Drive story
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
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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
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Drive story : Anglo-Swiss assignation
Part three: Returning Home Steven Ward takes his hot-blooded Fiat Coupé to Geneva to find the secret of what makes a British car British… Photography: Andrew Elphick The final part of this year’s Salon was the Green Hall. This was dedicated to electric and hybrid and probably range-extended cars, all of which you could actually [...]
June 5, 2012
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Drive story : Anglo-Swiss assignation
Part two: Asking The Questions Steven Ward takes his hot-blooded Fiat Coupé to Geneva to find the secret of what makes a British car British… Photography: Andrew Elphick Sadly the hotel’s deceptively strong coffee that morning gave me a violent peristaltic reaction and we were delayed just long enough to get caught-up in Swiss crush [...]
June 4, 2012
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Drive story : The Anglo-Swiss assignation
Part one: Rolling Out The Bunting Steven Ward takes his hot-blooded Fiat Coupé to Geneva to find the secret of what makes a British car British… Photography: Andrew Elphick What Makes a British Car British? It’s a question asked by designers and journalists many times over. It is also too much of a cliché for [...]
June 3, 2012
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Driven : Vauxhall Astra GTE (1984)
The Mk1 Vauxhall Astra GTE might be one of the underrated hot hatches of the 1980s, but that certainly doesn’t mean it’s not up there with the best. Keith Adams drives one along the Route Napoléon in the South of France and comes away smiling. Star in ascendency For those old enough to remember the hot [...]
May 20, 2012
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Drive story : Cavalier – then and now…
Keith Adams enjoys a week in Vauxhall’s very own Cavalier Mk1. But it does get him thinking about the past and present. And asking the obvious question. Cavalier progress I’ve already introduced Vauxhall Heritage’s timewarp Cavalier 2000GLS. And you already know just how important this car was to the overall health of the British arm [...]
April 10, 2012
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Drive story : AROnline goes Stateside
Despite being well into the autumn of his life, Keith Adams had made it until the beginning of 2012 without setting foot in the USA. However, the past couple of weeks saw all that change… and here are his first thoughts of the great place. From one extreme to another The USA and I have [...]
March 18, 2012
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Drive story : MINI Coupé 1.6T John Cooper Works
Coupés are cramped, impractical, noisy… and a whole lot of fun. That’s the whole point of them, yes? MINI obviously thinks so, and has introduced a crackerjack Coupé to prove it. Keith Adams takes one up to Yorkshire and experiences something even more cramped and noisy. Coupés, trains, and the Coopermobile It’s fair to say [...]
January 24, 2012
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Drive story : MG6 // On the trail of Arthur Daley
Keith Adams and Mike Humble go walking in the wild West End soaking up the vibes and ghosts of the brilliant Thames TV show, Minder. The MG6 is our transport for the day. Pictures: Mike Humble, Trigger and minder.org. The idea of searching out some Minder locations and visiting them for a little nostalgia had [...]
December 13, 2011
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Drive story : VW Passat // New chasing the old
We aim for the deep south of France on a single tank of fuel… our mission, to find old cars and buy great wine. Our car of choice for the adventure is a Volkswagen Passat 1.6TDI SE with Bluemotion technology – and it sure beats flying. Words: Keith Adams Photography: Keith Adams and Michael Hayward [...]
October 27, 2011
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Drive story : Land Rover Defender // Stonehenge to London
Recently refreshed and confirmed for production for a few years yet, the Land Rover Defender is a British institution, and the closest thing to a brand new classic you can buy in the UK. To celebrate, we take one from Stonehenge in Wiltshire to the heart of London, and photograph it with something rather modern. [...]
July 25, 2011
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Drive story : TVR Griffith // Back to Blackpool
TVRs are misunderstood – mocked for parts bin engineering and poor build quality by their detractors, and adored by those who own them. We take a late Griffith 500 on a homecoming trek to Blackpool in order to find out whether the ageing prize-fighter is still a prestige or past it? Blackpool rocks… IT’S 3.30pm, [...]
July 25, 2011
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Drive story : Rover 800 // to the south of France and back
3000 miles in ten days of hard driving across Europe: obviously, the car to take needs to be fast, comfortable and reliable. So why take a Rover 800? Keith Adams explains why he did it, and why he came to the conclusion that it is now finally time for all of the Rover 800′s detractors [...]
July 25, 2011
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Drive story : Mini Cooper D // Nürburgring for £100
The recently revised MINI Cooper D is one of the most environmentally friendly cars you can buy – Keith Adams takes a daytrip to the Nürburgring Nordschleife to prove that being green doesn’t mean you can’t still have fun… Payment in fun… THE green motoring revolution has been gaining momentum in recent years – if [...]
July 25, 2011
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Drive story : Rover 800 and Audi 100
We’ve read the stories a million times before – pampered journo flies to Modena, picks up a supercar, wafts it across the Alps and on to Blighty. Gushing, worshipping prose follows and we all feel like we’ve lived the dream. We like to do things differently here at AROnline and, in a fond tongue-in-cheek homage [...]
July 25, 2011
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Drive story : Subaru Legacy // Economy challenge
We’ve two days to cross Europe in a Subaru Legacy Boxer Diesel – what better way of seeing how many countries we can tick off using just one tank of fuel. And as cheaply as possible. Based on the original story that featured in What Diesel magazine. Words and pictures: Keith Adams Flat-four delight THE [...]
July 25, 2011
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Drive story : Citroen C5 // The longest day
Back in 1998, the late, great, Phil Llewellin decided to mark the summer solstice by reaching all four corners of the UK in 24 hours. Ten years on, Keith Adams tries the same in the new Citroen C5 Tourer and comes up with a surprising result. Words: Keith Adams Pictures: Matthew Hayward Four corners in [...]
July 25, 2011
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Drive story : MG Maestro EFI
The MG Maestro: it could have been the ultimate success story, but instead, a quarter of a century on it’s almost become notable only for being largely forgettable. If ever there was a car that deserved more, this was it. Words and pictures: Jonathan Sellars King of the ’80s hot hatches? IF you could have [...]
July 25, 2011
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Drive story : Mini Cooper
The MINI is as British as rain on a spring Bank Holiday, or a spicy Chicken Tika Masala – and to celebrate the fact, we take a brand new Cooper S back to its roots by cruising what BMW executives like to call the ‘MINI Triangle’, the triumvirate of factories responsible for building new R56. [...]
July 25, 2011
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