ROVER MAESTRO (1990 - 1995)漫游大师(1990至1995年)
Born in a time of extreme industrial turbulence, the Rover (nee Austin) Maestro never recovered from a bad start.出生在一个动荡时期极端工业、罗孚(东东甸)大师从未出土坏的开始. Initially slated for a 1979 launch, British Leyland?s co-operation with Honda resulted in the 1981 launch of the Triumph Acclaim, the Maestro being held over until 1983 when Austin Rover had risen from the ashes of BL.最初预定为1979年发射,英国利兰?收盘合作,导致本田推出1981凯旋称羡大师直到1983年被关押在奥斯汀孚已从灰烬基本法. What interest can there be for the used car buyer in a design that was already four years out of date when it was launched and which has now metamorphosed into a national totem of the near-death of the British motoring industry?哪有什么兴趣的买主设计,采用轿车已经过时四年发射时,已变质为一个民族的图腾的濒死的英国汽车业? Yes, you do get a lot of metal for your money but only when measured in area rather than volume.是的,你得到了很多钱,但您只有金属测量面积而非数量. Nonetheless, it represents honest motoring for the unpretentious and ?post-modern irony?尽管如此,它代表了朴实、诚实驾驶?后现代讽刺? for urban trendies.城市时尚. How can you possibly refuse?怎么可能拒绝?
HISTORY历史
The Maestro?s initial designs were created by one Charles Spencer King, a gentleman whose curriculum vitae probably devotes more attention to another of his designs, the Range Rover.大师?收盘初步设计制造的一个查尔斯斯潘塞大王君子的履历大概花费多注意他的另一设计,漫游范围. The design criteria applied to the Maestro make good late seventies vintage sense.设计大师标准适用于七十年古董好好感. Pack a large interior into compact exterior dimensions, make it airy with good all round visibility, fuel efficient and mechanically simple.内政部入套大型外观尺寸紧凑,使它通风良好全能能见度燃料效率和简单照搬. With a reinforced suspension setup copied from Volkswagen?s Polo, the Maestro went the tried and tested route.用钢筋受福士格局抄袭?收盘马球,大师来到久经考验航线.
Unfortunately, this unremarkable formula was hijacked when the Austin Rover Group was formed.可惜这个不起眼的公式被劫持当甸孚集团成立. Looking for a headline-grabbing successor to the Maxi and Allegro ranges that would compete fairly and squarely against the Ford Escort and Volkswagen Golf, a whole yard sale of hastily conceived ?advanced technology?寻找头条继任大、快板幅度将视反公平竞争、福特、大众高尔夫护航、整个院子出售草率?先进的技术? got levered into the car in time for its 1983 launch.得到杠杆时间到了1983年发射车. Little of it worked.少了起来. Dubbed "Cowley?s Computer Car", the Maestro?s famous talking dash wowed customers for several minutes before they started devising horrible deaths for Nicolette Mackenzie, the innocent actress who provided the voice for it.被称为"cowley?苹果公司的"车、大师?收盘著名短跑wowed客户谈了几分钟,才开始制定可怕的死亡之Mackenzienicolette,无辜女演员为他们提供了声音. The digital instrument panel was very Blakes Seven, being replaced by some analogue instruments that actually worked in 1984.数码仪表板很blakes七,取代的是一些实际工作模拟工具1984.
