Keith Adams Spotted by AROnline reader Simon Bailey, it would seem that it’s still perfectly possible to buy yourself a nice Princess in mainland Europe. This 1979 Princess 2 1700HLS looks to be sporting a very nice set of wheels and has a mere 12,000km on the clock… Worth a punt if you live there? [...]

Nuffield College, founded by Lord Nuffield and to whom he left Nuffield Place when he died, has decided to sell Nuffield Place – a unique example of a complete, furnished 1930s home of a great industrialist and benefactor, not only to the City of Oxford and to the University, but also to medicine and education [...]

The Jaguar XF has been crowned ‘Best Executive Car’ for the second year running at the What Diesel Magazine Awards 2009. Voted for by the magazine’s readers and a panel of motor industry experts, the XF came out ahead of a number of significant competitors including those frpm Audi, BMW and Mercedes. In 2008, the XF [...]

Keith Adams Well certainly according to AROnline reader Emma J Nation, who spotted this on a Midget/Sprite forum. It does pose more questions than it answers – where was the picture taken and when? It could be anywhere but my money would be on Abingdon. If you know for sure, please get in touch the [...]

Andrew McCheyne I reckon that Tata Motors Limited’s launch of the Nano really is a case of history being repeated – just like in the late 1960s when BLMC had the Mini and Jaguar under the same corporate umbrella, the company which owns the beautiful Jaguar range and the handsome Land Rover collection has also [...]

New engines redefine performance and economy Land Rover is introducing two new engines for the 2010 model year following a joint development programme with Jaguar. The LR-TDV6 3.0-litre diesel engine alongside the LR-V8 Supercharged petrol engine set new benchmarks for performance and economy, boasting substantial increases in power and torque over their predecessors as well [...]

2010 Range Rover launched in New York The 2010 Range Rover, featuring new engines, a revised interior and enhanced driving dynamics, has just been unveiled at the New York International Auto Show. Land Rover’s flagship has been comprehensively updated and features new front-end styling to tie-it in with the rest of the range, following in the [...]

Around a fifth of the workforce at the MG plant in Birmingham could lose their jobs, the car manufacturer has said.   MG Motor UK Ltd said 30 employees were at risk of redundancy following a review and restructure of business operations at the Longbridge site.   The company, previously Nanjing, said it could not [...]

A competitor in the recent Nile Trial endurance rally, David and Margaret Miller’s Rover Streetwise proved remarkably useful in the mixed Northern African scenery… Husband and wife team David and Trish Miller took their rally-prepared Rover Streetwise on the Nile Trial as a last-minute replacement for their usual endurance car, and it proved so successful, [...]