Sometimes it’s good to get an alternative perspective about things we’re familiar with – and this Car & Driver blog makes rather uncomfortable reading for anyone feeling positive towards the MG6. We’ll let you make up your own minds. Inside the New Chinese-Owned MG Motor Co. In the town of Longbridge, just outside of Birmingham [...]

The M-Series TVRs were a step towards full production car credibility for the Blackpool company, after years of building cars you could buy as kits as well as ready made. The range – so called because ‘M’ was for ‘Martin’ – lasted the 1970s and brought stability and profitability to TVR. And they were so [...]

Words: Clive Goldthorp Photographs: BTCC Media Office The combination of the UK’s fastest race circuit and what ITV4 Commentator and former Champion, Tim Harvey, described as ‘absolutely atrocious’ conditions ensured that this weekend’s Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship meeting at Thruxton in Hampshire was an eventful one. MG KX Momentum Racing’s Jason Plato was [...]

Another spin on the Group Lotus merry-go-round Christopher Sawyer DRB-HICOM Berhad’s (DRB-Hicom) recent acquisition of PROTON Holdings Berhad (Proton) also gave the company control of Lotus Group International Limited, the owner of struggling British engineering consultancy and sports car maker, Group Lotus PLC (Lotus) – or, if you wish to read that another way, the [...]

Keith Adams Auto China 2012 officially saw the severing of the genetic ties between SAIC Motor’s faux-UK brand and the Rover products it formerly based its cars upon. The impressive new car that headed up Roewe’s motor show hoopla was the 950, which is based closely on the Buick LaCrosse/Saab 9-5, nestling atop a GM [...]

Words: Clive Goldthorp Photographs: Simon Davies/Pegasus Photographics Last weekend’s BTCC Meeting at Donington Park provided AROnline with the opportunity to undertake some initial research into the impact which the launch of MG KX Momentum Racing has had on the British public’s awareness of the MG marque. AROnline interviewed a total of nine spectators – most of whom had already [...]

Words: Clive Goldthorp Photographs: Simon Davies/Pegasus Photographics The Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship rolled into Donington Park for Rounds Four, Five and Six last weekend and, after three action-packed races, MG KX Momentum Racing’s Jason Plato retained his Championship lead – he left the East Midlands track with 84 points while Honda Civic-driving Matt Neal and Andrew Jordan [...]

Defending the 1990s The Lightweight Concept Vehicle programme was initiated by Land Rover in the early 1990s, and was a serious investigation into the production of lighter, cleaner and greener off-roaders. The idea was to test-bed new technologies, harking back to the days of the British Leyland Technology ECV programme, and one of the targets [...]

Georgina Chapman, Co-Founder of Marchesa joined Land Rover to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the company’s presence in the USA in a VIP celebration where the 1987 Range Rover and 2012 Evoque were on display.  NFL star Bart Scott and TV personality Kelly Bensimon, were also on hand and shared details of their own [...]

Words: Clive Goldthorp Photographs: BTCC Media Office Jason Plato and the Triple Eight Race Engineering-run MG KX Momentum Racing MG6 GT scored what ITV4′s new Race Commentator, Toby Moody, described as an ‘unbelievable’ win in the third British Touring Car Championship round at Brands Hatch this afternoon and, as a result, head into the next [...]

KEITH ADAMS Rimmer Bros sponsored AROnline’s Polish SD1 restoration… Buying parts for your BMC>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 BMC>MG cars. Given that this is [...]

Mike Humble ponders once again over another car which once seemed commonplace but now languishes in penny numbers. This time we applaud the executive saloon which defied the ‘class without kudos’ tag… The Vauxhall Senator B. Chip-cutter magic Being a true petrolhead, you get to understand that cars are not all simply thrash, power on understeer [...]

Over the past ten years, the VXR brand has slowly established itself as the bad-boy performance badge for people who are looking for something a little ragged than the usual European opposition. Of course, this reputation for wildness has been ably assisted by the addition of the Monaro in 2004 – a badge-engineered Holden that [...]

The Range Rover was officially introduced to the United States 25 years ago this year in 1987. To celebrate this milestone, Land Rover will host a special celebration in conjunction with the New York Auto Show and will invite consumers to an urban off-road adventure where they will drive 2012 model year vehicles at a [...]

Words: Clive Goldthorp Photographs: Simon Davies/Pegasus Photographics MG KX Momentum Racing’s nascent 2012 British Touring Car Championship campaign took two significant steps forward at Silverstone yesterday: a just-completed, Triple Eight Race Engineering-built NGTC MG6 GT hit the track for the first time and MG Motor UK announced that, following the recent news about the two [...]

Andrew Elphick Charles Morgan is the figurehead of a quintessentially British concern – so when the protector of all things traditional from Malvern decides to continue en Français half way through his press statement, even the most down trodden hack pays attention. Though (as ever – you might argue) the Morgan stand looked no different since [...]

Words: Adam Sloman Pictures: Autocar/MG UK weekly car magazine Autocar has unveiled these official images of the forthcoming MG5 in its latest issue and online. The MG5  is due for launch imminently in China, with Autocar suggesting we can expect the hatchback here in the UK in 2013, though currently it’s unclear which will arrive [...]

Words: Keith Adams Photography: Newspress Aston Martin’s V12 Vantage-based Zagato made its European debut in production form at Geneva, and was met with a warm response from the assembled press. Weighing in at nearly £400,o00 it’s out of reach of most of us mere mortals, but as an engineering and design exercise, the Anglo-Italian supercar [...]

The Vauxhall Ampera has won the 2012 European Car of the Year award. It beat off a strong challenge from the Volkswagen Up! but the GM car’s green credentials look to have played an important factor with the judging panel. Sadly, the Range Rover Evoque trailed home in fourth place, but it’s still a strong [...]

Keith Adams To celebrate the tenth anniverary of the launch of the Range Rover L322, the company has unveiled three anniversary editions… one of which is named named after a certain borough in London.  The Westminster, the Autobiography and the Supercharged Autobiography. Given a new Range Rover is due to be launched later this year, [...]