Car maker MG Rover is suspending production for the rest of the week to help clear stocks of unsold cars. The Midlands manufacturer is to shut down work on three models on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week. Those cars affected are the Rover 25, 45 and 75. Last month, the firm said it hoped [...]

Union leaders are to meet the Birmingham-based car group MG Rover after it was announced that a £12.9m trust has been set up for senior executives. The meeting, which was arranged before details of the fund were made public, will take place next week. The trust is designed to cover post-retirement benefits for the company’s [...]

This annual classic car show, held at the NEC in Birmingham, has become a huge success over the past few years; rising numbers of attendees proves that there is a burgeoning interest in old cars in the UK. The most gratifying thing about the event, though, was the massive range of cars present; not just [...]

This month we feature the estate version of the ground-breaking ADO16. These are getting thin-on-the-ground nowadays, particularly in the short-lived MkI form. IN the Spring of 1966, some three-and-a-half years after the launch of the Morris 1100, BMC introduced a pair of three-door estate models known as the Austin 1100 Countryman and Morris 1100 Traveller, [...]