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Top stories
1 July: MG ZT
385 DTM: for sale on eBay now!
2 July: MG TF LE 500 pricing
announced
3 July: New repair service
for MGF/TF steering
4 July: Land Rover unveils
Range Rover Autobiography
7 July: MINI: why JLR needs
Rover in America
10 July: News digest
15 July: AROnline joins forces
with Rimmer Bros
16 July: New Lotus is unveiled,
and the Jaguar line-up for the British Motor Show
17 July: News digest
18 July: MINI: exports from Plant
Oxford exceed a million units
20 July: £42k Gibbs aquatic
car could be built in the USA
21 July: Donald Stokes, 1914-2008
27 July: News digest
31 July: JLR and FGA announce financing
partnership: more to come?
JLR and FGA announce financing partnership:
more to come?
Clive Goldthorp
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THE exciting prospect of the Alfa-Jaguar tie-up that AROnline
predicted in December 2007 has taken a step towards realisation following
the formal announcement of Jaguar/Fiat tie-up in financial services across
Europe.
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News
digest
Complied by Clive Goldthorp
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The MG TF LE 500 looks to have aroused significant interest
at the dealers, and in the USA the MINI is most definitely on the move
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Donald
Stokes, 1914-2008
Keith Adams
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‘I was not and I have never pretended to be a manufacturing
expert, ever. I have no pretensions as to that.’ This quote is all
the more curious when one considers that it is attributed to Lord Stokes,
the man charged by the Labour Government in 1968 to get the British Motor
Industry back on track during the 1970s.
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£42k
Gibbs aquatic car could be built in the USA
Detroit Times
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After £50m, 1 million man-hours and 10 years of development,
Gibbs Technologies is preparing to debut its line of James Bond-esque
amphibious vehicles with the opening of its North American headquarters
in Auburn Hills.
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MINI:
exports from Plant Oxford exceed a million units
Clive Goldthorp
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More than 80 per cent of MINI production is currently exported
to almost 80 countries worldwide with the largest export market being
the USA. The most recent sales figures have been the best in MINI USA’s
history.
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News
digest
Complied by Clive Goldthorp
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The new MG3 SW is set to go down a storm in China, the
Jaguar XF-R runs up the hill at Goodwood, and the Nano looks set to go
air-powered...
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New
Lotus is unveiled, and the Jaguar line-up for the British Motor Show
Keith Adams
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The new 2+2 Lotus is previewed ahead of its launch at the
2008 British Motor Show. Also, a very special Jaguar XK is announced -
start saving now...
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AROnline
joins forces with Rimmer Bros
Keith Adams
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AROnline joins forces with Rimmer Bros to offer access
to online parts ordering through this website. So if you're after parts,
check out your car's index pages on AROnline.
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News
digest
Complied by Clive Goldthorp
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The son-of-CityRover is coming back to Europe in the shape
of the new Indica model. In other news, there have been numerous MINI
stories to keep you occupied, including the fascinating development that
the company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Fiat...
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MINI:
why JLR needs Rover in America
Clive Goldthorp
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AROnline’s US Editor, Richard Truett, has
just provided details of the H1/2008 sales figures for Jaguar, Land Rover
and MINI in America and the statistics demonstrate the immediate impact
of the $4 US gallon in a pretty stark manner.
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Land
Rover unveils Range Rover Autobiography
Keith Adams
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Land Rover is preparing to unveil a new, even more luxurious
version of its range-topping Range Rover at its home-market British International
Motor Show later this month in London.
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New
repair service for MGF/TF steering
Keith Adams
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SOME MGF owners have reported a fault with the electronic
power steering system on their car which leads to heavier steering in
one direction, pulling during braking and in some extreme cases MoT failure
- and Sterling Automotive can now offer a fix for just over £100.
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MG
TF LE 500 pricing announced
Keith Adams
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With deliveries of the new MG TF Limited Edition due to
commence in September, NAC MG UK Ltd has set the price of its revamped
sportscar at £16,399 on the road.
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MG
ZT 385 DTM: for sale on eBay now!
Clive Goldthorp
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The current, Essex-based, owner of the only known road-registered
MG ZT 385 DTM has decided to offer the car for sale on eBay because he
fancies “getting an older car that would be a bit more practical
to use.”
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