Concepts and prototypes : Rover 35 (1998-2000)
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. […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
A few of you will have spotted that, while I love the Rover P6 and enjoy the P5, I am quite fascinated by the Rover that was to come after […]
Keith Adams tells the story of the Rover P7, a series of prototypes to test new engineering solutions for the upcoming P8, as well as planned expansions to the P6. […]
The supercar that never was… P9 Interior styling schemes In case you were in any doubt as to whether the P9 was investigated fully and readied for production, here’s the […]
Words: Keith Adams Photography: Eamonn Burnell and Nick Dunning Disturbing photographs taken last weekend of ‘priceless’ one-off prototypes being stored in the open at the Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon […]
The final remix As the RDX60 had been in development (in terms of styling) between 2000 and 2004, it came as no surprise that MG Rover had come under pressure […]
RDX60 timeline Images of the RDX60 project, and its evolution from 75-based mule to a range of saloon and hatchbacks for the Chinese market, presented to SAIC around Easter 2005… […]
Styling models Styling sketches
Oh, so similar under the skin? THE conspiracy theory is a great thing, don’t you think? Usually conjured up by fertile imaginations, conspiracy theories are used to explain away conventional […]
Keith Adams A recent visit to Longbridge saw me set eyes upon the RDX60 for the first time ever and I have to say that it evoked mixed emotions in […]
The two top dogs at the UK car maker MG Rover – chief executive Kevin Howe and chairman John Towers – both failed to turn up at the company’s press […]
By Julian Mounter Our Motoring Correspondent There is considerable disappointnent and some anger at Solihull over the decision of British Leyland to cancel the P8 car, Rover’s intended successor for […]
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