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News : MG’s Longbridge Design Centre expanded
Photography: Adam Sloman SAIC Motor’s European Design Centre at MG Birmingham has more than doubled in size just three years after the original design studio opened. The latest investment from SAIC Motor, MG’s parent company, follows on from more than £500m invested in the development of new models for Europe. Staff in the newly expanded [...]
June 13, 2013
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News : MG3 revealed with personalisation options
Photography: Adam Sloman MG unveiled the full range of styles for the UK MG3 at its Birmingham-based European Design Centre. The new 3 carries forward many of the styling cues first illustrated on the MG ZERO concept car, again designed at SAIC Motor’s European Design Centre. The UK studio has just undergone an additional investment [...]
June 12, 2013
· Keith Adams · 64 Comments
News : TVR’s rights come back home
Keith Adams There have been lots of false dawns about TVR’s future over the years since it went into administration in 2006. But there’s finally reason to be positive that we could well see the moribund and much-loved marque make a return following the news that the rights to the name have been bought by [...]
June 11, 2013
· Keith Adams · 25 Comments
News : JLR announces Coronation Festival partnership
As the only automotive manufacturer to hold all three Royal Warrants, it’s fitting that Jaguar Land Rover is will be the official motor partner for the Royal Preview of the Coronation Festival on 11 July. The Coronation Festival, which takes place in the gardens of Buckingham Palace on 11-14 July, is a celebration of innovation, [...]
June 11, 2013
· Keith Adams · 19 Comments
News : RR Sport sets Pikes Peak record
The Range Rover Sport established the record for a production-standard SUV and broke the record for any kind of production-standard vehicle on the Pikes Pike International Hill Climb course, venue of the spectacular annual competition known as ‘The Race To the Clouds’. The Range Rover Sport completed the 12.42-mile asphalt course in 12 minutes 35.61 [...]
June 10, 2013
· Keith Adams · 9 Comments
News : Toyota further boosts UK car manufacturing
Toyota Auris Touring Sport commences UK production, boosting output at its Burnaston factory in Derbyshire. The official start of production of the new Auris Touring Sports at Toyota Manufacturing UK’s (TMUK) Burnaston car plant was marked by a visit from the Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP, UK Secretary of State for Transport. The minister joined [...]
June 7, 2013
· Keith Adams · 39 Comments
News : Woollarding spreads across the Internet
It looks like Woollarding is spreading. The craze, started by Mike Humble and Adam Sloman has already made it to Germany and now it looks like it’s been picked up by a quality Sunday. As well as the Times, Autobild in Germany has taken Woollarding to its heart – encouraging its readership to submit their [...]
June 6, 2013
· Keith Adams · 46 Comments
News : MG3 goes live at Silverstone
The MG Car Club has confirmed that the first public showing in Europe of the MG3 will be at MGLive! Held at Silverstone on June 15-16, MGLive! is the world’s largest celebration of everything MG, making it the perfect event to reveal the fun new hatchback to friends of the marque. Taking style cues from [...]
June 6, 2013
· Keith Adams · 28 Comments
First Drive : Land Rover Defender Electric prototype
First thing’s first… After reading this, don’t head over to your local Land Rover dealer and expect to be able to hand over a deposit for a new Defender Electric. Land Rover will tell you it’s an engineering programme evaluating whether battery power is suited to the most arduous of terrain and conditions – and, [...]
June 4, 2013
· Keith Adams · 27 Comments
News : Nissan notches up 10,000 European Leaf sales
The world’s best selling electric car, the Washington-built Nissan Leaf has notched up an important landmark, by reaching 10,000 sales in Europe. A nurse from Paris will be using hers on visits to patients, as well as driving her family in it at the weekends. She picked up her Leaf from the Mantes-la-Jolie dealership near [...]
June 2, 2013
· Keith Adams · 26 Comments
News : The Clarkson review – MG Motor UK’s response
According to Jeremy Clarkson, the new MG, designed and engineered in Birmingham, England is ‘as Chinese as Chopsticks’. To the 300 Designers and Engineers based at the MG Birmingham site who were responsible for the design and engineering of the MG6 this is clearly an insult. The styling of the car was led by talented [...]
May 31, 2013
· Keith Adams · 138 Comments
News : Heritage Motor Centre’s storage area hit by fire
A fire at the Heritage Motor Centre’s site storage area in Warwickshire has damaged several vehicles. The blaze happened at the museum, located next to the M40 as well as Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin’s production and research and development centres. According to the fire service, up to seven cars were caught in the [...]
May 31, 2013
· Keith Adams · 5 Comments
News : Jaguar Land Rover profits up 11%
The Jaguar Land Rover success story shows no sign of abating, as the company reports another significant rise in sales and profits during the past 12 months. The company has reported revenues of £15.8bn for the fiscal year ended 31 March 2013, up 17% year on year (£13.5bn last year). Retail sales increased 22% to [...]
May 30, 2013
· Keith Adams · 24 Comments
News : Grandad killed on 1600-mile ‘Italian Job’ dream trip
Birmingham Mail A doting grandfather has been killed on a dream ‘The Italian Job’ Mini car rally abroad – a 1600-mile adventure he dedicated to his late wife. Former Longbridge worker Keith Martin died when his classic 40-year-old Rover P5B Coupe (above) was struck by two lorries on a main highway linking Modena with Reggio [...]
May 29, 2013
· Keith Adams · 11 Comments
News : Styling tweaks for MG5 Turbo
Keith Adams The countdown to the MG5 Turbo’s launch has begun and, as can be seen from this image first published in China Car Times, the front-end is to be mildly tweaked. The Golf-rivalling MG5 went on sale in China in March 2013, after being previewed by the AP12-based Concept 5 in 2011, but we [...]
May 24, 2013
· Keith Adams · 40 Comments
News : New flat pack truck for the developing world
John Slavin A British company has come up with a novel solution to transport problems faced in the developing world – by designing a flat-pack truck. Called the ‘OX,’ it can be shipped to Africa in cargo containers for assembly without specialised tools or skills. Construction from start to finish takes three workers approximately 11.5 [...]
May 17, 2013
· Keith Adams · 50 Comments
Advertorial : How to reduce risk while driving
The freedom of the road can be an empowering thing, but driving will always involve a certain amount of risk. According to government statistics, an average of 10 people are killed in road accidents in the UK every day, and 100 are seriously injured – and 95% of these accidents are due to driver error. [...]
May 15, 2013
· Keith Adams · 15 Comments
News : Our most popular cars are Britain’s most endangered
Keith Adams The cars that form the backbone of AROnline are some of the fastest disappearing motors on British roads. New research into the top British family cars by Honest John Classics reveals that many of UK’s once-popular family cars are on the most endangered. The Austin Metro is typical. It was once a common [...]
May 14, 2013
· Keith Adams · 40 Comments
News : ‘Longbridge tunnel’ Mini goes to auction
Keith Adams The Mini Clubman so famously rescued from the Longbridge tunnels in 2012 – making it the final ‘new’ example of its type to leave the factory – will be going on sale at Silverstone Auctions on 27 July. The car, which has an interesting history goes to auction, and its owner, Steve Morgan [...]
May 13, 2013
· Keith Adams · 46 Comments
News : JLR opens new R&D facility in the Middle East
Jaguar Land Rover further enhanced its Middle East test programme by opening a new engineering test centre in Dubai, UAE, to conduct extreme hot weather vehicle research, development and testing. With temperatures in the desert typically reaching 48 to 50 degrees Celsius in the summer months, the new 11,120sq ft facility in the Al Barsha [...]
May 12, 2013
· Keith Adams · 17 Comments
