Adam Sloman  Though the UK launch of the MG6 now looks set to be delayed until 2011, the model’s development in China is continuing apace, with the MG6 Sports concept, a show car that could signal the return of MG X POWER to the UK market.  While the MG6 Sports concept would appear to make [...]

Automotive News Europe, 20th September, 2010 SEOUL (Bloomberg) – SAIC Motor Corp. said it’s “closely watching” the initial public offering of General Motors Co. after Reuters reported the Chinese company is in talks to buy a stake in the largest U.S. automaker. “SAIC is closely watching the progress of a GM IPO,” Judy Zhu, a [...]

Steven Ward, ever the critical second-rate Salesman, lays bare some of the 600′s faults and failures. I’m annoyed, very annoyed – and have been for quite a while now - by this subject. It could be argued that Volkswagen’s recent ‘trendiness’ and profitable trading is down to two factors: the success of the Mk5 Volkswagen Passat (MY96) and [...]

Keith Adams  I’ve just spent the day merging the WordPress News  and Blogs pages hosted on AROnline to become one – and, in doing so, created AROnline Live. It should all work as it did, with Blogs and News items being joined by First Drives as well as the other content we’ll be adding to the site [...]

Richard Bremner, Senior Contributing Editor, Autocar, 17th September, 2010 MG Motor is now building the first batches of pre-production MG6s at Longbridge as it ramps up for series production early next year when the hatchback goes on sale. MG had originally planned to launch the MG6 late this year, but has decided that a 2011 debut will [...]

MG Motor UK Limited’s parent company, SAIC Motor Corporation Limited, has won a major award for investing in Britain. The coveted Chinese Investor of the Year award is in recognition of the multi-million pound investment SAIC Motor has made at MG Birmingham where 400 people are employed designing, engineering and building cars.  HRH Prince Andrew [...]

Jaguar Land Rover engineers are looking to a future in which virtual reality supports all stages of new vehicle development, from initial design through engineering and testing to final market launch. This includes the introduction of a unique “virtual garage”. Speaking today at the British Science Festival in Birmingham (14-19 September), Andy Richardson, Manager of [...]

Sam Skelton Researching isn’t always a bundle of fun, you know. I’m in the middle of writing an article which focuses upon Wood and Pickett in the 1980s and sources are proving difficult to find. Granted, I can find snippets which are useful to my quest – thanks, in particular, go to Andrew Elphick, Richard [...]

Ash Sutcliffe, China Car Times, 13th September, 2010 Land Rover are reportedly in talks with two companies within China to produce the Land Rover range of vehicles for Chinese consumption. Land Rover sales in China have increased dramatically over the past 2 years and, by introducing Chinese made vehicles into China, the company believes that it will [...]

Keith Adams  Those who know me, know that I have a bit of thing for TVRs. Maybe it’s the Rover connection – the way that in the Griffith, the faithful old V8 sounded exactly as it should – or perhaps it’s because they come from Blackpool, the town I was lucky enough to grow up [...]

Automotive News Europe/Reuters, 7th August, 2010 BEIJING (Reuters) – Top Chinese automaker SAIC Motor Corp. said on Tuesday it sold 22 percent more vehicles in August than a year earlier. SAIC Motor , which runs vehicle manufacturing ventures with General Motors Co. and Volkswagen, sold 286,814 vehicles in August, compared with 234,616 in the same [...]

Graeme Brown, Birmingham Post, 7th September, 2010 Jaguar and Land Rover bucked a declining trend in UK car sales last month – and posted substantial rises. Sales of Jaguars rose by almost 11 per cent and Land Rover sales increased by two per cent. Meanwhile there was a 17 per cent fall in new car [...]

Hilton Holloway, Associate Editor, Autocar, 2nd September, 2010 MINI is poised to start work on a more sporting coupe version of the just-launched Countryman five-door crossover. A Countryman Coupe Concept is currently on the drawing board at MINI’s Design Studio in Munich. It is one of a number of new MINI niche models being considered, [...]

Automotive News China, 2nd September, 2010 SHANGHAI – Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. has started shipping kits of the TX4 London Taxi, a model developed by Manganese Bronze Holdings plc (MBH), to London for assembly. Each month Geely will provide kits for 160 TX4 taxis to be assembled and sold in the United Kingdom, Geely said [...]

The first all-new MG in 15 years will be the star at two of the biggest motor shows in Britain this autumn when the UK specification MG6 is unveiled at the MPH featuring Top Gear Live events in November. The MG6 is a 1.8-litre five-door fastback designed and engineered in the UK and which will [...]

Autosport, 2nd September, 2010 Kris Meeke has signed to drive for MINI in the World Rally Championship next year, this week’s AUTOSPORT magazine reveals. Reigning Intercontinental Rally Challenge Champion Meeke denied any deal had been done with the Prodrive team that will run MINI’s WRC return, but AUTOSPORT understands that an agreement is in place. [...]

The Rover 200/400 looks crisp and exciting over two decades on from its launch. Early ones are getting rare now, and Mike Humble’s example is one of the best… Words and pictures: Mike Humble The high watermark A lovely car in a lovely(ish) setting… I NEVER get emotionally tied to cars. Yes I enjoy them [...]

Diana T. Kurylko, Automotive News Europe, 1st September, 2010 New owner Tata Motors promises that Land Rover will add smaller vehicles and hybrid powerplants, but it hasn’t said much about the timing. Land Rover will continue to share components with Jaguar, which is also under Tata ownership. Land Rover already uses Jaguar’s 5.0-liter V-8 engine [...]