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Blog : Rover 75 launch – where did the time go?
Keith Adams Fourteen years ago today, Rover unveiled the production version of the 75 to the press in an expansive and ambitious event at Tower Bridge in London. It wasn’t the first time the car had been seen – it was officially unveiled at the previous year’s NEC Motor Show alongside the Jaguar S-Type. Yes, [...]
June 17, 2013
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Blog : Carbodies FL2 spotted in the wild
Andrew Elphick asks when is a black cab not a black cab? Outwardly resembling a regular FX4 taxi (as would be its discreet intention) however the eagle-eyed might spot the radiator grille-mounted badge: ‘CARBODIES’. This is the only indication of being a purchase tax paid private vehicle, and not a ‘hire’ car. This example (the [...]
June 17, 2013
· Keith Adams · 2 Comments
Drive story : Range Rover Classic – early vs late
The original Range Rover enjoyed a 26-year production run, during which time it was almost unanimiously regarded as the best off-roader in the world… bar none. That’s an exceptionally long production run. To see just how well the Rangie held up during such a long run, we compare a 1971 and 1993 cars. Does purity [...]
June 17, 2013
· Keith Adams · One Comment
Our Cars : Richard Truett’s Triumph Stag – Part 1
My Summer of Stag: Confronting The Fear The freshly painted black 1973 Triumph Stag standing in front of me is taken so far apart that it’s making me nervous. In my 35 years of restoring classic cars, I have never owned one so disassembled. Right now, the Stag is little more than a just a [...]
June 14, 2013
· Keith Adams · 19 Comments
News : MG3 revealed with personalisation options
Photography: Adam Sloman MG unveiled the full range of styles for the UK MG3 at its Birmingham-based European Design Centre. The new 3 carries forward many of the styling cues first illustrated on the MG ZERO concept car, again designed at SAIC Motor’s European Design Centre. The UK studio has just undergone an additional investment [...]
June 12, 2013
· Keith Adams · 64 Comments
News : RR Sport sets Pikes Peak record
The Range Rover Sport established the record for a production-standard SUV and broke the record for any kind of production-standard vehicle on the Pikes Pike International Hill Climb course, venue of the spectacular annual competition known as ‘The Race To the Clouds’. The Range Rover Sport completed the 12.42-mile asphalt course in 12 minutes 35.61 [...]
June 10, 2013
· Keith Adams · 9 Comments
News : MG3 goes live at Silverstone
The MG Car Club has confirmed that the first public showing in Europe of the MG3 will be at MGLive! Held at Silverstone on June 15-16, MGLive! is the world’s largest celebration of everything MG, making it the perfect event to reveal the fun new hatchback to friends of the marque. Taking style cues from [...]
June 6, 2013
· Keith Adams · 28 Comments
First Drive : Land Rover Defender Electric prototype
First thing’s first… After reading this, don’t head over to your local Land Rover dealer and expect to be able to hand over a deposit for a new Defender Electric. Land Rover will tell you it’s an engineering programme evaluating whether battery power is suited to the most arduous of terrain and conditions – and, [...]
June 4, 2013
· Keith Adams · 27 Comments
Tested : MINI John Cooper Works GP 1 and 2
Martyn Collins compares the latest MINI Cooper Works GP with a 2006 original – his own car. Which would end up living in his garage, money no object? Words and photography: Martyn Collins A tale of two GPs I love my MINI Cooper S with John Cooper Works GP Kit - it was a dream purchase [...]
June 4, 2013
· Keith Adams · 2 Comments
News : The Clarkson review – MG Motor UK’s response
According to Jeremy Clarkson, the new MG, designed and engineered in Birmingham, England is ‘as Chinese as Chopsticks’. To the 300 Designers and Engineers based at the MG Birmingham site who were responsible for the design and engineering of the MG6 this is clearly an insult. The styling of the car was led by talented [...]
May 31, 2013
· Keith Adams · 138 Comments
Unsung Heroes : Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6LD
Once again, Mike Humble takes a drive down the roads of yesterday and celebrate the cars that littered the highways and byways of Britain that now are virtually all gone in this popular series of classic clunkers. Going the distance… eventually You know, I’m sitting here right now thumbing through one of my many collected [...]
May 30, 2013
· Mike Humble · 28 Comments
News : MG6 – the Clarkson review
Jeremy Clarkson has never been afraid to court controversy in his beautifully-written car pieces, so we can only imagine how much MG Motor UK were hoping he’d wax lyrical about the MG6 he’d recently driven. Sadly, that hasn’t proven to be the case. Instead – in his view, the ’6 is a one-star car that [...]
May 29, 2013
· Keith Adams · 68 Comments
News : Styling tweaks for MG5 Turbo
Keith Adams The countdown to the MG5 Turbo’s launch has begun and, as can be seen from this image first published in China Car Times, the front-end is to be mildly tweaked. The Golf-rivalling MG5 went on sale in China in March 2013, after being previewed by the AP12-based Concept 5 in 2011, but we [...]
May 24, 2013
· Keith Adams · 40 Comments
Drive story : A (not so) MINI adventure
Keith Adams takes an unstructured journey back home from the International Mini Meet in a Clubvan Cooper D and surprises himself by travelling rather further than he planned. Florence and home in a day… Time to go home – after a great weekend at the International Mini Meet 2013, it’s time for the MINI Clubman [...]
May 22, 2013
· Keith Adams · 24 Comments
Sales Talk : Treading carefully with over-inflated egos
Mike Humble I used to work for one of the biggest dealer chains in the country, and before it was taken over by another equally huge group, it was a pleasant outfit to work for – providing you pulled your weight. I transferred over to a nearby Vauxhall site eventually, but at first, my role involved selling new [...]
May 16, 2013
· Mike Humble · 24 Comments
Blog : Is the MG3 the new beginning?
Keith Adams After months – nay, years – of waiting and speculating about every aspect of its make-up, the MG3 has been revealed in European market form. Well, we say Euro-market form, but really that means the UK, as currently we’re the only EU market that you can buy a new, British-engineered MG in (yes, [...]
May 4, 2013
· Keith Adams · 119 Comments
Essay : Overture to the Allegro
On the eve of its 40th birthday, Ian Nicholls digs into the archives to discuss the Austin Allegro from the perspectives of British Leyland’s movers and shakers at the time Britain in May 1973 was a different country to what it is now. This was a world where the most desirable consumer item was a [...]
May 4, 2013
· Keith Adams · 45 Comments
News : European spec MG3 shown at Auto Shanghai
MG unveiled the European version of the MG3 supermini. It’s said to be inspired by the MG Zero concept car, although it’s little more than a light refresh of the original MG3, which was unveiled at the 2010 Beijing auto show. Both the original and the latest Euro MG3 are the work of the design [...]
April 21, 2013
· Keith Adams · 88 Comments
Drive story : Triumph TR8 across America
Florida red eye Richard Truett I’m on the verge of being sacked at work. It’s just days from my 52nd birthday and I’m getting married in less than three months. There’s really only one thing that will help me sort all this: a solo road trip in my 1981 Triumph TR8. Long, lonely hours behind the wheel [...]
April 21, 2013
· Keith Adams · 29 Comments
First Drive : Nissan LEAF
John Slavin The Nissan LEAF receives its first facelift, and although it doesn’t look much different, it receives a raft of changes that makes it more usable, and affordable, with an innovative battery leasing programme. Most importantly for AROnline readers, it’s made in Britain, adding a small but important chunk of output from Britain’s largest car [...]
April 18, 2013
· Keith Adams · 52 Comments
