Diana T. Kurylko, Automotive News Europe, 13th April, 2010 Jaguar executives are counting on the redesigned XJ to boost global sales by as much as 50 percent this year. The replacement XJ sedan goes on sale next month in the United States, the United Kingdom, China and Germany in both short- and long-wheelbase versions – [...]

XPart is offering prizes to the MG Rover owners with the most interesting stories to tell in an ongoing bid to keep the British manufacturer’s heritage alive. MG Rover parts specialist XPart is inviting MG Rover owners around the country to enter a competition to decide whose car has the most interesting history. The company [...]

Gasgoo.com/Reuters, 9th April, 2010 SAIC Motor Corp, China’s biggest automaker, said on Friday its first-quarter net profit rose to more than four times from the year-ago result while March vehicle sales jumped 58 percent from a year earlier, boosted by Government steps to bolster car purchases. SAIC, which runs car manufacturing ventures with General Motors [...]

Alexander Boucke  As dry and sunny spells are never bound to last very long in Central Europe, fixing the Vitesse’s wipers was the first step towards regular use. Carrying large quantities of screen sealants isn’t really a good substitute…  Despite being an 800, it was clear that the problem was not an electrical one, as [...]

Birmingham Post, 8th April, 2010 Jaguar is roaring out of the recession in style, with UK sales of its flagship XF model virtually doubling in just 12 months. Figures out today show that a total of 2,522 XFs were sold in March 2010 compared to 1,294 the previous year, up by a whopping 94.2 per cent. The [...]

Land Rover UK, the Company’s largest market, has recorded the best ever month of sales in March 2010. Sales were up 67% on the same month last year selling over 11,300 vehicles and recording the highest sales for any month in the company’s 62 year history. March 2010 is the seventh consecutive month of improvement [...]

Birmingham Post, 7th April, 2010 Land Rover has announced an all-time-high monthly sales record, during the car industry’s worst downturn for 40 years. Figures to be released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders will show the Solihull firm sold around 11,000 vehicles in March – its best UK performance since the company was [...]

Jonathan Walker, Birmingham Post, 7th April, 2010 Former MG Rover Directors are facing renewed demands for the payment of a long-awaited Trust Fund to support their former workers, on the fifth anniversary of the Birmingham car-manufacturer’s closure. MP Richard Burden (Lab Northfield) has written to John Towers, the firm’s ex-Chairman, asking the so-called Phoenix Four [...]

Keith Adams  Well, I’d say that I’m now reasonably happy with my SD1′s progress. When it came back from MOTEST, I had a few fuelling issues, which dumped me on the hard shoulder. Then I changed a few servicing items, which also coincided with some other running problems… but, after a little perseverance, it’s all [...]

Keith Adams  It’s a good job that the Saab 9000 is now back in commission, because the Scrappage Rover Metro Diesel we’ve been running all winter without missing a beat currently faces an uncertain future. I’d blogged a few weeks back how an inattentive chap kindly drove his Peugeot 206 into the back of it, [...]

Keith Adams Regular followers and friends will know all about the tale of my disappearing Saab 9000 Aero. It’s a story that’s almost too heartbreaking to recount – so I won’t – but, in a nutshell, I’ve learned not to trust anyone off the Internet and to stop being such a generous soul. Anyway, after [...]

Update: 3 April 2010 To reshell or not to reshell, that’s the question. And it’s a question that’s preoccupying us increasingly these days. It seems that the more we delve into this car, the more corrosion we’re finding. The corroded front subframe (above) has been a bit of a body blow for us, and has [...]

Alexander Boucke  Will this be the direct way into mental and economical crisis? Come on, there is no way an old Rover 827 will be more economical to run than my trusty little Maestro, being a manual and on loan it shouldn’t hit the wallet too hard – at least that’s what I’d like to [...]

Made famous for creating the Plymouth-Dakar Rally, Julian Nowill has long since been associated with the Eastern European car scene. But he’s turning to the darkside, and has finally come out of the closet regarding his fondness for AROnline’s favourite cars. This particularly tasty Metro is set to serve Julian for years to come, and [...]

Automotive News Europe/Reuters, 1st April, 2010 SHANGHAI (Reuters) — SAIC Motor Corp., China’s biggest automaker, returned to profit in the fourth quarter as policy incentives bolstered automobile demand in the world’s fastest growing major auto market. SAIC, which runs vehicle manufacturing ventures with General Motors Co. and Volkswagen AG, is a major beneficiary of Beijing’s [...]