The Rover PG1 transmission was the standard passenger car gearbox in the period 1980 to 2005. The transmission was supplied by Powertrain Ltd, which was part of the MG Rover group.

The Rover PG1 transmission is used in many Rover and MGs including the Rover Metro

Rover Metro

The Metro is a supermini car that was produced by the Austin Rover Group division of British Leyland and its successors. It was launched in 1980 as the Austin miniMetro. It was intended to complement the Mini, and was developed under the codename LC8....

, Rover 200, 400

Rover 400

The second generation 400 Series, codenamed Theta or HH-R, was launched in the summer of 1995 as a hatchback and later a saloon. This time it was based on the Honda Domani, which had been released in Japan in 1992, and was sold as part of the European Honda Civic range in five-door hatchback form...

, 600

Rover 600

The Rover 600 Series is a compact executive car produced by the British car maker Rover from 1993 to 1999.The Rover 600 exterior was designed by Rover, a re-skin of the Tochigi-developed Honda Accord, also built in the UK by Honda in Swindon...

, 25, 45, MG ZR

MG ZR

The MG ZR is a high-performance MG-branded "hot hatch" version of the Rover 25 supermini-class car, produced by MG Rover at their Longbridge plant in Birmingham from 2001 to 2005...

, ZS

MG ZS

The MG ZS is a sports family car. The ZS is essentially a badge engineered Rover 45 . The 45 in turn is a facelifted version of the Rover 400 which was launched in hatchback form in 1995 and saloon form in 1996. The Rover 400 had much in common with the Honda Civic of 1995-1999...

, F

MGF

MGF may stand for:* MG F, a 1995 mid-engined, rear wheel drive roadster manufactured by the Rover Group* Machine Gun Fellatio, an Australian alternative band* Magnesium fluoride...

 and TF

MG TF

The TF model name has been used on two automobiles produced by MG Cars:* MG TF Midget * MG TF...

. It had its roots in a Honda unit from the 1980s and 1990s. It was also fitted to the Lotus Elise.

The Rover 75

Rover 75

The Rover 75 is an executive car produced initially by the Rover Group at Cowley, Oxfordshire, UK, and later by MG Rover at their Longbridge site in Birmingham, UK...

 and MG ZT

MG ZT

The MG ZT is a high-performance MG-branded version of the Rover 75 executive car, produced by MG Rover at their Longbridge plant in Birmingham from 2001 to 2005. An estate version, the MG ZT-T, was also available. Styling is similar to the 75, although uprated springs and chassis modifications make...

 did not use this gear box and utilised bought in Getrag

Getrag

Getrag is a leading manufacturer of automobile manual transmissions. The company was founded on 1 May 1935, in Ludwigsburg, Germany, by Hermann Hagenmeyer; as the Getriebe und Zahnradfabrik Hermann Hagenmeyer GmbH & Cie KG...

units.