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Month: November 2009

Opinion

Allegros : It’s a case of love… and hate. But mainly hate

30 November 2009 Keith Adams 8

Keith Adams You think I’d never learn. Soon-to-be ex-Practical Classics staffer, Sam Glover, dropped me a note asking if I’d be interested in taking his delightful Allegro off him. Seems […]

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India Watch : Tata Motors posts profit aided by rise in JLR volume

27 November 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

Automotive News Europe, 27th November, 2009 MUMBAI (Reuters)  Helped by strong volume growth from Jaguar Land Rover, Tata Motors Limited posted an unexpected consolidated profit for the September quarter. JLR […]

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Press Report : Former MG Rover bosses make £3m payment to creditors

27 November 2009 Clive Goldthorp 1

Alun Thorne, Birmingham Post, 27th November, 2009 The company owned by the former bosses of MG Rover has paid £3 million to creditors of the firm. The so-called Phoenix Four […]

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Hatchbacks : the forgotten generation

27 November 2009 Keith Adams 9

Keith Adams I’m sitting here feeling a little sorry for myself, suffering from a pair of cracked ribs and a dented ego (yeah, I don’t practice what I preach when working […]

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The way forward for the Rover brand

26 November 2009 Sam Skelton 24

Sam Skelton A new SD1: based upon Jaguar’s XF and styled to blend with the Jaguar Land Rover range. Could something like this be the next X-Type? I guess that […]

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China Watch : SAIC Motor aims to double MG and Roewe sales in 2010

24 November 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

Automotive News Europe, 23rd November, 2009 GUANGZHOU (Reuters) SAIC Motor plans to begin manufacturing its new MG6 sedan in the UK at the end of next year, the company said. SAIC […]

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MG6 : SAIC Motor plans UK production by the end of 2010

23 November 2009 Clive Goldthorp 133

Clive Goldthorp SAIC Motor-owned MG’s most important hatchback since the 1981 MG Metro has been launched in its home market of China today. The MG6 is a five-door fastback which features conventionally handsome styling […]

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Opinion

Blog : Why I’m still excited by the MG6

22 November 2009 Keith Adams 6

First thing’s first, I’ll lay it on the line now: I like the MG6. There, I said it and, from what I have seen of the car – and that’s no […]

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The MG6 : Why I’m still excited by it…

22 November 2009 Keith Adams 6

Keith Adams First thing’s first, I’ll lay it on the line now: I like the MG6. There, I said it and, from what I have seen of the car – and […]

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Opinion

Another one ticked off

19 November 2009 Keith Adams 5

Keith Adams Regular readers might remember me saying that I was keeping the Metro and letting the 200 go to a new owner. Well, over the weekend that happened, when […]

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Opinion

The Quest – Part One

18 November 2009 Adam Sloman 1

Adam Sloman I love buying cars, can’t help it, always have. I love the hunt, through the Internet and the free ad papers, it’s great fun, and it’s even more […]

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India Watch : Search underway for Ratan Tata’s successor

18 November 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

MUMBAI (Reuters) — India’s Tata conglomerate is looking around the world for a successor to Ratan Tata, the 71-year-old Chairman of the sprawling salt-to-automaker group said in an interview with […]

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Metro: a couple of weeks on…

17 November 2009 Keith Adams 8

Keith Adams Against my better judgment, I’ve been tooling around in a Rover Metro 1.4LD for the past couple of weeks in order to save while I drive. In its first […]

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Press Report : Carmaker JLR secures loan of £170m

16 November 2009 Clive Goldthorp 1

Martin Arnold, FT.com, 16th November, 2009 Jaguar Land Rover will today announce that it has secured a new £170m working capital facility from GE Capital, allowing it to start making […]

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Press Report : Christmas comes early for Phoenix Four Directors

16 November 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

Alun Thorne, Birmingham Post, 16th November, 2009 Vilified Phoenix Four Directors Peter Beale and John Edwards are in line for a massive multi-million pound Christmas bonus from the remnants of […]

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Press Comment : Is this really time for new management at JLR?

12 November 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

John Cranage, Industrial Editor, Birmingham Post, 12th November, 2009 With General Motors’ European boss Carl-Peter Forster tipped to join Tata, Industrial Editor John Cranage looks at the possible implications his […]

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Press Report : GM boss Carl-Peter Forster set for JLR

9 November 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

Dominic O’Connell, The Sunday Times, 8th November, 2009 Carl-Peter Forster, the departing boss of General Motors Europe, has been lined up to take charge of Jaguar Land Rover, the Midlands-based […]

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The joys of Scrappage motoring

7 November 2009 Keith Adams 13

Keith Adams It’s been a funny old week and one that will go down in my life as a landmark really. Why? Well, in the space of a couple of days, […]

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Press Report : MGR’s Phoenix Four facing legal action for £22m

4 November 2009 Clive Goldthorp 1

Jon Walker, Birmingham Post, 4th November, 2009 The Government has offered to back legal action forcing former Rover Directors to hand over up to £22 million to former employees and […]

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Press Report : Unions to meet with MPs over JLR job threats

3 November 2009 Clive Goldthorp 0

Jon Griffin, Birmingham Post, 3rd November, 2009 Unions have called a high level summit of MPs to an emergency meeting at the House of Commons to preserve thousands of West […]

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Car of the Month

Car of the Month : November 2009

1 November 2009 Keith Adams 2

There’s a lot of Wedge-love on AROnline, and we reckon that the most delicious examples of all are the original 18/22 Series models that only ran for a matter of […]

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David Evans, Rallies Editor, Autosport, 14th October, 2010 MINI could yet contest more than the six World Rally Championship events it has planned for 2011. Prodrive’s Technical Director, David Lapworth, refused to be drawn on speculation [...]

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