Month: June 2005

My poor Rover 75 CDT doesn’t have an easy life. It gets driven all over the country in pursuit of auction stories for Classic Car Weekly, and when it gets […]

I’m beginning to feel a little smug now. After spending a bit of time with ‘Molly the beige babe’ – AKA a 1975 Allegro 1500 Special – our Staples2Naples transport, […]

Sat through ITV’s Tonight programme, and listened to the reason why ‘Rover collapsed’… Does anyone else think that 50 minutes of television can even begin to get to the bottom […]

Well, they were sad circumstances (RDS Automotive in Southam, Warwickshire, is where this picture was taken, and that has now gone into administration), but at least we can now say […]

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) had a meeting with MGR’s creditors and broke the terrifying news: If MG Rover owes you money, expect 5 pence in every Pound owed returned. Dreadful, dreadful news… […]

Oh dear, it’s that old chestnut again. The issue of road pricing has raised its ugly head again, only this time, I suspect it’ll not be going away. Shame really, […]

Back in July 2004, I blogged about how I couldn’t understand how manufacturers would spend their time marketing their high powered diesels as performance cars. After all, I figured, they […]

I think it is fair to say that anybody who is even a little familiar with me will tell you that the last couple of months’ events at longbridge have hit […]

THE largest display – ever – of Austins, Wolseleys, Rileys, Healeys and every other example of car to be produced at ‘The Austin’ or wear an Austin badge assembled in […]

I know it’s probably a little premature to say so, but I must admit that I am beginning to get excited by the possibility of a new generation of MGs. Okay, […]

It sounds better than a Guns ‘N’ Roses concert, and looks better than Natalie Imbruglia behind the wheel of a Citroen CX. So I make no apologies for austin-rover.co.uk featuring […]