Month: October 2010

In 1980, the Marina was restyled for the new decade by Harris Mann. The production engineering was carried out by Giorgetto Giugiaro‘s Ital Design styling studio, and BL sought to […]

The MG6, which will be built at MG Birmingham and goes on sale next year, will benefit from a pioneering ‘intelligent design’ system which makes automotive electrical systems more efficient, reliable and can […]

Automotive News Europe, 27th October, 2010 BEIJING (Bloomberg)  – SAIC Motor Corp., China’s largest domestic automaker, boosted third-quarter profit 47 per cent as it sold more cars with partners Volkswagen […]

Automotive News Europe/Bloomberg, 25th October, 2010 SHANGHAI (Bloomberg) – Tata Motors Limited’s Jaguar Land Rover unit is in talks with a possible partner in China, CEO Carl-Peter Forster said yesterday. […]

The BMC 1100 was known as the Austin Glider in Holland… Pictures kindly supplied by Henk Schuuring

BMC and BL badge engineering ran amok on the much-loved 1100/1300 range of the Sixties and Seventies. RICHARD GUNN unravels the various marques and tells you what to look out […]

Brian Gunn charts the process of fitting an MPi engine to his 1983 Mini. After a few years of driving a Mini powered by a tuned 998cc engine, Brian felt […]

Graeme Brown, Birmingham Post, 22nd October, 2010 Thousands of jobs are set to be created after Jaguar Land Rover’s U-turn on plans to close a Midland plant and now the […]

The worldwide festivities to commemorate the MG Car Club’s 80th Birthday have now officially concluded and over 100 MG clubs from 24 different countries took part in the MG80! celebration in which […]

Land Rover has appointed Colin Green to the role of Managing Director of Land Rover UK, effective from the 1st December, 2010. He will replace John Edwards who has recently […]

Hilton Holloway, Associate Editor, Autocar, 18th October, 2010 BMW is working on a production version of the MINI Beachcomber Concept , first revealed last December. Company sources say two versions […]

Automotive News China, 18th October, 2010 SHANGHAI –  SAIC Motor estimates that its profits in the first nine months of 2010 rose about 140 per cent to 9.6 billion yuan ($1.4 […]

MG Motor UK has today announced that MG ZERO Concept car which will star at the ‘MPH featuring Top Gear Live’ shows in November has safely arrived at MG Birmingham. […]

Jaguar Land Rover has today announced four senior executive appointments into new board-level roles in a restructured and significantly enhanced global marketing and sales division. The new organisational structure is […]

Automotive News Europe/Reuters, 15th October, 2010 SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s top automaker SAIC Motor Corp. does not rule out the possibility of investing in General Motors Co’s initial public offering, […]

David Bailey, Birmingham Post, 15th October, 2010 Jaguar Land Rover’s decision to keep open both factories in the region, at Solihull and Castle Bromwich, marks a surprising and most welcome […]

Birmingham Post, 15th October, 2010 Car giant Jaguar Land Rover is to invest billions of pounds in its business, creating thousands of new jobs and safeguarding its UK factories, including […]

Jaguar Land Rover today confirmed that a landmark pay and conditions settlement has been reached after a period of negotiation with the Trade Unions representing the two brands’ workforce – the deal […]

Keith Adams Roy Axe’s family has confirmed that the date of his Memorial Service will be the 27th October, 2010. It takes place at 12.00 at St James’ Church, Chipping Campden […]

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 […]