[Johnny 216GSi]

Yep. Reviewed very heavily. I quite like the idea of a raucous saloon

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1990-Rover-41 ... 1506046248

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CAR-MAGAZINE- ... 1733575895

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUTOCAR-MAGAZ ... 1676832621

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Mechanics ... 1246907524

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUTOCAR-MAGAZ ... 0722244232

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PERFORMANCE-C ... 1460776520

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Autocar-28-3- ... 1279677735

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUTOCAR-MAGAZ ... 1676832701

[Paul_1978_yorks]

Ah so this is he one with 11k on the clock? What a beauty!

#jealous

[Mr Teddy Bear]

The 216 GSI had rear headrests, where as neither of my GTI's has, nor is the rear seat back fitted for them. It would appear that the 200 range had a straight horizontal seat back, whereas the 400 all had those small sculpted head rest's, as my M reg' 414Si has em' too!

Slight change of subject; but even back in the nineties there were a lot/some motoring journalist's prepared to give a biased review of what was [ and still is ] a very good car. Car magazines Jan' 1991 three way test of a 216GTi, Golf GTi and Renault 19TS in left hand drive, is a case in point. How many Renault 19's are still around today?

[Johnny 216GSi]

Think I've identified the radio in this car. There's one for sale on Ebay here:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Rover- ... 1686266019

Looks like it's an Austin Rover special - from the days of the Allegro, etc.

Quite what it's doing in a 416GTi I don't know.

Maybe it was fitted at the request of the purchaser? Or they didn't have their new range of radios sorted out when the R8 first came along?

The thing is - the plugs on the back don't look like the ISO/DIN standard ones. Wonder if the car's wiring loom has been converted?

[itsonlyme]

well done, my radio seems to have something missing, this is not a priority at the moment though

IMG_20150525_193020174 by itstony2012, on Flickr

[220 GSi turbo]

Yes, that is the type of radio that was fitted into lower spec Metros, Maestros and Montegos during the mid 1980s. It should have the ISO block on the back, though.
Perhaps the original owner of the car didn't like the new-fangled digital head unit and preferred a two-knob set instead.

The missing bit would have been the tone control.

[216-John]

Very nice car, look after her cos she's beautiful

[E_T_V]

Yes, that is the type of radio that was fitted into lower spec Metros, Maestros and Montegos during the mid 1980s. It should have the ISO block on the back, though.
Perhaps the original owner of the car didn't like the new-fangled digital head unit and preferred a two-knob set instead.

The missing bit would have been the tone control.

Yes it is an early low spec maestro head unit. It probably doesn't have ISO connectors on it though. They had DIN connectors early on so may have these. Not an issue to sort out though.

[itsonlyme]

would this radio be appropriate for the car ?

IMG_20150708_160524813 by itstony2012, on Flickr

[gbs100]

Its a bit new for a 1990 car. but i did have a 1995 214SEI that came with that radio fitted.