Month: January 2009

Keith Adams Thanks to the thinning out of my fleet and the general up-in-the-air nature of my life right now, I found myself in need of a set of wheels […]

John Revill, Automotive News Europe, 21st January, 2009 The company that runs the remnants of former UK automaker MG Rover has dropped a reference to its Chinese parent from its […]

Bill Condie, Evening Standard, 12th January, 2009 Tata Motors faces a debt crunch with a $3bn (£1.98bn) loan due that will add new intensity to its bid for a UK […]

John Willman, Business Editor, FT.com, 14th January, 2009 Jaguar Land Rover is cutting 450 white-collar jobs in its UK operation, as the economic downturn continues to hit sales at the […]

John Reed, FT.com, 12th January, 2009 BMW on Monday lambasted the state aid offered to carmakers in the US and Europe, saying that it “distorted competition” in the industry and […]

Birmingham Mail, 17th January, 2009 Up to 1800 production jobs are under threat at Jaguar Land Rover if workers do not agree to a pay freeze and a major new […]

John Cranage, Birmingham Post, 19th January, 2009 The story of what happened when Rover and Honda began an unprecedented collaboration in 1979 is told in the words of former employees […]

Birmingham Mail, 19th January, 2009 Jaguar Land Rover workers have been given just two weeks to decide whether to accept a pay freeze and other cutbacks – or risk the […]

BBC News, 19th January, 2009 Jaguar Land Rover has announced it has halted work at its car plant in Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, for two weeks. The factory assembles all the […]

Keith Adams Well, as you can see, I’ve already broken my New Year’s resolutions by adding new R8 shaped metal to my fleet. Having said that, there’s method in my […]

Part One It started with an email from one of our readers – he wanted to find a new home for his Tomcat Turbo and couldn’t face selling it to […]

Keith Adams SsangYong filed for court receivership last Friday in an attempt to avoid going completely under, as well as to buy time to formulate a rescue package. The company […]

Marc Reeves, Editor, Birmingham Post, 6th January, 2009 The Birmingham Post today launches one of the most important campaigns in its history – to urge the government to acknowledge that […]

Alun Thorne, Birmingham Post, 7th January, 2009 Booming annual car sales figures for Jaguar will put further pressure on the government not to let the successful company fail. Sources close […]

Dominic O’Connell, The Sunday Times, 11th January, 2009 INDIA’s Tata has recruited the American bank Citigroup to advise it in its talks with the government over state assistance for Jaguar […]

David Bartlett, Liverpool Daily Post, 8th January, 2009 THE Government will do “whatever it can to support Jaguar Land Rover”, the Chancellor said this morning, as some of his policies […]

Richard Truett It’s been about a year since my rare USA spec 1990 Rover Sterling 827 Fastback returned to active duty. It has been a year of driving that reminded […]

Keith Adams I’ve been enjoying life in the slow(er) lane behind the wheel of Rover’s 1990s flagship, the Sterling. It’s a breed of car I’ve endured a long love/hate relationship […]

Russell Gowers “It’ll be fine.” Possibly the three most dangerous words in the English language. You use them when you’re busy ignoring everything that your intuition is screaming at you […]

Keith Adams For all those Rover SD1 and Triumph owners looking to buy parts, the good news is that Rimmer Bros is offering a 20 per cent special offer. There […]

Andrew Elphick Now stop screaming, throwing things at your monitor or launching your iPhone into the nearest stream. Calm now? Right grab some perspective, yes those are Range Rover lights […]