Archive for November, 2010
Events : The Beaujolais Run in a Rover P6
Matt Richardson The first Beaujolais Run took place in November 1970 following a bet between two well-known Chefs as to who would be first to reach The Times’ office in Fleet Street with a bottle of the new season’s wine. The Run, which started with the release of the wine at midnight, was initially a [...]
November 30, 2010
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Keith Adams · 
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‘Snow joke out there
Andrew Elphick It’s snowing outside right now in most places in Britain, even in our soft southern corner… the same corner in which normally rational people (which excludes Nissan Note and Vauxhall Corsa owners) lose the ability to drive when the snow arrives. Me? Well, in all honesty, I’m no better behind the wheel but I was returning [...]
November 30, 2010
· Keith Adams · 8 Comments
India Watch : Tata Motors to tap luxury demand with ten JLR Dealers
Automotive News Europe/Bloomberg, 29th November, 2010 NEW DELHI (Bloomberg) – Tata Motors Limited will set up ten dealerships for its Jaguar and Land Rover luxury car brands in India this fiscal year to tap rising disposable incomes in Asia’s second-fastest-growing major economy. The Mumbai-based company will establish dealerships in large Indian cities such as Mumbai, New [...]
November 30, 2010
· Clive Goldthorp · One Comment
Polski-Rover SD1 : In and out of love
Keith Adams I must admit that I’m in a bit of a rut with my Rover SD1. It’s not that the old girl’s done anything wrong as such, just that I feel like I’m at a bit of a standstill with it – and am in desperate need of some real inspiration. I think it’s [...]
November 28, 2010
· Keith Adams · 20 Comments
Fail to prepare… Prepare to fail
Words and Photographs: Mike Humble Well, as Keith Adams’ last blog states, winter is indeed upon us and, in true British tradition, we seem to be ill-equipped to cope with the cold weather. I live in a small cul-de-sac and know quite a few of the local residents who, in turn, also know that I have [...]
November 26, 2010
· Mike Humble · 8 Comments
China Watch : Roewe 750 goes hybrid
Keith Adams The Roewe 750 Hybrid was greeted with a fair degree of scepticism here in the UK when SAIC Motor first unveiled the car at the Beijng Auto Show back in 2007. How could a company that had only just managed to put the ex-Rover 75 into production already be considering introducing a petrol/electric [...]
November 25, 2010
· Keith Adams · 18 Comments
China Watch : MG3 to debut at December’s Guangzhou Auto Show
Keith Adams The promising new MG3 takes a step closer to introduction as this selection of pre-production cars is snapped in China undergoing dealer demonstrations. The attached images show that the 1.5-litre hatchback sports the pleasingly contemporary look which has just been so successfully previewed with the ZERO Concept car. MG Motor UK have yet to indicate when the MG3 will be [...]
November 25, 2010
· Keith Adams · 55 Comments
Here we go again…
Keith Adams Well, the first flakes of snow are falling in the UK and we’re already preparing for the worst. It’s always interesting to see just how much of a regional variation there is in how us Brits deal with the fluffy white stuff. The Scots and the Welsh tend to roll up their sleeves [...]
November 25, 2010
· Keith Adams · 8 Comments
Cost-cutting ignites my anger!
Mike Humble What should have been a simple winter service on a Rover 75 proves to be rather more complicated… The legendary Rover 75, with its smooth, sleek styling, not too big, inviting interior and quiet refinement, can often be the perfect antidote to the usual Mondectra class of car. Used values of some the earlier [...]
November 22, 2010
· Mike Humble · 6 Comments
Rover 600 : Replaced by this?
Keith Adams Well, it’s come to this. My Rover 620 – a car that failed to put a single foot wrong – has left the fold to be replaced by this awfully vulgar German car. What’s gone wrong? Why an Audi of all things? Well… like everything in my life, it’s not as simple as all [...]
