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The Rover P8 saloon started life as a set of ideas in 1964. Rover had just stopped production of the P4 range, the P5 3-litre introduced in 1958 held the […]
The Rover P8 saloon started life as a set of ideas in 1964. Rover had just stopped production of the P4 range, the P5 3-litre introduced in 1958 held the […]
Keith Adams tells the full story of the Rover P8. The company’s range-topping saloon was killed days before it was set for production. The P8 was a victim of politics, […]
The Triumph-Morris TM1 was the last throw of the dice for the ill-fated SD2 platform, and the overall concept was extended to replace both the Morris Marina and Triumph Dolomite […]
Keith Adams gives the Internet’s most detailed account of the Triumph SD2. What it should have looked like, what lay under the skin and, ultimately, why it was cancelled so late […]
Leyland ADO74 – the first attempt by British Leyland at replacing the Mini never saw the light of day. It was one project, but had many faces: a wide variety […]
The Rover 35 – codename R30 – was the one that got away. A five-door hatch that oozed class and sophistication, it was due for introduction in 2003. Instead, it was canned in 1999. […]
Keith Adams tells the full story of the ill-fated MG Rover RDX60 programme and explains how Longbridge tried to create a new medium-sized car from the underpinnings of the Rover […]
The Tourer Concept Vehicle was designed to test the water for Rover’s future model direction – and was the company’s first fully-fledged concept car since the CCV. Today, it would […]
The spritual successor to the 1970 Range Rover was revealed at the 2004 Detroit Motor Show… Beguilingly handsome and with blue-chip credentials, it had a massive influence on the future […]
The Italian design house of Bertone had a number of BL proposals over the years, but they were never taken up. Here are four Jaguar concepts that failed to make the grade. […]
The MINI ACV30 actually started its life as a design proposal by Adrian van Hooydonk. It was one of several concepts put forward to replace the classic Mini in 1995. […]
Rover Special Products wanted to recreate the magic of the early-1980s by producing a spiritual successor to the MG Metro Turbo. The Metro SP was that car and it reached […]
After Rover pulled the plug on the promising AR6 programme, Design Director Roy Axe decided that a light rebody of the upcoming K-Series Metro was required to keep it selling. […]
In the mid-1980s and following the opening of Roy Axe’s new Canley Design Studio, Austin Rover Design began to rediscover its mojo after some lean years. The AR6-based MG Midget […]
Serious investigation into replacing the Mini begun in earnest during 1993, when Design Director Gordon Sked asked his Design Team to come up with some concept ideas for a new […]
Steve Harper talks through his involvement in shaping the MGF, as it was transformed from the F16 into the mid-engined PR3 in 1990-’91. Setting the mid-engined sports car template for […]
Central to Austin Rover’s plans for the late-1980s and into the ’90s was a fresh-looking replacement for the under-performing Montego. There were many promising design proposals, but the AR16 and […]
In order to flog more alloy wheels, Wolfrace employed hotrod builder Nick Butler to create this wild Rover-powered six-wheeled supercar concept. […]
The ADO88 project was BL’s attempt at creating a supermini out of the original Mini. It formed the basis of the Austin Metro […]
The most comprehensive story you’ll ever read about the aborted 9X programme – the ill-fated Mini replacement, engineered by the man who created the original. […]
Vauxhall’s first front-wheel-drive supermini was the 1983 Nova. It could have hit the market with something a whole lot earlier, had this exciting 1974 prototype been given the go ahead […]
Regular readers of AROnline will be fully conversant about the relationship between BMC and Pininfarina. There’s no denying that, when these two joined forces, industrial magic ensued. From the Austin A40 […]
AROnline is committed to telling the complete history of BMC>MGR – especially by sourcing original accounts from those on the ground, who can provide readers with the definitive inside view […]
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