They say that curry is the most popular food in the UK now; MG Rover hoped to repeat the phenonemon in automotive terms with its new baby… However, Roger Blaxall recounted a lukewam tale shortly after the car’s launch… FOR £1600 the average punter can buy any manner of decent second hand AstraGolfEscort, etc. For [...]

Too close to call? Two doyens of the British family car market slug it out in the first of a new series of road tests… First published in Classic Car Weekly in August 2005, KEITH ADAMS pitted the Hillman Avenger against its arch rival from Cowley, the Morris Marina. It was a close call… Introduction [...]

Sporting pretenders? Introduction YOU’RE enjoying a B-Road thrash behind the wheel of your favourite MG – the steering is sharp, the roadholding accurate, and driver involvement, high. Britain’s back roads are twisty and demanding – the perfect playground for a well set-up sporting saloon, and not the kind of place you’d expect a diesel-powered car [...]