Month: March 2011

 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 – […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Mike Humble stumbles upon an early Montego still in daily use and the memories come flooding back… Today, during one of my sales visits, I came upon two cars from the 1980s of […]

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 […]