Other technological lowlights of the Maestro range included the flatulent HLE economy model?s ?Econometer?, a vacuum gauge with a sealing fault that caused it to let loose a deafening and hugely embarrassing fart under hard acceleration.其他科技lowlights的范围包括名家胀气#2经济模式?收盘?econometer?、真空密封收集了故障,造成它让一个松散的尴尬屁震耳欲聋大量艰苦加速度下. Then there was the MG Maestro 1600 that vaporised all its fuel in the carburettors when it got hot and boasted build quality that once saw this particular journalist write one off in a 5mph traffic shunt.又有人说,1600年大师毫克所有燃料气化carburettors当跑热的建设质量,并夸口一度新闻工作者写一本5mph交通分流下岗了. A huge glut of woeful models followed, and it?s probably best to write off the first nine years of Maestro production as one expensive learning process for Austin Rover.巨大的浮现今型号随后它?或许最好的一次注销九年大师制作一个昂贵的学习过程甸路. In 1988, the Austin badge disappeared completely and the range was badged as Rover Maestro for the first time.1988年,甸徽章消失的射程为漫游大师是badged为首次. With the original square dashboard having been consigned to the dumpster of history and a revised model line up, perhaps 1990 should for all intents and purposes be taken as Year 0 for the Maestro.与原仪表广场被扔进历史的托运和修改模型列队,也许1990年应该所有目的及作用当作今年大师为0.
The range comprised the 1.3-litre Clubman, 1.3-litre LX, 1.6-litre LX Auto, 2.0-litre DLX, MG 2.0i, MG turbo and the 2.0-litre Clubman Turbo diesel.射程由130公升clubman,130lx公升,1.6公升lx汽车,2.0公升dlx,镁2.0i,涡轮和2.0毫克-clubman公升柴油涡轮. The surprisingly quick MG models were axed in 1992.出乎意料的快速模式开刀1992毫克. The rest of the range was picked off one by one until the last of the 2.0-litre turbo diesel models rolled off the Cowley production line at the tail end of 1994.其余的过程回一一直到最后的2.0公升柴油涡轮型号冷轧生产线序幕cowley尾端1994. However, like a bad aftertaste, the Maestro was to return.但是,像一个坏回味,大师是返回. An agreement to ship body shells to Bulgaria in 1994 was scuppered by enterprising British criminals finding a ready market for stolen Maestros.协议于1994年向保加利亚弹体船受到破坏的事业心英国罪犯寻找适销对路失大师. Until the police made the connection, constabularies up and down the country were puzzled by the soaring incidence of Maestro theft.直到警方取得联系,constabularies起来上下都感到疑惑的发病率飙升大师偷窃. Instead kits went to Syria, Jordan, Uruguay, Argentina and, latterly, Macedonia.而包前往叙利亚,约旦,乌拉圭和阿根廷,从前,马其顿. Rumours that this was the cause of ethnic Albanian unrest have yet to be disproved.传言说,这是阿尔巴尼亚动乱事业还有待反驳. Around 600 kits were unsold until Trans European Trading, a small company based in Ledbury, Herefordshire, stepped in and offered the cars with 1.3-litre engines.直到被售出600套左右横贯欧洲贸易,公司总部设在小ledbury,赫里福德,一脚拿出车130公升引擎. So yes, it?s theoretically possible to buy a new/nearly-new Rover Maestro.这样的话,它?收盘理论上可能购买新/近新罗孚大师. Likewise, it may or may not be possible to kick yourself to death, but it?s probably best not to find out.同样,它可能或不可能戒掉你死但它?大概没有找出最好的.
WHAT YOU GET 什么才叫 
By 1990 much of the inherent weaknesses of the earlier models had been ironed out.到1990多所固有的弱点已较早型号商榷. Granted, the Maestro was still built of metal so thin that foil would be a more adequate description and the echo from a clanging Maestro door is still being picked up by radio telescopes the world over, but it was reasonably well sorted.准予大师还是那么瘦,建成金属箔将更加充分说明了铿锵的回声从大师门仍在拾到无线电望远镜天下但整理相当良好. Unfortunately by this point the Maestro was now so far off the pace that it was bought solely by senile nonagenarians, skinflint patriots and dewy-eyed nostalgists.不幸的是,现在这点大师为止的步伐,这是客买了只九旬高龄,孤寒爱国者,带露眼睛nostalgists. Nevertheless, it no longer self-immolated, turned to an oxidized wreck at the first hint of rain nor spontaneously electrocuted its operator.不过,它不再自我自焚、一氧化破坏转向在第一一抹雨也自发电击经营.
