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Video : Jaguar XKR-S goes snow drifting…

Maybe you should try this at home...

Keith Adams Jaguar's recent trip to Finland with a selection of its fastest models produced some amazing video. Here's an excellent piece of footage of the car doing its best to spin - and its driver managing to keep things in check. We'll be driving the  2012 XKR-S Convertible next week - and will let you ...

Archive : Jaguar celebrates 20 years of the XJ220

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It's 20 years since the astonishing XJ220 burst on to the scene - and today it still has more road presence than any other supercar of its era. With a top speed of 213mph, it was briefly the fastest car in the world. It's still up there, today. Supercat at twenty! The XJ220 remains the fastest Jaguar ever ...

News : MINI names lethal weather front ‘Cooper’ in PR gaffe

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BBC News Europe An advertising agency for BMW has paid to name a cold weather front sweeping Europe 'Cooper' in Germany, after the carmaker's Mini Cooper. But the public-relations stunt by the agency went wrong after the freezing conditions led to dozens of deaths. Germany's meteorology institute allows the sponsorship of weather systems. On its website, advertising ...

Blog : Would Roewe work in Europe?

Maybe now's the time for a Roewe roll-out in Europe? What do you think?

Keith Adams As usual, some excellent questions get posed by our readers. Take Ianto's point in 'Ask AROnline' - 'I love Roewe! The cars, the adverts and the amazing website... There is something about the Chinese interpretation of all things British that brings a smile to my face.' It's probably an ironic question, as I remember ...

News : MG Motor UK – brand-building set to gain momentum at Brands Hatch

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Words: Clive Goldthorp Photographs: Simon Davies/Pegasus Photographics MG Motor UK Limited's works British Touring Car Championship team, MG KX Momentum Racing, was officially launched at MG Birmingham yesterday. Guy Jones, the company's Sales and Marketing Director, geniunely believes that he has assembled a 'Dream Team' and those present were left in no doubt that the three ...

Not their finest hour : Austin Maestro 1.3HLE

Looking resplendant in it's shade of prosthetic limb (rattan) beige - The early Meastro 1.3 HLE

AROnline takes a look back at some of the memorable automotive blunders in more recent times from both our own, and rival makes. This time Mike Humble offers you a treat from our very own Austin Rover. Pray silence please for the Maestro HLE... The miracle Maestro? Now don’t get me wrong, but the Maestro is by no means a terrible ...

Events : London-Cape Town, day 29 – the end!

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Day 28, Cape Town, South Africa At last! We finally see the silhouette of Table Mountain…and roll down the long drive lined with palm trees to the Table Bay Hotel - the South Atlantic a pebble throw away. We have made it. It's an emotional moment. Tears roll down the faces of grown men. The weeks of tension ...

Analysis : LEZs, classic movement’s greatest threat?

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Andrew Elphick delves into Low Emissions Zones (LEZs), and how their widespread introduction could affect widespread classic car usage for years to come... The future. Its scary right? Maybe. One thing is for certain you will never outrun it in a car. You may or may not be aware of the LEZ, or you might have ...

Buses : Leyland Leopard 1959-1982

Not even the snow of `87 could stop this Cat - Darlington Leopard Fleet No:72

Mike Humble fondly recalls the halcyon days of the UK bus and coaching scene from the 1970s, and pays tribute to the Leyland Leopard. For me, its all about the sound – you never forget the noises of your childhood, the school bell ringing to signal 3.30, the now almost extinct two tone air horns on ...