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Month: September 2009

Dave's marvellous Mini of doom

Adventures in the marvellous Mini of doom!

30 September 2009 Keith Adams 0

Dave Smart Gorge Du Verdon I packed up early, preparing to do battle with the gorge, I was almost chased off the camp site by a French guy who wanted […]

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Jaguar Land Rover : FlashForward to 2014…

30 September 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

Clive Goldthorp AROnline reckons that some of Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR’s) PR people may well have been watching Episode 1 of Five’s new American science fiction drama series FlashForward last Monday […]

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Dave's marvellous Mini of doom

Adventures in the marvellous Mini of doom!

29 September 2009 Keith Adams 0

Dave Smart The hills around Monte Carlo Before leaving, I researched the Gorge Du Verdon, an area where Top Gear filmed a race between the RS4 and the speed climber […]

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Press Report : Kuwaiti wealth fund struggles to refinance Aston Martin debt

29 September 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

Alun Thorne, Birmingham Post, 29th September, 2009 Warwickshire-based luxury car firm Aston Martin is at the centre of new fears as the Kuwaiti wealth fund that owns half of the […]

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Press Report : Unions accuse JLR bosses of ‘fantasy’ over job promises

29 September 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

Graeme Brown, Birmingham Post, 28th September, 2009 Union leaders have accused Jaguar Land Rover bosses of ‘taking another trip to Fantasy Island” over promises that there would be no job […]

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China Watch : JLR to set up sales company in China

29 September 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

George Gao, Gasgoo.com, 28th September, 2009 Jaguar Land Rover, the British luxury carmaker owned by India’s Tata Motors, will set up a sales company in China early next year to […]

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Dave's marvellous Mini of doom

Adventures in the marvellous Mini of doom!

28 September 2009 Keith Adams 1

Dave Smart A day round Cannes and Antibes I had no plans for the day but, after chatting with a girl that I shared the room with, I decided to […]

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Adventures in the marvellous Mini of doom!

27 September 2009 Keith Adams 0

Dave Smart More hijinks in Turin then onto Nice, which was nice… I was up nice and early and out of the hostel by 8am as I wanted to get […]

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A new vehicle concept, thirty years ago

26 September 2009 Sam Skelton 21

Sam Skelton “A new vehicle concept” and the SD1: not dissimilar ideas… I’d like to talk about Audis and BMWs in this blog. There, I’ve said it. Those who may […]

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China Watch : SAIC may help VW to buy SsangYong Motor

26 September 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

George Gao, Gasgoo.com, 23rd September, 2009 Volkswagen AG is planning to acquire the cash-strapped South Korean automaker SsangYong Motor, with the help of its Chinese partner, SAIC Motor, SinoCast reported […]

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China Watch : MG6 spotted on test in China

26 September 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

Ash Sutcliffe, China Car Times, 24th September, 2009 The MG6 is essentially the sports version of the Roewe 550 sedan and will probably be one of the first Chinese cars […]

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Adventures in the marvellous Mini of doom!

26 September 2009 Keith Adams 1

Dave Smart Capers around Turin I planned a trip round Turin to visit a few places from the original Italian Job and tried to discuss this with the owner of the […]

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Be inspired! Take your car on an adventure…

26 September 2009 Keith Adams 3

Keith Adams Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m fortunate enough to get out and about in a number of cool cars and cool places. However, it’s usually […]

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Press Report : MG Rover’s aide in China perplexed by focus on sex

25 September 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

Jonathan Guthrie, Financial Times, 25th September, 2009 Dr. Qu Li says she is being “stoned to death” twice over. First, a report on MG Rover revealed that the car company […]

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Press Comment : JLR factory closure does have some positives

25 September 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

David Bailey, Birmingham Post, 24th September, 2009 The news that JLR will close a plant in the West Midlands came as no surprise. Auto analysts have been predicting this for […]

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Press Comment : Mandelson’s still spinning after JLR announcement

25 September 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

Jonathan Walker, Birmingham Post, 24th September, 2009 Peter Mandelson is determined to look on the bright side after Jaguar Land Rover announced it was shutting one of its two West […]

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Press Report : JLR boss gives jobs pledge over factory closure

25 September 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

Alun Thorne, Birmingham Post, 25th September, 2009 The boss of Jaguar Land Rover last night pledged that no jobs would be lost by the closure of one of its Midland […]

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Press Report : Business leaders welcome JLR’s pledges

25 September 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

Alun Thorne, Birmingham Post, 25th September, 2009 The region’s business community last night broadly welcomed Jaguar Land Rover’s pledge to safeguard Midlands jobs when it closes a local plant in […]

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Press Report : Workers fear worst over JLR plant closure

25 September 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

Birmingham Post, 25th September, 2009 Yesterday Jaguar Land Rover announced that one of its Midland plants will close in the next five years. Will Oliphant, Gregg Evans and Paul Suart […]

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Press Report : A 70-year history of the Castle Bromwich assembly plant

25 September 2009 Clive Goldthorp 1

Birmingham Post, 25th September, 2009 Industrial Editor John Cranage looks back at the proud history of the Castle Bromwich site. Spitfire and Jaguar – two of the most evocative names […]

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25 September 2009 Keith Adams 0

Dave Smart Lake Iseo to Turin I managed to book a hostel in Turin on the intermittent WiFi connection in the campsite and decided to head for Lake Maggiore which […]

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Press Report : Lord Mandelson refuses to speculate over JLR jobs

25 September 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

Jonathan Walker, Birmingham Post, 25th September, 2009 Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, has warned that carmakers need to make cuts in order to remain competitive, as he defended Jaguar Land Rover’s […]

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MG UK : TF 85th Anniversary Limited Edition now launched

25 September 2009 Clive Goldthorp 85

Clive Goldthorp MG Motor UK Limited has just launched a new limited edition of the TF model to celebrate the famous MG marque’s 85th Anniversary this year. The MG TF […]

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