Month: July 2010

Keith Adams We’ve heard on the grapevine that the Jaguar board has signed off a new-age X-Type-replacing model. Given the current resurgence of Jaguar, underpinned by the success of the […]

Words & Pictures: Mike Humble  I often wonder how funny and evocative certain smells can be and how, sometimes even after many years, a certain whiff can bring back a […]

Adam Sloman The new five door MINI Countryman had its international launch in Hamburg, Germany last week. AROnline Contributor Adam Sloman was there to try it out. At over four metres […]

Keith Adams I know that I’m going to come in for a lot of flack about this, but I think that the Rover 600 is a bloody good car – […]

Channel 4 News, 13th July, 2010 A trustee of the MG Rover Trust Fund, which had promised compensation for workers who lost their jobs with the collapse of MG Rover […]

The all-new Range Rover Evoque has entered its final phase of testing, with hundreds of prototype models dispatched around the globe for trial in the toughest climates and conditions. Land […]

Pa Krix, Automotive News Europe/Automobilwoche, 14th July, 2010 HAMBURG – MINI’s latest model, the Countryman, will help the brand reach sales of 300,000 “in the near future,” CEO Wolfgang Armbrecht […]

XPart is discounting the price of more than 5,000 MG Rover parts in a bid to keep more MG Rover cars on the road by reducing the cost of ownership. […]

Adam Sloman With the MG6 due for UK launch this Autumn and the MG3 due for its Chinese launch around the same time, attention is now turning to the next MG […]

Jemma Rochelle Hawtrey  There has been a lot of talk in the media over the last couple of years about companies that were ‘too big to fail’. It’s a phrase […]

Keith Adams This is a unique opportunity to acquire a very special vehicle. Finished in the very rare and highly desirable combination of Mauritius Blue paintwork with biscuit (cream) leather […]

Jemma Rochelle Hawtrey    Just before the Second World War, two very different designers were at work at two different car manufacturers. One of them was a German, by the name […]

Thomas Geiger, Automotive News Europe, 12th July, 2010 LONDON – Tata Motors CEO Carl-Peter Forster plans to move quickly to fill gaps in the Jaguar and Land Rover lineups. “Over […]

MG Rover parts specialist XPart has announced the winners of its recent competition to identify the country’s MG or Rover with the most interesting history. John Newey of Summit Garage and […]

Keith Adams  I know it sounds daft but, after spending months sorting out my Saab 9000 Aero, I’m thinking of moving it on. Not because I want to, of course […]

Automotive News China/Reuters, 9th July, 2010 SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., partner to General Motors and Volkswagen in China, posted a 30 percent sales gain last month in […]

Automotive News China, 9th July, 2010 SHANGHAI — Jaguar Land Rover has received formal approval from the Chinese Government to set up a wholly-owned nationwide distributorship, reported China Daily.  Currently, […]

Keith Adams A run to commemorate the life and career of Charles ‘Spen’ King has been announced and will be held on the 21st August, 2010. The event is being organised […]

Chas Hallett, Editor, Autocar, 8th July, 2010 Land Rover has “tremendous growth potential” Tata Motors’ boss Carl-Peter Forster told the SMMT’s Annual Conference in London last week. Forster said the […]

Sales of the new Jaguar XJ, which arrived in dealers at the end of May, have helped Jaguar to a great sales result for the first half of 2010, along […]

Words: Luke Madden Photographs: Otis Clay, Auto Express, 6th July, 2010 The MG3 is the marque’s future, but what about its present? The MG6 will be the first new model […]