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Chris Cowin remembers another of those base models which rarely attract collectors, but often accounted for a big chunk of sales in period. The Austin 1100 Deluxe two-door saloon was […]
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Chris Cowin remembers another of those base models which rarely attract collectors, but often accounted for a big chunk of sales in period. The Austin 1100 Deluxe two-door saloon was […]
Chris Cowin explores the export story of the Austin Ambassador – the successor to the Princess launched in 1982. It’s a short story, as the Austin Ambassador only got to […]
The MG Metro 1300 was big news when launched in 1982 – enthusiasts of the marque were getting all hot and bothered because it was seen as a badge-engineering exercise. […]
Chris Cowin remembers the short-lived ‘sporty’ Austin Metro 1.3 S – a car blessed with some amazing colour choices. It disappeared soon after the faster and rather more appealing MG […]
‘What’s yours called?’ went the advert for the second-generation R5. But it was the first one that changed buyers attitudes towards small cars forever. In one fell swoop, the R5 […]
The Torcars Princess Estate was sold through the franchised BL dealer network, and was covered by the BL’s Supercover warranty. The text and pictures at the bottom have been taken […]
Chris Cowin remembers the severely ‘de-contented’ four-speed base version of the acclaimed Rover SD1: the original 1977 Rover 2300 (which pre-dated the Series 2 Rover 2000 by four years). Would […]
The Rover SD1 has a place in the hearts of many car enthusiasts today. Read the AROnline Rover SD1 development story and timeline – the most detailed of its kind […]
Chris Cowin remembers the 1977 Mini 850 Lady sold on the continent. ‘For Ladies, from Leyland.’ It continues his brilliant look at models sold overseas which helped to define British […]
Lots of thought went into the estate conversion on the Austin Montego. Here’s the inside story from its Designers. Montego LM11E, the estate version As with the LM11 saloon, there […]
Part of a three-pronged attack on the medium car sector, the LM11 was to be BL’s new mid-sized saloon, based heavily on the upcoming LM10 (née LC10). Montego: LM11 styling […]
It would appear that BMC could have defined the Volkswagen Golf class a decade or so before the Germans got around to it. Meet the BMC 1100-based Creech Mystique… This […]
Development on the new Range Rover started in 1995, and it went through several metamorphoses before management was completely happy with the direction it was going in. Land Rover and […]
Sometime in 1979, the Austin-Morris product planners would have met with BL’s upper management to explain the LM10 strategy. This model set perfectly demonstrates how the Montego saloon and estate […]
With the 40th birthday of the Austin and MG Montego approaching, Chris Cowin remembers the ‘base’ Austin Montego 1.3. Introduced when the Austin Montego range was launched in early 1984, […]
The Mini development story tells the tale of how this small car changed the way we looked at economy cars almost overnight. It sent designers from rival carmakers scurrying back […]
It changed the way we looked at small cars almost overnight, and sent the designers scurrying back to the drawing boards – the Mini was little short of a major […]
Chrysler’s great white hope in the executive sector was the C9 project. However, events overtook its development, and Peugeot ended up finishing the job by launching the Talbot Tagora. And […]
The heart of the Simca 1000 lay in Italy, but it was the French that built it – and proved that a small, rear-engned didn’t necessarily have to have a Renault badge on its nose to sell in its millions. […]
Chris Cowin remembers an Austin Maestro with a specification the Brits couldn’t buy – not at first anyway. Did Austin Rover Italia hit on the winning formula before their mothership […]
The Triumph TR7 was the last of a great sports car line – although few would have believed it to be, when designing this important car back in the optimistic […]
Rover Special Products was one busy department during the early 1990s, and proof positive is Project Tarka, a Montego Lifestyle SUV from the MGA design consultancy. Keith Adams shares previously […]
September 2003 saw the Rover 800 Coupé make a welcome return as Car of the Month. Owner Keith Adams returned from a trip to the Nürburgring enthusing about this oft-misunderstood […]
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