670]

My dad used to have a blue Montego Estate in the mid 90s. RIP C441 MWE.

[@carlosduque4692]

Madre mía...! Un autobús de los años 80. 😬😬😬

[@davidlucas4843]

My Gran had 2 of those... First one was a L reg in red 5 seater 2nd one was British racing green 7 seater M reg... 2L My old man also had an MG one on F reg that also was a 2L

[@ПетрНейковчан-к8л]

У меня было два таких!!!! Эх супер машина неприхотлив выносливая и удобная

[@sharleysgarage]

Hey! Can you give me some more details on the Black car please, any engine mods? Injectors pump etc.

[@rarevhsuploads4995]

Can you tell me why their are two versions of the Montego bonnet badge? One has the cross design with the word ‘Montego’ crossing a vertical line & the other has simply the Montego name. As found on the 1990’s ‘Rover’ Montego.

[@petegroover]

it was a way of updating the car under the umbrella of "rover" Leyland cars

[@jamessergeant2136]

But I don’t think the Montego was ever officially badged as a Rover - they just removed the Austin badges.

[@petegroover]

I've got a mint restored mont td estate,monster of a car,very very quick and 50mpg,love blowing away bmws,a lot of idiots dismiss it until they see how it goes

[@douglastimms2256]

thought all of these had rusted away nice to see 3 still getting used had two estates one E reg and A H reg BRG 2.0 ltrs turbo injection so comfortable and so quick loved them until the tin worm got to them

[@Nimmo1492]

Is that a 3-point centre seatbelt?

[@handyautos]

It's just a lap belt in the centre Nimmo, but when not in use the belt stows vertically making it look like a 3-point belt.