The owner was standing next to it, so I had to ask...
Turns out he bought online from a car dealer (not a main dealer) in Bristol, this and another car were found unregistered in a warehouse near Longbridge.
He purchased it on the 31st of August but wanted to hang on to another day to get the 58 plate, but as part of the deal he had to take it with the 08 plate. His choice in buying it was purely that "he had never had a Rover 45 before.."
Sounds as though he got quite a deal as he looked very pleased with himself.
I asked if he was pleased with the car (as you heard such nightmares about these late plate Rovers) and he said it was a super car, he was very happy with it.
I in turn said he had got himself a bit of motoring history, I don't think he really understood by what I meant by that, and got the impression that he really saw that he had just got himself a brand new car at a knock down price rather than a historic car.
... Still Sprintless.
Mitsuoka Viewt. (Basically a K11 Micra that can look alarmingly similar to a real MK2 Jag when one comes up behind you on a dark, foggy night).