November 21, 2010
· Keith Adams · 8 Comments
China Watch : SAIC Motor acquires a 1% stake in General Motors
Automotive News China, 18th November, 2010 SHANGHAI – SAIC Motor Corp. says its wholly owned subsidiary in Hong Kong has acquired a 0.97 percent stake in General Motors for $500 million during GM’s IPO in the United States. A Shanghai-listed subsidiary of Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC Group), SAIC Motor says the investment was made [...]
November 18, 2010
· Clive Goldthorp · 2 Comments
Essays : Selling the brand
Mike Humble Was It Really So Bad Selling Rovers? Ever since I was old enough to remember, I have always been passionate about anything that moves in the air or on road and rail under its own propulsion, you name it, cars, trains, planes – I love ‘em all. My first exposure to working in [...]
November 18, 2010
· Keith Adams · 45 Comments
BMC>MG’s Top Ten sellers : 1952-2005
Keith Adams WITH THE number of BMC/Leyland/Rover cars on our roads diminishing rapidly, we take stock of the successive companies’ ten most popular cars during the post-war years. Some of these numbers are going to shock you, simply because the cars are so rare on the road now. In fact, even the latest car on [...]
November 16, 2010
· Keith Adams · 56 Comments
Our Cars : The Rover 620′s gone but not forgotten
Keith Adams My ever-changing fleet has shrunk by one over the weekend. Regular followers of AROnline on Facebook and Twitter will already know this but, as of Saturday, I am no longer the owner of my lovely Rover 620. Seems that I am such a masochist that, when something good like that car comes into [...]
November 16, 2010
· Keith Adams · 5 Comments
Rimmer Bros : Rover SD1 parts prices reduced
Keith Adams Rimmer Bros., the Rover, Triumph, MG and Land Rover specialists has reduced the prices of Rover SD1 panels, citing the need for more warehouse space. Whatever the reason for the price reduction, this represents a great opportunity to buy those panels that you need – or might need in the future. Take a [...]
November 16, 2010
· Keith Adams · 2 Comments
Land Rover : New offer freezes VAT at 17.5% until March, 2011
Land Rover has today announced a pricing initiative designed to protect UK customers from the VAT increase in January 2011. The offer, which applies to new build retail orders placed before the 31st December, 2010, means customers will avoid the increased VAT rate if their vehicle is registered and delivered between the 4th January, 2011 and the [...]
November 15, 2010
· Clive Goldthorp · 3 Comments
China Watch : SAIC to acquire GM stake if Government approves
Automotive News China/Reuters, 15th November, 2010 (Reuters) – Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. has reached an agreement in principle to take a stake in General Motors Co. if Chinese regulators approve the deal, a person familiar with the matter said. China’s Government would have to approve the investment before Wednesday for SAIC to participate in GM’s [...]
November 15, 2010
· Clive Goldthorp · No Comments
Automotive posters – why do we choose specific ones?
Charlie Johnson It would be fair to say the television programmes I’ve watched over the years have had quite an influence on which cars I chose, as have the car events I’ve visited. How do we eliminate particular cars over others? Top Gear was one of the TV programmes I always looked forward to on a Sunday [...]
November 15, 2010
· Keith Adams · 2 Comments
One way of checking your boot space
Keith Adams For all those who have complained that the MG6 is cramped in the rear and in the boot department, I give you this questionable photo which hails from China. Is MG looking at this as an optional extra for those tight situations? Answers please in an email…
November 15, 2010
· Keith Adams · 10 Comments
MG ZERO Concept : UK debutant wows the crowds at the MPH Show
Words: Adam Sloman Photographs: Simon Davies/Pegasus Photographics Joining the UK-spec MG6 on the MG Motor UK stand at the MPH Show was the MG ZERO Concept, which, according to Guy Jones, the company’s Sales and Marketing Director, ‘shows the direction for the smaller range of cars to follow MG6.’ Small MGs from the MG 1300 of the [...]
November 15, 2010
· Adam Sloman · 8 Comments