WHAT YOU PAY 您付出
Maestros range in price from ?they pay you?大师程价格?他们付你? to around £1,000 for the last of the 2.0-litre diesel models.大约为1000英镑,最后的2.0公升柴油型号. Most of the petrol models have rotted away, with only the later MG models having been given any TLC.最典型的汽油已损坏以外,只有后来人获得任何型号毫克薄层. Top book value for an MG Maestro 2.0i on a 1992 J plate is still only around £700, whilst the rare Turbo model may (whisper this) become collectable.顶账面价值为1992毫克大师2.0i月十盘仍只700英镑左右,虽然罕见涡轮模式可能成为收藏(呢喃本). With only 505 examples made and significantly fewer around, could this be the hot hatch ?sleeper?只有505例左右,而大大减少,这可能是炎热的舱口?卧铺? we all ignored?大家都忽略?
WHAT TO LOOK FOR 寻找什么
Where to start?从何说起? Rust.锈. Most Maestros have by now returned to the earth, and those that haven?t are usually making a concerted bid to disintegrate before your eyes.多数大师都以返回地球和那些天堂?通常制作笔协调一致企图瓦解眼前. Wheelarches, sills, door edges, tailgate and front windscreen pillars are all notorious Maestro rust traps.wheelarches,窗台、门边缘、栏板和支柱前面挡风玻璃都锈蚀斑斑大师陷阱. Check that your prospective purchase hasn?t been ruthlessly filled and resprayed, and if it has negotiate a (relatively) large discount or walk away if the structural damage is too terminal.检查你的准购消逝?笔被无情而充满resprayed,如果谈判已大(相对)或贴现走如果太码头结构损坏. The paint is likely to peel away from the plastic bumpers, something having gone badly wrong in that particular procurement process.颜料可能果皮远离塑料保险杠、经历了严重的错误,特别是采购过程. Check the rear tyres for odd wear characteristics, as heavily loaded Maestros have been known to foul the tyres with the bodywork.检查后方轮胎磨损离奇特色如负重大师已经知道犯规轮胎与车体.
Interiors are flimsy and prone to water ingress.腹地是站不住脚的,容易浸入水中. Check for mould or damp smells and make sure the headlining hasn?t collapsed.支票或潮湿气味模具务必诺特耕地?笔崩溃. Trip computers and digital instrumentation in MG models are particular susceptible to everything, as are the electric window and mirror motors.在计算机和数字仪器行毫克模型特别容易发生一切由于是电动窗、镜马达. Engines tend to be reasonably straightforward, with an ?A?趋向合理直截了当引擎,以?一? series 1.3-litre engine being simplicity itself for the home mechanic.系列130公升引擎正为自己的家园简单机械. Oil leaks are common on the 1.6-litre S-series engine and carburettors on all models can be troublesome.常见的石油泄漏1.6公升的S系列所有型号发动机carburettors可麻烦. Wheel bearing replacement is a regular and irksomely tricky job on most Maestros, whilst you?ll need to check driveshafts and gearboxes on the more powerful MG variants.车轮轴承、irksomely定期更换是最为棘手的工作大师、虽然你?当地需要检查变速箱驱动轮轴、更强大的变种毫克.
REPLACEMENT PARTS 替换零件
(approx based on a 1990 Maestro 1.6) A clutch assembly is around £125, while a full exhaust system should be just under £290.(基于大约1990大师1.6)离合器装配了约125英镑,同时应充分排气系统略低于290英镑. An alternator will be around £85 and new front brake pads about £65.发电机英镑左右的85岁,将新战线刹车皮约英镑65. A headlamp should be around £70, a radiator around £70 and a starter motor about £150.一英镑左右前照灯应该70左右的散热器了起动电机大约70英镑150英镑.
