The aquisition of production rights for the Maestro by Etsong intended to signal the beginning of a new venture. However, it was the First Auto Works (FAW), who took over the Etsong project. This was not their first ex-BMC>Rover product… Etsong, first Following the ill-fated Bulgarian adventure, the Maestro/Montego found a new home in China. [...]

It’s 20 years since the astonishing XJ220 burst on to the scene – and today it still has more road presence than any other supercar of its era. With a top speed of 213mph, it was briefly the fastest car in the world. It’s still up there, today. Supercat at twenty! The XJ220 remains the [...]

Words: Clive Goldthorp Photographs: Simon Davies/Pegasus Photographics MG Motor UK Limited’s works British Touring Car Championship team, MG KX Momentum Racing, was officially launched at MG Birmingham yesterday. Guy Jones, the company’s Sales and Marketing Director, geniunely believes that he has assembled a ‘Dream Team’ and those present were left in no doubt that the [...]

MG Motor UK has announced a new finance package for the MG6 series, finally moving closer to a competitive deal for many buyers. The offer, which runs until 31 March 2012, bundles a low deposit and a low 3.7% APR together with a five-year deal, to place the MG6 GT S at £249/month. In combination [...]

ADAM SLOMAN The new medium-sized MG has been unveiled, camouflage free, in these Chinese spy-shots showcased on China Car Times. The MG5 is set for launch in China in early March, with engines likely to include the new small engine 1.5-litre engine in both naturally aspirated and turbo forms, the 1.8-litre TCI-tech and the as-yet [...]

Keith Adams The innovative new De Tomaso Deauville – last shown at the Geneva Motor Show in 2011 – is off to China, after a protracted fight by its maker to keep the project on track in Italy. The car, which is an interesting high-bodied fastback designed for versatility mooted for an annual production run [...]

It has been announced today that Toby Silverton, the Managing Director of Bristol Cars, is stepping down in order to concentrate on his aviation businesses. Toby Silverton said: “I am profoundly optimistic about Bristol’s future. The next-generation technology, engineering resource and investment that Bristol now has access to will ensure that the new cars live [...]

‘I took delivery of the Volt on 12 December last year,’ Jay Leno said in a telephone interview before appearing Tuesday at a Chevrolet event held in conjunction with the Los Angeles auto show. ‘And I’ve never had to put gas in it yet.’ The comedian and late-night television host said he had put about [...]

Keith Adams TVR’s central holding company in Austria has launched a brand-new website, complete with an horrific new marque logo, which breaks links with the Lilley-Wheeler era – and far more iconic – badge. On the website, the new car options are for a ‘reborn TVR’ with full factory warranty, which means a complete overhaul [...]

Keith Adams Land Rover has released a pair of videos (no sound sadly) of its DC100 concept in action. And it has to be said that if it’s trying to convince Defender customers that this is going to be their next purchase, then they might be on to a bit of a struggle. But just [...]

Keith Adams One-off Jaguars that come up for sale tend to command spectacular prices when they come up for sale – but they can also prove to be rather controversial, given the beauty of the cars they’re based upon. This Bertone FT is a good case in point – it’s based on the S-type 3.8, [...]

Keith Adams takes a sideways look at one of the sheds that littered the highways and by-ways of the UK. Forgotten today, the Vauxhall Chevette was once the apple of England’s eye. And back in the summer of 1987 – for better or worse – Keith Adams also succumbed to the Griffin’s charms. The General [...]

Mike Humble on the continuing series of iconic cars that once littered the highways and by-ways of the UK. There was nothing exotic or high tech here with our very own MG Metro, but it really caught the imagination of a buying generation. It might not have been the fastest, or the coolest, hot hatch [...]

Keith Adams The Austin Rover Rallysprint was a legendary annual motor sport event that ran throughout the early 1980s, and saw rally drivers pitched against their F1 counterparts to see which discipline bred the best drivers. In 1983, an all-star grid was assembled that included Nigel Mansell, Jimmy McRae, John Watson, Pentti Arikkala, Derek Warwick, [...]

The AROnline Facebook page is certainly proving to be an interesting off-shoot of this place, with lively conversation – and an ongoing ‘what’s that car’ thread going on. Considering you might think we’ve seen it all before, there’s still plenty to post, as a recent thread about the Anadol FW11 prototype and its similarity with [...]

Star of the 1977 Earl’s Court motor show was the sensational six-wheeled Panther supercar. For a while it looked like it was going into production, too, but its creator Robert Jankel was scuppered by delays in development. We tell the story of Britain’s might-have-been supercar. Six-wheeled wonder Visitors to the 1977 London Motorfair were astonished [...]

Keith Adams Well, here we are a year on from the build-up of the UK ‘launch’ of the MG6, and how things look different 12 months on. Back in the late months of 2010, and following months, nay, years of MG and Longbridge inactivity and a Chinese Wall of secrecy from the overlords at SAIC, [...]

Diana T. Kurylko, Automotive News JAGUAR is expected to add a sports car based on the C-X16 concept shown last month at the Frankfurt auto show. Executives said the car is nearly ready for production. Work also is under way on a compact saloon, but that car is a few years away from production, Jaguar [...]

Keith Adams The final Triumph TR sports car rolled off the line at Solihull exactly 30 years ago this week. It’s difficult to believe that one of the UK’s most influential sporting lines has been out of production now for some three decades – especially considering its enduring popularity, but when that final TR7 emerged [...]

Sam Skelton Jensen’s 2000 C-V8 concept car is for sale. The car, built in Redditch, was part of the last attempt to revive a name now owned by Healey Sports Cars Switzerland Ltd and expected to return on a new incarnation of the Interceptor model.  Not entirely unlike a Shelby Daytona in style, this coupé concept, [...]