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Month: July 2004

AROnline News

News : July 2004

28 July 2004 Keith Adams 0

Sales figures continue to slide… However there could well be a silver lining. MGR put on a brave face after the SMMT published June’s UK sales figures, showing that both […]

Morris Ital (ADO73 F/L)

The worst: Morris Marina/Ital

25 July 2004 Keith Adams 4

Unlike in the vote for the greatest car, the matter of who is the winner of the wooden spoon in this poll was not a clear cut issue at all. […]

AROnline

The BMC>Rover Top 10

25 July 2004 Keith Adams 0

Below you’ll find the full Top Ten run down; click on the images to read an assessment of each car. And that just leaves one car to be revealed: the […]

Mini

1st (19.4%): Mini

25 July 2004 Keith Adams 0

The car that sparked a thousand imitators… …but none was as much fun, nor as cute. Simply the best SO where does one begin with the Mini? Created in response […]

Rover SD1

2nd (14.4%): Rover SD1

25 July 2004 Keith Adams 0

Launched in the 1970s, it looked set for a long run into the 1980s. Perfect in almost every way… If ever there was a case of selective amnesia, here it […]

Rover 75/MG ZT (R40)

3rd (12.7%): Rover 75/MG ZT

25 July 2004 Keith Adams 0

A combination of BMW’s money and British design flair came up with a thoroughly-engineered spiritual successor to the P5/P6 models… The Rover 75 was considered retro when launched in 1998, […]

Rover 200/400 (R8)

4th (8.9%): Rover R8 (200/400)

25 July 2004 Keith Adams 0

The R8 oh-so-nearly spearheaded a Rover revival for the mid-1990s. A perfect fusion of Honda and Rover, and the absolute pinnacle of the relationship. Sadly, it dated quickly and then […]

Rover P6

5th (7.8%): Rover P6/P6B

25 July 2004 Keith Adams 1

During the post-War years, Rover carved out a reputation as a maker of solid, middle-class cars, so typified by the “Auntie” tag. The P6 was a watershed car for the […]

Rover P5

6th (5.6%): Rover P5/P5B

25 July 2004 Keith Adams 3

For many, the P5 and P5B epitomises everything that Rover stood for during the prosperous 1960s. Big, powerful and imposing, the P5 soon became the transport of choice for the […]

BMC 1100/1300 (ADO16)

7th (5.1%): ADO16

25 July 2004 Keith Adams 0

The UK’s best selling car for almost a decade was also its most advanced family car… The widely-respected ADO16 proved once and for all that if given what they want, […]

Jaguar XJ6/XJ12 (XJ4)

8th (4.4%): Jaguar XJ6/XJ12

25 July 2004 Keith Adams 0

During the 1950s and 60s, Jaguar had built itself a fearsome reputation for turning out fast, accomplished and stylish executive cars at astonishingly low prices. The 1968 XJ did not […]

Triumph 1300/Toledo/Dolomite

9th (3.5%): Triumph Dolomite

25 July 2004 Keith Adams 0

The Dolomite was a clever little car which seems to have found its place in the affections of Britain’s motoring enthusiasts. Significantly, over 80 per cent of those that voted […]

Community

BMC>Rover the Greatest : You decide

25 July 2004 Keith Adams 0

After two months and over 2000 votes, the results are in… Many thanks to the readers of this site, as well as those at the forums at mg-rover.org, xpower-mg.com, AUTOCAR […]

Range Rover

10th (3.2%): Range Rover

25 July 2004 Keith Adams 0

The Range Rover proved to be a massive and enduring hit for British Leyland. In effect, this was the last product of The Rover Company, and it demonstrates how Spen […]

The original Mini has a huge following and with very good reason. They're cheap to run and insure and great fun to steer. Sadly, they're also rust-prone and costly.
Opinion

Blogs : July 2004

1 July 2004 Keith Adams 0

30 Jul 2004 Bye for now! There’s nothing like doing a “cut and run”. No sooner are the results in for the vote to find the greatest BMC>Rover, than I […]

Car of the Month

Car of the Month : July 2004

1 July 2004 Declan Berridge 0

When he’s not playing cricket (or football), or fielding enquiries from London Underground’s beleaguered customers, Adam Hills can be seen batting about London and the Home Counties in his sexy […]

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‘Loves driving… hates garages’ they said about the Citroen BX when it was launched in the UK in 1983. And how right those clever ad people would prove to be. […]

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