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Month: March 2011

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MG Car Club : MGLive! 2011 gathers pace…

31 March 2011 Clive Goldthorp 0

The MG Car Club reports that the tickets for this year’s MGLive!, the world’s largest MG event, are selling briskly and that, with the all-new MG6 going on sale in […]

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Jaguar : New 2.2-Litre diesel engine debuts in XF development mule

30 March 2011 Clive Goldthorp 23

Jaguar has unveiled its most efficient engine yet in the form of a new 2.2-litre diesel unit. The new engine develops 187bhp and 332lbs/ft of torque and is capable of […]

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Press Report : Will Riley unveils new sports car project

28 March 2011 Clive Goldthorp 51

 Birmingham Post, 25 March 2011 A Worcestershire sports car fanatic says he will be building up to 10 £65,000 coupes a month by this time next year after steering his […]

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Tata Motors : UK engineering base at Warwick University set to expand

28 March 2011 Clive Goldthorp 0

The UK’s technology base was given a major boost today when Tata Motors Limited’s European Technical Centre (TMETC), a wholly-owned UK-based subsidiary of Tata Motors, announced that it will be […]

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Land Rover : Halewood celebrates production of 250,000th Freelander 2

28 March 2011 Clive Goldthorp 0

Land Rover employees at the company’s Halewood manufacturing plant on Merseyside are today celebrating an important milestone achievement − the production of the 250,000th Freelander 2. Production of the Freelander […]

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Opinion

Rover SD1 : Brake time for me!

27 March 2011 Mike Humble 5

The Polski-Rover is now being given the final touches. Work has re-commenced after four weeks of self-confessed neglect.  Words and Photographs: Mike Humble  Why do it today, when you can put it off […]

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CPP : Coventry’s newest supercar maker

27 March 2011 Keith Adams 3

Keith Adams   You might not have heard of CPP Global Holdings Limited but the company, which operates under the trading name of Coventry Prototype Panels, now seems set to emerge as the UK’s newest supercar manufacturer. […]

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Car Reviews

Track Test : Potential buyers evaluate the MG6 1.8T TSE Fastback

26 March 2011 Clive Goldthorp 9

Words: Clive Goldthorp Photographs: Simon Davies/Pegasus Photographics AROnline’s Editor, Keith Adams, has already given readers his First Drive impressions of the new MG6 1.8T TSE and, like our colleagues at […]

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Tata Motors : UK production gives Vista EV a headstart on Nissan Leaf

26 March 2011 Clive Goldthorp 72

Andrew Elphick Tata Motors Limited announced this week that small scale production of the Vista EV supermini has now begun in Coventry and that full scale production should commence next […]

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Opinion

Reps : Britain’s hardest working professionals

23 March 2011 Keith Adams 14

Steven Ward  This morning, on my gentle canter into work, I saw what we commonly refer to as a ‘rep’ in his smart LeasePlanned Mondeo-alike. Nothing unusual in that – […]

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MG Rover

Blog : RDX60 ten years on

22 March 2011 Keith Adams 34

Keith Adams A recent visit to Longbridge saw me set eyes upon the RDX60 for the first time ever and I have to say that it evoked mixed emotions in […]

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Opinion

Buses : A part of history lives on

22 March 2011 Mike Humble 12

Mike Humble on how a piece of history lives on to this day –  and he’s a part of it too! Well, as some of you may know, I recently […]

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Rover 2600 on eBay - will it raise the bar in terms of values?
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eBay Watch : Mint 2600 raises the bar

21 March 2011 Keith Adams 27

Keith Adams eBay user, The Doctor, is becoming a bit of a celebrity around these parts for his ability to sniff out the nicest BMC>MG cars and sell them perfectly. […]

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Steve Ward's Rover 75: It's still got it
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Rover 75s : They’re still out there

20 March 2011 Keith Adams 28

Steven Ward  Another Friday which means another four motor auctions to cast my critical, bargain-hunting eye over. Buying cars at auction has been very hard graft this year – in […]

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Events : AROnline celebrates 10 years online

20 March 2011 Keith Adams 85

Keith Adams  AROnline is 10 years old in 2011! That’s something to celebrate so we’re holding a birthday party and you’re all invited. We’re getting together on Saturday 16 July and, because […]

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Bristol Fighter
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Why AROnline needs to buy Bristol Cars

20 March 2011 Keith Adams 55

Keith Adams   Okay, so we have a week or so to get our bids in for Bristol Cars and help save it from a horrific break-up. Back in 2000, John […]

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Yasmin Le Bon (looking like Audrey Hepburn) and 77RW, the oldest remaining E-type roadster.
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Jaguar : Set for a starring role at Goodwood

19 March 2011 Keith Adams 3

Keith Adams The 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed was launched with Jaguar playing a key role as the event celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the E-type. Present at the launch […]

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MGF/TF

Why I love the MG TF

19 March 2011 Keith Adams 22

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Review : A week with the MG TF LE500

19 March 2011 Keith Adams 0

A busy week… First a trip to Longbridge for the first UK drives of the MG6 and, as you’ll no doubt have read elsewhere, the UK press has come away […]

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Car Reviews

First Drive : MG6 GT 1.8T TSE

15 March 2011 Keith Adams 121

Keith Adams Well, here it is at last. After three years of speculation, discussion and politicizing, we’ve driven the MG6 on British roads. Let’s get this out of the way first […]

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Press Report : Roll on the posh Electric Vehicles

13 March 2011 Clive Goldthorp 4

The Economist, 10 March 2011 The Rolls-Royce Phantom 102EX Concept on display at the Geneva Motor Show had a surprise under the bonnet. In place of a polished, gleaming cylinder-head […]

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Opinion

Requiem to a Rover

13 March 2011 Keith Adams 29

Sue James  ‘The time has come,’ the tester said, ‘To talk of many things: Of rust — and brakes — and vehicle-tax— Of bushes — and of springs — And […]

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Tata Pixel : The real successor to Sir Alec Issigonis’ original Mini?

12 March 2011 Clive Goldthorp 19

Clive Goldthorp Autocar’s Editor, Chas Hallett, recently reported on a conversation with the BMW Group’s Head of Sales and Marketing, Ian Robertson, about the prospects of the MINI Rocketman Concept, […]

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