Month: October 2004

Hands up anyone who can tell us why we put ourselves through it? Classic car ownership, I mean. Don’t get me wrong, I love my SD1, but my God it […]

Thanks to the popularity of last Christmas’s “Crap Towns” book, it was inevitable that someone would produce a petrolhead version to fit into the “Crap” book genre. Thankfully, it wasn’t […]

Financial Times MG Rover and its partner Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp, China’s largest carmaker, are in talks about making a joint acquisition of the Polish car operations of South Korea’s […]

So MGR is still talking to the Polish about getting hold of the ex-GM/Daewoo factory – only this time, it has brought along a Chinese friend to the party in […]

Some of the site’s readers and forum members thought it would be a great idea to meet up, chew the fat and look at each others’ cars. It was a […]

The British motor industry must have collectively breathed a sigh of relief following the success of the Motorshow Live at the NEC. Moved from its traditional October slot, May proved […]

28 Oct 2004 Rover 75: is it like the car your grandfather drove? By JOHN DOE Following MG Rovers losses announced today, I was disappointed to see that the BBC’s […]

Developed with the help of Lotus in 1982, the MG Metro Turbo was BL’s answer to the Fiesta XR2 and Renault 5 Gordini. The Metro proved an excellent basis for […]