Vauxhall car company staff have voted by 94% in favour of a new pay and conditions deal, clearing the way for investment in the Ellesmere Port plant. Owner General Motors will confirm this morning that a new Astra model will be built at the plant, securing about 2100 jobs. Many people had feared that Ellesmere would ...

...reach for the Vitesse keys! Ben Adams The eighth of May 1987, a pretty ordinary day for most of us, in fact anyone living outside London may not have even know what had happened. Remember this was before things like Twitter and Facebook and if you had seen it you wouldn't have text messaged your mate because ...

Keith Adams You've got to hand it to Direct Line. As insurance claims go, this one has been very painless indeed. Regular readers might recall a careless young lady ran into the AROnline Rover 75 and drove off without stopping. Slightly annoyed, I reported this and told my insurers. The next day, they took the car ...

Jaguar Land Rover sales have surged forward in April, showing that its current range is hitting the spot in the sales charts. The Evoque and XF are both making a strong impression on the market, but JLR is confident for further gains, notably in growing export markets, such as China. The Tata Motors Group global wholesales, ...

Once again we fondly pay homage to the one time past masters of motoring in this popular section. This one offered a more restrained image over its arch rival Ford Capri but also went on to make a huge impact in motor sport. Words: Mike Humble Photography: Keith Adams More Old Boy... Less Del Boy If like me you're ...

Sometimes it's good to get an alternative perspective about things we're familiar with - and this Car & Driver blog makes rather uncomfortable reading for anyone feeling positive towards the MG6. We'll let you make up your own minds. Inside the New Chinese-Owned MG Motor Co. In the town of Longbridge, just outside of Birmingham in the U.K., ...

Once again, we delve into the toolbox of tales from the sharp end of the motor trade. We share a ramble about some sorry practices even the established garages will play on the motorist... Words and photography: Mike Humble Karmic Rover Only recently, I was rummaging through my trusty filing cabinet that protests with creaks and groans under the strain ...

Warren Loveridge, New Zealand What's with the Rover 75? It has plagued my dreams for years. Those sweeping lines, that unparalleled interior, the element of tragedy about what must surely be one of the best saloons the British have ever built. I've gazed at them admiringly ever since they first appeared. I sat in them at ...

Billed as the car that was totally equipped to Triumph, the Acclaim was really the marque's last chance saloon. And in the end, the Acclaim failed to bolster Triumph enough after its launch in 1981 to save it from oblivion. And as Keith Adams explains, it was through no fault of its own. The end of the ...

Keith Adams Just like in 2006, when the Cooper John Cooper Works  GP was rolled out as the ultimate MINI towards the end of the R50's life, history seems to be repeating itself with the unveiling of the  Works GP II close to the end of the R56's lifespan. Although the power and performance figures have ...

Keith Adams In association with Honest John, AROnline has been given exclusive access to UK MoT test pass data, and we'll be publishing some of the more interesting league table before going live with a full MoT app later in the year. We'll be concentrating on pre-1990 UK manufactured and badged cars – the bread and ...

The Evoque has been a massive hit for Land Rover – as soon as it was launched, demand for the stylish mini-SUV-crossover with concept car looks outstripped supply, and a waiting list has built up. But despite that, it seems that we're seeing Evoques everywhere – and good British design on our roads is back ...

Keith Adams If you're in the market to re-live a prime slice of 1980s motoring (or indeed 1990s BBC sitcoms), then this Rover 213S, which  has just popped up for sale on Car and Classic will be right up your street. Claimed by the seller to have a mere 12 miles on the clock, it's the ...

Keith Adams Barons' annual Jaguar Heritage sale is always a pleasure for fans of the leaping cat looking for new wheels. For 2012, a strong lot list has already been amassed in the lead-up to the sale, and there's something for all budgets – assuming you can afford to fuel one of Browns Lane's multi-cylinder beauties ...

Keith Adams H&H Auctions is going through something of a reinvention in 2012, with a new man at the top, and a new corporate identity. But its popular Buxton Pavillion Gardens sales will always remain a mainstay – and are well worth a look if you're in the market for a 'new' classic. For its upcoming ...

MINI's intriguing Rocketman concept can has been given a visual spruce-up and brought to London in order to star in an upcoming video. The short piece has been shot by Dutch company, PostPanic in order to gauge public reaction to the concept, and decide whether MINI will put the car into production. The revised concept is ...

Andrew Elphick I polished a hire car... There I've said it, the secret's out. I polished a hire car – I couldn't help myself! So now your thinking? Weekend treat? Unexpected upgrade? Killed my daily? Actually a bit of all three… Rewind to last weekend and the treacherously unseasonal weather - call it April power showers. Well yours ...

Keith Adams April has shown some impressive growth in the UK car market, considering some very gloomy economic news in recent weeks. It seems that private buyers are taking up where belt-tightening companies are leaving off, resulting in a 3.3% growth in sales during April, compared with 2011. As we know, UK manufacturing is on the up, ...

Keith Adams I must admit, I've been looking forward to this for a very long time. Since January 2004, in fact. It was all the way back then that Land Rover unveiled its amazing Range Stormer concept. At the time, the idea of a sporting two-door SUV seemed just a little-bit far-fetched, and yet thanks to ...

Keith Adams So, something's dropped off our shiny new MINI First. After five months' and 5000 miles' happy motoring, and not a single problem to report (as you'd expect with a brand new car), it's almost with a sense of glee that I cam home to find that something had finally dropped off it. Now, it ...