Archive for August, 2012
News : MG launches Approved Used Programme
MG Motor UK is launching its Approved Used Car Programme with a comprehensive range of benefits for customers, including a 130 point check on every car. Currently, MG is only extending the scheme to the MG6 (and not the TF), which are being offered by MG Dealers at prices starting from £9995. Customers will also benefit [...]
August 30, 2012
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Keith Adams · 
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News : Bahar plays checkers, DRB-Hicom plays chess
Christopher Sawyer Recently, I had the pleasure of regaling colleagues with stories about Lotus, Proton and DRB-Hicom during a dinner in Monterey, California. I was talking on an off-the-record basis and so was free to mention many of the things I have learned over the years, as well as my theories, suspicions, etc. Things I could [...]
August 29, 2012
· Keith Adams · 6 Comments
News : Mini voted the ‘greatest’ by Autocar readers
Once again, the significance and importance of the Mini has been recognised by car enthusiasts from around the world – withAutocar magazine’s poll to find the greatest British car of them all returning a win for Issigonis’ masterpiece. The online poll was to celebrate the best cars produced by British workers, and the result means [...]
August 29, 2012
· Keith Adams · 36 Comments
News : Plato’s BTCC title hopes take a knock at Knockhill
Words: Clive Goldthorp Photographs: BTCC Media Office A slightly-depleted field of 19 entries headed up to Knockhill, near Dunfermline for the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship’s (BTCC) twentieth annual Scottish foray last weekend. MG KX Momentum Racing’s Jason Plato went into the meeting with a record eight BTCC victories at the challenging and tight, 1.3 [...]
August 28, 2012
· Clive Goldthorp · No Comments
News : UK’s Trident to unveil diesel supercar
Trident, will display its all-new Iceni at Salon Privé 2012, held at West London’s Syon Park from 5-7 September. The Iceni’s uses Trident’s patented Torque Multiplication technology to deliver a claimed top speed of nearly 200mph and a 0-60mph time of 3.7 seconds. The Iceni is built to order in Norfolk and priced from £75,000. [...]
August 24, 2012
· Keith Adams · 35 Comments
Essays: Top 10 Bangernomics cars – for family guys
We love Bangernomics at AROnline and in these hard times, we can’t think of a more cost effective way of keeping on the road than by buying a perfectly useable larger family car for between £500-1000. With this being AROnline, we’ll limit our choices to British-built or badged cars – but even limiting our geographical [...]
August 24, 2012
· Keith Adams · 98 Comments
Our Cars : Rover 75 has a hissy fit! – Updated
Words: Keith Adams Photographs: Michael Hayward After a couple of weeks spent languishing in the office car park, it seemed only fair to pull the Rover 75 from under its tree and spend some quality time together. Jumping in this wood-trimmed leather-lined exec is always a treat and, thanks to nice, healthy mechanicals, it didn’t [...]
August 24, 2012
· Keith Adams · 34 Comments
Products : Spencer Haze is back, read his story
Remember Spencer Haze, the time travelling private eye? James Ruppert’s popular creation is back, and available in book form… You might remember Spencer Haze from the brilliant 4Car website. He was a private detective who wrong-sided a big league villain, who left him for dead in a chest freezer in 1973 when it looked like [...]
August 23, 2012
· Keith Adams · 2 Comments
News : Freelander gets a nip ‘n’ tuck for 2013
The Land Rover Freelander has received a package of updates for 2013, which its maker hopes will maintain the popularity of its core model range in the post-Evoque era. The facelift majors on the interior, which promises to be more upmarket with ‘premium’ feel. But with styling changes limited to a few minor ones that [...]
August 23, 2012
· Keith Adams · 26 Comments
Our Cars : Mark’s MG6 takes a bow – Updated
Mark Mastrototaro has decided to take the plunge and put a new MG6 on his driveway. He’s no blind MG6 fanboy, though, and goes in with his eyes open, promising to be completely realistic in his relationship with his new car. However, so far, despite one delivery hiccough, he’s quite enamoured by his new car. What’s [...]
