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News : Redundancies announced at SMTC UK in Longbridge

by Mike Humble in AROnline 17

Mike Humble Despite encouraging improvements in the company’s UK sales figures compared to previous years, SAIC Motor, the parent company and owner of the MG brand, has announced what it calls “a global operational review” [...]

Austin Apache

Essay : Counterfactual BMH – what if Leyland had walked away?
British Motor Holdings - the joining of BMC and Jaguar

History : The complete BMH story – Part One
British Motor Holdings - the joining of BMC and Jaguar

History : The complete BMH story – Part Two
British Motor Holdings - the joining of BMC and Jaguar

History : The complete BMH story – Part Three
British Motor Holdings - the joining of BMC and Jaguar

History : The complete BMH story – Part Four

Modified Metros : Metro Monaco (nee Cooper)

31 July 2011 5

Unbelievably, this Metro was not offered as a ‘factory backed’ conversion, even though it came with a blue chip pedigree. John Cooper Garages offered this car (later renamed the Metro Monaco for legal reasons) as [...]
Modified Metros : Janspeed Turbo

31 July 2011 1
Mini – classic : Paul Banham Conversions

21 June 2014 3
The converters : Lynx Engineering

25 September 2011 0
Tested : Radford MINI Miglia

24 July 2011 0

Around the World : Yugoslavia

1 May 2016 5

Final assembly of CKD Austin 1300s began at a plant in Novo Mesto during 1969, with the cars arriving from Longbridge almost complete; indeed, the chassis plates of these models identified them as having come [...]
Around the World : Chile

1 May 2016 0
Around the World : Denmark

1 May 2016 7
The cars : Sipani Automobiles’ Indian Rover Montego

23 March 2019 10
Around the World : Spain

1 May 2016 0

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