MotorWeek Review | 1989 Sterling SLi Hatchback

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[@fredaydaybae8450]

Absolutely LOVED these cars. Haven’t seen one on the road in almost 15-20 yrs or so. Sad

[@joeseeking3572]

I'd still like to have one as a Sunday driver/local car show item. But with a stick, and those are vanishingly rare. (Yes, you could get the 827 SLi as a 5 speed, but not the rosewood trimmed Oxford Edition). Honda mechanicals and by the end quality actually had improved.

[@mayamanign]

I had this exact car, same color, but I also had the Rover body kit and racing dynamic wheels. She fell to a deer collision on a rainy night. 😢 I miss her. She was beautiful and distinguished.

[@dcf8978]

I didn't even know Sterling was a brand. Guess those chances of becoming a household name weren't as good as they hoped...

[@SpitfireFortyFour]

Great car, unfortunately being rushed to production to early killed it. The early cars had many quality issues. By 1990 they quality issues were gone to a point where Rover started building cars for Honda in their factory. While those late Sterlings were very good, it's reputation was already damaged. A great shame as the Mk2 proved to be a big success in Europe and was a much better car!

[@userbosco]

I dated a girl that drove one of these. I remember this vehicle having great acceleration, handling, and good mileage for the time.

[@marc80sroverfan95]

Very cool footage. Thanks for sharing!

[@HenrySchecker]

it's like an 80s Audi S7

[@carwrtr1]

I love these cars; these were beautiful cars that had a Honda drivetrain that was reliable. I would love one of these; I’d want an automatic, though..

[@bmwe30lvr]

So hard to find now a days. Had the chance to own one 15 years ago but needed way to much. I heard despite having a ton of Honda parts the electrical was a nightmare in those.

[@SolamenteVees]

John Davis' enunciation is second to none... he puts the H in wheels 2:21

[@mattt198654321]

Did you see the episode about the toyota cam-ray?

[@fernandorocha-dx1wv]

Nice the car

[@mikeisaacs2314]

My brother had a 825 back In the day was cool but hard to get parts

[@henryovalles1163]

Love it throw some 17 inch antera 3 spoke and a Blaupunkt gooseneck and I'm back in 89,, nice

[@kamillgran9408]

I remember those. They kinda looked a Cadillac, the smaller cady from the 80’s.

[@624radicalham]

This has to be the rarest car ever sold in North America. Even rarer than the (Citroen) CX AUTO. It's a Honda how bad can it be? It was bad.

[@kgthegreatone943]

Never got it in America

[@cubdukat]

Not many, anyway. I don’t think Sterling lasted more than a year or two over here. I think it left us around the time Acura redesigned the Legend it was based off of.

[@mayamanign]

I bought one new so they were definitely here, I miss it.

[@Richard-Bullock]

A renamed/rebadged Rover 800. Nasty, nasty old cars!

[@mayamanign]

I loved mine.