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Events : Jaguar Heritage gallery to open at the Coventry Transport Museum
A new Jaguar Heritage gallery is to open at Coventry Transport Museum, featuring 17 vehicles from the Jaguar Heritage collection. The gallery, which is set to open in July 2013, will be situated on the first floor of Coventry Transport Museum, and will be based on the theme ‘Jaguar – a History of Design and [...]
June 19, 2013
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Blog : Rover 75 launch – where did the time go?
Keith Adams Fourteen years ago today, Rover unveiled the production version of the 75 to the press in an expansive and ambitious event at Tower Bridge in London. It wasn’t the first time the car had been seen – it was officially unveiled at the previous year’s NEC Motor Show alongside the Jaguar S-Type. Yes, [...]
June 17, 2013
· Keith Adams · 40 Comments
Blog : Photoshop to MG6′s rescue?
Philip Crewe fires up Photoshop to make a few cosmetic tweaks to the MG6 – and reckons it’s far from a lost cause in the UK car market. With the imminent UK launch of the MG3, I was thinking about what could be done with the unloved MG6. It’s unfortunate that it was the first [...]
June 17, 2013
· Keith Adams · 24 Comments
Blog : Carbodies FL2 spotted in the wild
Andrew Elphick asks when is a black cab not a black cab? Outwardly resembling a regular FX4 taxi (as would be its discreet intention) however the eagle-eyed might spot the radiator grille-mounted badge: ‘CARBODIES’. This is the only indication of being a purchase tax paid private vehicle, and not a ‘hire’ car. This example (the [...]
June 17, 2013
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Blog : MG must learn from its mistakes
Former MG6 owner Ant McGowan gives it both barrels… Regrettably, it would appear that MG Motor UK’s PR and Marketing team haven’t learned the basics. To rebuild confidence in the MG brand within these islands and the wider European market there needs to be serious investment in raising brand awareness through both traditional and more [...]
June 17, 2013
· Keith Adams · 27 Comments
Drive story : Range Rover Classic – early vs late
The original Range Rover enjoyed a 26-year production run, during which time it was almost unanimiously regarded as the best off-roader in the world… bar none. That’s an exceptionally long production run. To see just how well the Rangie held up during such a long run, we compare a 1971 and 1993 cars. Does purity [...]
June 17, 2013
· Keith Adams · 6 Comments
Our Cars : Richard Truett’s Triumph Stag – Part 1
My Summer of Stag: Confronting The Fear The freshly painted black 1973 Triumph Stag standing in front of me is taken so far apart that it’s making me nervous. In my 35 years of restoring classic cars, I have never owned one so disassembled. Right now, the Stag is little more than a just a [...]
June 14, 2013
· Keith Adams · 21 Comments
News : MG’s Longbridge Design Centre expanded
Photography: Adam Sloman SAIC Motor’s European Design Centre at MG Birmingham has more than doubled in size just three years after the original design studio opened. The latest investment from SAIC Motor, MG’s parent company, follows on from more than £500m invested in the development of new models for Europe. Staff in the newly expanded [...]
June 13, 2013
· Keith Adams · 48 Comments
News : MG3 revealed with personalisation options
Photography: Adam Sloman MG unveiled the full range of styles for the UK MG3 at its Birmingham-based European Design Centre. The new 3 carries forward many of the styling cues first illustrated on the MG ZERO concept car, again designed at SAIC Motor’s European Design Centre. The UK studio has just undergone an additional investment [...]
June 12, 2013
· Keith Adams · 64 Comments
News : TVR’s rights come back home
Keith Adams There have been lots of false dawns about TVR’s future over the years since it went into administration in 2006. But there’s finally reason to be positive that we could well see the moribund and much-loved marque make a return following the news that the rights to the name have been bought by [...]
June 11, 2013
· Keith Adams · 25 Comments
