Keith Adams THE MAJOR players in the car industry were making giant strides in 1971. In the mid-market, Ford had been doing all the running with its ultra-successful Cortina and Escort – conservative cars produced to meet the demands of fleet buyers. Mechanical straightforwardness was seen as a positive advantage – fleet managers had been [...]

Words: Clive Goldthorp Photographs: Michael Callaghan Any AROnline readers who have read the mini-biographies on our Contact Us page will know that the other famous automotive ‘AR’, Alfa Romeo, has a place in my heart. The Alfa Romeo and BMC>MG stories share a number of interesting historical parallels: the companies were both Government-owned for significant [...]