August 22, 2012
· Keith Adams · 73 Comments
Blog : Remember the 1100
Keith Adams So, there we are – the BMC 1100 has now passed the magic half century. And doesn’t it still look fantastic? I’m going to go out on a limb here, and say that in my humble opinion, the ADO16 remains the ultimate incarnation of the Issigonis vehicular template. Yes, the Mini sold more, [...]
August 22, 2012
· Keith Adams · 22 Comments
News : EU-wide MoTs – call to action!
The Association of Car Enthusiasts is encouraging people to make themselves heard in opposing EU-wide MoT legislation that could hinder drivers who want to modify their cars. We recently broke this story, stating that the European parliament is leading a consultation into vehicle testing, and one of those who was involved in this process suggested [...]
August 22, 2012
· Keith Adams · 30 Comments
Mini special editions : 1979 1100 Special
It’s AROnline‘s favourite special edition Mini – and for good reason. When people discuss special edition Minis, the popular perception is that this is phenomenon that kicked off during the late-1980s in order to sell more cars. But pretty much from the moment the Mini was launched back in 1959, dealers as well as its [...]
August 22, 2012
· Keith Adams · 35 Comments
Our Cars : Say hello to John Slavin’s Allegro
The newest member of the AROnline family, John Slavin, has put his money where his mouth is, and bought an Austin Allegro. And the bonding process is already taking place… All he needs now is a Quartic wheel, and to stop worrying about its impending MoT, and John’ll be as happy as an Allegro owner [...]
August 22, 2012
· Keith Adams · 23 Comments
Our Cars : One SLK, no charge
Richard Kilpatrick’s SLK decides that wet weather, rubbish tyres and motorways are far too great a risk, and becomes a little lethargic… Not long after getting the SLK, and throwing back into work despite a barely functional leg, a quick blast up the M1 on one of the few sunny days during this ‘summers’ constant [...]
August 22, 2012
· Richard Kilpatrick · 7 Comments
Our Cars : Richard’s SLK and the roadster revival
Richard Kilpatrick reckons we’re in a golden age of affordable open-tops… And here’s why Back in the ‘80s, one of the photographers working at our studio was a properly keen young bloke with a taste for bikes and cars. The memorable experiences of his automotive youth are invariably how desperately unreliable and ratty these vehicles [...]
August 20, 2012
· Richard Kilpatrick · 20 Comments
Products : Rimmer Bros now selling Jaguar parts
Keith Adams If you’re one of those very lucky people who own a 21st century Jaguar, you’ll be interested to learn that Rimmer Bros – the Rover and Triumph parts specialist – is now stocking parts for your cars. The company’s extensive parts catalogue has been swelled by the addition of all the recent models [...]
August 20, 2012
· Keith Adams · 2 Comments
Blog : British Leyland – Chronicle of a car crash
Keith Adams I’ve just returned from a wonderful week offline. After what has been a crazy eight months of 2012, travelling all over the world (and I am certainly not complaining!) it was good to head up to a remote loch in Scotland, climb into a ill-equipped log-cabin, and enjoy life without wi-fi, 3G or [...]
August 20, 2012
· Keith Adams · 16 Comments
Buy parts with AROnline and Rimmer Bros
KEITH ADAMS Rimmer Bros sponsored AROnline‘s Polish SD1 restoration… Buying parts for your Jaguar, Rover, Lands Rover, Triumph or MG has never been easier through AROnline… HERE at AROnline, we receive a large numbers of emails from people all over the world looking for parts for their cars MGs, Rovers, Landies and all manner of [...]
August 20, 2012
· Keith Adams · 3 Comments
News : Kiwis smash world speed record… in a Mini
Following in the footsteps of legendary New Zealander Burt Munro, a team of Kiwis have smashed a world speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah and confirmed their car as ‘the world’s fastest Mini’. They were told they didn’t have a hope of even passing the tech inspection – let alone breaking the [...]
August 19, 2012
· Keith Adams · 8 Comments
