Blog : Brexit – will it happen?
Ian Nicholls considers the UK’s future within, and outside of, the European Union, following the General Election result… Now that the dust has settled on the 2017 General Election, what […]
Ian Nicholls considers the UK’s future within, and outside of, the European Union, following the General Election result… Now that the dust has settled on the 2017 General Election, what […]
Mike Humble gets nostalgic for an era when the badge on your bootlid meant more than what was under the bonnet. And adding an X to Ghia put you above the rest of the herd. […]
Mike Humble Here’s yet another one of those car birthdays that makes you feel old. Ford’s medicine to a customer base that still mourned the passing of Cortina came along thirty years ago. The old […]
Mike Humble After months of trouble free motoring it had to happen eventually. The old scrotter itself, our Project HH-R, has finally given me a serious enough reason to dig […]
AROnline’s first show report for 2017 comes from the beautiful town of Maastricht in the south of the Netherlands. Snowy gales, frosty temperatures and copious amounts of salt on the […]
In 1988, the Rover Group finally moved out of government control, being bought by British Aerospace in a controversial £150m deal. At the time, it was hailed as a great outcome for the troubled carmaker, but should it have been? Keith Adams separates fact from the fiction. […]
Mike Humble As most of you will know, I take a big interest in all the current cars and other vehicles which are built by the major UK-based manufacturers on my own website. Needless to […]
Mike Humble Located just outside Shipley, Naylor Brothers Restorations Limited has closed down after many years of association with classic MG cars. Specialising in classic and sporting car renovation, the […]
Quite possibly England’s oldest-serving motor trader has finally done his last deal and walked away from the industry he’s worked in since the fifties – so much for early retirement. Mike Humble shares a […]
The Project MintEgo has been thrust into daily use for a good while now. Don’t we just hate totally reliable cars? 0urs went on public display at the NEC recently […]
Well, as with all things in life, you end up doing a favour for a favour – at the end of the day, that’s what makes us all tick and, indeed, makes life all that little bit sweeter, isn’t it? Anyway, a contact of mine through another good automotive friend is desperately seeking information/first-hand accounts of Leyland engine products relating to activities that once took place in the Bathgate factory in Scotland. […]
Mike Humble The title says it all really, that’s the well-used phrase that Sales Managers use. Any Sales Executives worth their salt will only stand half a chance of a […]
This past year has certainly seen some notable birthdays and anniversary’s, some joyous and some more heart-breaking. Mike Humble ploughs through the memory banks and shares some past events… Well, if Millicent […]
The members of our Editorial Team have, over the years, been fortunate enough to see most of the cars featured on AROnline in the metal, but there are still some exceptions. That’s why being […]
Words: Mike Humble Photography: Mike Humble and Jacky Lawler L-R: Jeff Patterson from the MMOC, Kevin Jones and Denis Chick – both ex-Austin Rover – and Russ Swift prepare to […]
Full gallery of images from this year’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, by Andrew Elphick. […]
Mike Humble As many of you may be aware, respected automotive engineer Ian Pogson until a few months back, has been the public face of MG Motor in the UK, China and to the […]
Mike Humble After a short period of financial uncertainty, one of the longest-trading UK bus operators to have had a strong association with British Leyland has closed after an incredible 107 years in business. Leyland-based John […]
Why would AROnline visit a Citroën meeting in the south of the Netherlands? Well, for one, we love cars – all of them. And the French certainly built some of […]
It must be a year since I’ve put pen to paper (vitually) about MG Motor UK, and I think my tone back then might have been careful optimism about the company’s chances once the MG GS comes on stream. One year on, it feels as though the wait for this interestingly-styled baby SUV is as long as ever, and we’re still notching up penny number sales in the UK. […]
Earlier this year MG Motor UK announced it would be opening its flagship showroom in the prestigious area of Piccadilly, London. Today, members of the public and invited guests are […]
Mike Humble Once a doyen of the remanufactured engine industry, Unipart in automotive guise has now sadly left this parish to join the great defunct names of old but imagine […]
Mike Humble Well, it’s here again – this year’s BMC/BL Rally and Spares Day will be held in Ferry Meadows, Nene Park, Peterborough on Sunday, 2 August 2015. Even though many […]
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