ON THE ROAD 在路上
As long as most parts are in serviceable working order the Maestro is soft and unremarkable in most respects.只要大部分地区处于完好的工作秩序,在最不起眼的大师是软的,尊重. The turbo diesels are from an age when ?common rail?来自柴油机的涡轮时候?共轨? was something in a wildfowl trust spotters guide and they are certainly not refined.有人在水禽和引导他们检举信肯定不是精制. Before your neighbours put the Environmental Health department on their Friends and Family, console yourself with the thought that not only does it return an average fuel consumption of around 55mpg, but it?s also pretty swift.然后把你的邻居环境卫生署在其家人和朋友,你以为安慰与回报,不仅平均耗油约为55mpg,但它?收盘又漂亮迅速. Rest to 60mph in 12 seconds flat will embarrass a Ford Focus TDi.休息12秒至60mph单位将福特难堪了TDI的焦点. It?ll likely embarrass its owner as it belches great clouds of carcinogenic particulates from its peashooter exhaust pipe amid clattering sounds that attract Noise Abatement Orders like moths to a flame.?剑主人,因为它可能是尴尬belches伟大云致癌微粒peashooter其排气管噪音声辚声,吸引到飞蛾扑火命令一样.
The MG Turbo model could well be the most remarkably ill-considered hot hatch of its generation.镁涡轮模式可能是最明显考虑欠周的热点舱口一代. Possessed of torque steer capable of pitching the car into the oncoming traffic and then back onto the pavement with casual insouciance, it also ate gearboxes and tyres.拥有能够带领扭矩俯仰驶来的交通车到路面上,再返回休闲情趣,它还啃变速箱、轮胎等. With a few spare gearboxes on standby, it was possible to accelerate the MG Turbo up to 60mph in a mere 6.7 seconds.有几备用变速箱待命,它可能加速涡轮毫克至60mph仅在7月6日秒. Astonishingly, all this was achieved with just 152bhp; highlighting the fact that the lightweight Maestro?s structural integrity was only rivalled by that of a certain Mr Dumpty.令人诧异的是,这一切只是实现152bhp;突出的是,轻量级大师?收盘结构完整性仅为直追到某单姆蒂. The very brave saw over 130mph in this vehicle which, for the very dedicated, was a fantastic way of humbling far more exotic machinery.非常勇敢超过130mph看到这车,非常热诚的,一个神奇的异国机械谦恭得多. Finished by Tickford, the Turbo?s spoiler kit, wheels and graphics even made it attractive in an ironically parochial manner.tickford杀青,涡轮?收盘破坏者套车轮和图形甚至狭隘地讽刺了它的吸引力.
OVERALL 总体
For home DIY enthusiasts, cheap speed demons and those who?ve spent the last 15 years incarcerated at Her Majesty?s Pleasure, the Maestro represents a very attractive proposition.回国贴玩家而那些廉价魔速?虚拟花费近15年监禁在英国?收盘喜悦大师是很有吸引力的命题. For the rest of us, it?ll probably remain a curiosity, a car that represented the metamorphosis of Rover from a national embarrassment to something deemed worthy of BMW?s sympathy.对于其余的人呢?剑长眠的好奇心车子代表了一个国家蜕变孚当作一件值得宝马尴尬?收盘同情. If nothing else, it throws into sharp relief how far modern cars have come, and acts as a convenient conversation-killer should anyone hark back to the good old days of the eighties.那它丢进骤然多远现代轿车前来救援,而作为一个方便的谈话-杀手应该有人重提昔日八十年. Nonetheless, the Maestro?s time may yet come, and despite the cheap laughs perpetrated at its expense, late models are nowhere near as bad as you may expect.尽管如此,大师?收盘时仍可以开,虽然便宜笑着犯下的牺牲,已故模范待遇太差,你可以预期. Which, admittedly, is probably not saying a great deal, but is as close to an endorsement as any reasonable person could probably manage.其中,诚然,恐怕不是说了很多,但由于接近批注,任何有理智的人可能倍增.
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