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Month: May 2010

AROnline News

Press Comment : The Cat is back and heading East

28 May 2010 Clive Goldthorp 0

David Bailey, Birmingham Post, 28th May, 2010 Jaguar Land Rover announced today that it will indeed begin assembling cars in China. JLR CEO Carl-Peter Foster said today that “we will […]

AROnline News

Press Report : JLR set for a radical shake-up

28 May 2010 Clive Goldthorp 0

Steve Cropley, Editor-in-Chief, Autocar, 28th May, 2010 Jaguar Land Rover’s new boss, Carl-Peter Forster, has emerged from 100 days of silence to reveal plans for a major product shake-up. The radical […]

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Press Report : Jaguar Land Rover to assemble cars in China

28 May 2010 Clive Goldthorp 0

Jorn Madslien, Business Reporter, BBC News, 28th May, 2010 Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover is going to start assembling vehicles in China, the BBC can confirm. “We will need to manufacture […]

AROnline News

Press Report : MINI starts a city car project

28 May 2010 Clive Goldthorp 0

Greg Kable, German Editor, Autocar, 28th May, 2010 MINI has kicked off studies into an affordable city car as part of a programme aimed at boosting sales by adding new […]

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China Watch : SAIC to start MG6 production in the UK

28 May 2010 Clive Goldthorp 0

Automotive News China, 28th May, 2010 SHANGHAI – SAIC Motor Corp. says it will start producing MG6 sedans at its British plant by the end of this year and will […]

Car Reviews

MG6 : A brief encounter leaves a lasting impression

27 May 2010 Clive Goldthorp 8

Clive Goldthorp Our Editor, Keith Adams, normally undertakes AROnline’s Test Drive duties – I do not really have the driving skills necessary to push new models to their limits and […]

AROnline News

MG Motor UK : Sales and Marketing Director Guy Jones talks to AROnline

27 May 2010 Clive Goldthorp 48

Clive Goldthorp AROnline visited MG Birmingham recently and our News Editor, Clive Goldthorp, met MG Motor UK Limited’s Sales and Marketing Director, Guy Jones, and new PR and Events Manager, […]

Rover 214 temperature reading - not good!
AROnline

Cooling Woes and You Can’t Get Better (Oh Yes You Can)

26 May 2010 Keith Adams 0

Mike Humble    Well, another month rolls by in the Rover with not a care in the world besides some pleb stealing my rear wiper blade. Everything is sorted, new MoT, […]

MINI

MINI theory on two nation future

23 May 2010 Keith Adams 0

Richard Aucock MINI is expanding vehicle production abroad with the new Austrian-built Countryman. The model is assembled by Magna Steyr in Graz, using a production line to be shared with […]

Opinion

Hello… long time, no see…

22 May 2010 Keith Adams 17

Keith Adams I must admit that it’s been a tough few weeks for AROnline. Firstly, there was a serious outage at Streamline.net that deprived us of our Forum, News and […]

MG6 front-end styling combines well with saloon rear
AROnline News

MG6 : Caught testing… with a twist

22 May 2010 Keith Adams 46

Keith Adams Thanks to the efforts of eagle-eyed AROnline reader Nigel Ribbons, we now know that the MG6 is being tested in the UK in saloon form, as well as […]

AROnline News

Press Report : Compact Range Rover and facelifted Freelander spied

22 May 2010 Clive Goldthorp 19

Auto Express, 18th May, 2010  Auto Express has obtained the first undisguised images of the eagerly anticipated compact Range Rover and the first pictures of the new, facelifted Land Rover Freelander.  […]

AROnline News

China Watch : SAIC tops revenue list of Chinese automakers

18 May 2010 Clive Goldthorp 4

Automotive News China, 18th May, 2010 Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC)was the largest Chinese motor vehicle manufacturer last year by revenue. The company reaped a total of 404.9 billion yuan […]

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Press Report : JLR revival continues with April sales boost

14 May 2010 Clive Goldthorp 0

Paul McVeigh, Automotive News Europe, 14th May, 2010 The revival of Jaguar Land Rover continued in April with global unit sales of the two British brands growing 61 percent, compared […]

AROnline News

Press Report : Land Rover reveals future powertrain technology

11 May 2010 Clive Goldthorp 0

Tristan Young, just-auto.com, 10th May, 2010   Land Rover on Monday set out its ‘eco’ powertrain plans for the next 15-20 years including full-hybrids, plug-in hybrids and fuel cell vehicles. Peter […]

AROnline News

Press Report : Land Rover plans a 2WD Range Rover

11 May 2010 Clive Goldthorp 0

Tristan Young, just-auto.com, 10th May, 2010 Range Rover’s new small SUV, due on sale next year, will be offered as a range of two and four-wheel drive models, Land Rover Managing […]

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Opinion

Forums, news and blogs

10 May 2010 Keith Adams 3

Keith Adams   Firstly, apologies to all the regular AROnline forum users out there. Due to a massive problem with our hosts, Streamline.net, the Forum, News and Blogs pages have been down and […]

AROnline News

SAIC Motor : MGR’s surviving test cars are finally sent to the crusher

9 May 2010 Keith Adams 62

Nigel Garton It seems that the final MG Rover test and development cars have been sent to the crusher by SAIC Motor after being allowed to languish at Longbridge for […]

AROnline News

Press Report : Land Rover creates 275 new jobs in Solihull

6 May 2010 Clive Goldthorp 0

Graeme Brown, Birmingham Post, 6th May, 2010 Land Rover is creating 275 new jobs at its plant in Solihull following a surge in demand which saw the firm record the […]

Drive Story

And also by Michelotti

4 May 2010 Keith Adams 55

Mike Humble As most of us know, Michelotti styled some fantastic motor cars including our very own Triumph 2000, Dolomite and Stag to name some but a few. But what […]

Rover 220SDi
AROnline

Quality Street

4 May 2010 Keith Adams 1

Mike Humble  THE QUIET market town of Horsham sleeps in leafy West Sussex – close enough to London when you need it to be yet far enough away to avoid its […]

Driving the SD1 is fun
Opinion

Polski-Rover ups and downs

3 May 2010 Keith Adams 1

Keith Adams   IT’S GOOD to know that there’s some love for my Polski-Rover out there. Whenever I take it out onto the mean streets of Eastern England, it’s met with […]

Typical motorway traffic prompted the demise of the Rover 214's radiator
AROnline

Bangernomics Rover update May 2010

2 May 2010 Keith Adams 2

Mike Humble  Well, it was going swimmingly for my 214: another year’s MoT, some serious mileage in just three days and plenty of admiring comments at the Pride of Longbridge […]

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