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Keith Adams Rover SD1 looking all sparkly and ready for action I must admit that I’d been a little nervous. While driving over to Poland yesterday, I’d been screwing myself […]
Keith Adams Rover SD1 looking all sparkly and ready for action I must admit that I’d been a little nervous. While driving over to Poland yesterday, I’d been screwing myself […]
THE only surviving director of the motor company that designed the iconic Mini has claimed the concept was not the brainchild of Sir Alec Issigonis, its legendary designer, as most […]
Here at AROnline we’ve always had a thing for Rover R8s and so, at last, it’s nice to be offered the chance to bring a Tomcat back to health – […]
Automotive News Europe/Reuters, 28th May, 2009 India’s Tata Motors Ltd. said on Wednesday it has completed refinancing of its $3 billion bridge loan taken to purchase luxury car brands Jaguar […]
More than 25,000 people from 40 countries made the trip to a sunny Siverstone Racing Circuit during the recent Whit Bank Holiday weekend to mark the MINI brand’s 50th birthday […]
Jaguar UK has launched a high performance Police pursuit vehicle based on the company’s XF Diesel S model and Police forces across the UK are currently evaluating the car. The […]
Keith Adams Clicking on this link might seriously damage your health if you dislike the idea of this site containing information about cars produced by other manufacturers. However, if you’re […]
Keith Adams So here it is: middle age. The onset on senility or, perhaps, the desire for a quiet life. Either way, and against my better judgment, it has to […]
Steven Ward What with forum member, Alex Sebbinger, having a run of bad luck buying and running an ever evolving fleet of Rover 800s, I decided to brush-up on my […]
Update: 23 May 2009 It’s been a busy few weeks at AROnline Towers. The Tomcat’s MoT has now expired, and that’s meant that we can now stop enjoying the rolling, […]
Joe Leahy in Mumbai and John Reed in London , Financial Times, 22nd May, 2009 Tata Motors is expected on Monday to obtain the agreement of its banks to roll […]
Joe Leahy and John Reed, FT.com, 21st May, 2009 If there was a prize for leaving things to the last moment, Tata Motors would be this month’s winner. Until this week, India’s […]
George Gao, Gasgoo.com, 18th May, 2009 SAIC Motor announced last week that the company has adjusted its low-emission NSE engine strategy based on the MG model and will mainly use […]
Graeme Brown, Birmingham Post, 20th May, 2009 LDV workers are being paid two weeks’ wages this week after the company successfully withdrew its application for administration. The Washwood Heath van […]
The Rover 75, which the company described as ‘the car we had to make,’ first went on sale to an expectant UK car buying public back in 1999. However, ten years on, […]
Graeme Brown, Birmingham Post, 18th May, 2009 LDV is set to resume production by July following a last-ditch rescue of the Birmingham van company by Malaysian company Weststar. A takeover […]
Alexander Boucke Early morning, Saturday, somewhere in the west of Germany, the birds start to sing. Can’t sleep. Looks like the sun will be out – decide to go for […]
Keith Adams Hmmm… While I’m getting revved up about my SD1 project in Poland (thanks to those kind magazine editors who paid me yesterday), I should spare a thought for […]
Vicky Farncombe, Birmingham Post, 14th May, 2009 Months of agonising continues for hundreds of LDV workers after a hearing to place it into administration was adjourned again. Lawyers for the […]
Keith Adams In case you’ve been wondering, I’m still around, and still very much alive. The lack of blogs from me has been inexcusable, especially considering I’ve pretty much kept […]
Clive Goldthorp MG Motor UK Limited (MG UK) announced yesterday that the company will be participating in the Government’s new Car and Van Scrappage Scheme which starts on the 18th […]
Alun Thorne, Birmingham Post, 12th May, 2009 LDV staff began returning to work yesterday for the first time for months as hopes of a relaunch of production rose following the […]
M V Ramsurya and Lijee Philip, BusinessWeek, 11th May, 2009 Faced with the tight prospect of meeting a $2-billion (about Rs 10,000-crore) bridge loan repayment by June, Tata Motors is […]
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