
Buses : Leyland Tiger 20 years on!
Leyland’s last coach chassis, the Tiger – the company’s successor to the legendary Leopard – went out of production 20 years ago this year. The Tiger was also the last ‘heavyweight’ British coach […]
Leyland’s last coach chassis, the Tiger – the company’s successor to the legendary Leopard – went out of production 20 years ago this year. The Tiger was also the last ‘heavyweight’ British coach […]
For anyone not up to speed with the Lotus vs Lotus saga in Formula 1, it’s been about the Group Lotus title sponsorship of the Renault F1 cars (to create […]
Chris Sawyer The cat is out of the bag. Team Lotus has acquired Caterham Cars. Conventional wisdom is convinced this is an attempt by Team Lotus’ Principal Tony Fernandes to […]
Keith Adams Six years on from the end of MG Rover as we knew it, the cars’ owners and enthusiasts seem as energised about their products as they ever did […]
Keith Adams The XF has received its first facelift, just three years after its introduction. The main visual difference incorporated into the 2012 XF is a new front end featuring new […]
Keith Adams SAIC Motor unveiled the MG Concept 5 at Auto Shanghai 2011 this week and, in so doing, revealed the central and probably most significant piece in the MG jigsaw […]
Kamkorp Autokraft Limited, part of the Frazer-Nash Group, has announced that it has acquired the assets and goodwill of Bristol Cars Limited, the luxury car manufacturer, from its Administrators. This […]
The Range Rover Autobiography Ultimate Edition was unveiled in Shanghai. Only 500 units will be commissioned globally, with each car crafted to customer order only. Already, more than 150 orders […]
Words and Photographs: Headline Auto Among the visitors to Auto Shanghai was a group of UK -based MG Dealers who were in the city as guests of SAIC Motor and they were […]
Words: Keith Adams Photographs: Headline Auto We’ve already shown AROnline readers the clumsily-named MINI inspired by Goodwood, but the premium-packaged baby made its motor show debut in Shanghai with something of […]
Words: Keith Adams Photographs: Harry Metcalfe The stars are out at Auto Shanghai today, with a raft of important new car announcements and unveilings taking place at what is likely […]
Recent statistics from the SMMT (Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders) show that there are still nearly one million MG and Rover cars on the road. These figures demonstrate the longevity of […]
Joaquim Oliveira, Automotive News Europe, 17 April 2011 Jaguar Land Rover plans to nearly double the size of its Dealer Network in China within two years as part of its […]
The Polish Rover SD1 attracted many admiring looks and comments at last weekend’s Pride of Longbridge 2011 event. At last, reliability and driver satisfaction are thankfully possible after a few long distance […]
Keith Adams The Pride of Longbridge Rally is rapidly becoming the focal point for enthusiasts of Mini, MG, Rover, BMC and BL cars and, for its fifth iteration, it was […]
Douglas A. Bolduc, Automotive News Europe, 15 April 2011 Jaguar and Land Rover sales rose 2 percent to 24,101 units last month, driven by an 8 percent rise in Land […]
Words: Keith Adams Photographs: Adam Sloman I always remember feeling a slight sense of hope and optimism when NAC MG announced that it was going to start building cars in […]
Representatives from Abingdon’s world-famous MG Car Club will fly to Shanghai on Saturday (16 April) for a seven day period as VIP guests of SAIC Motor, the Chinese owner of the […]
David Bailey, Birmingham Post The first MG6 rolled off the production line at Longbridge yesterday, six years to the week since MG Rover collapsed into administration. It was a highly symbolic moment […]
Clive Goldthorp The first customer-ready MG6 Fastback rolled off the production line at MG Birmingham yesterday and, as MG Motor UK Limited’s Dealers collected their first Demonstrators in an special mass ‘Driveaway’ event […]
Richard Kilpatrick The lack of cars had started to gnaw away at me since sending the dearly detested C6 back to Citroën and getting possibly the most wonderful, forgettable car in […]
Keith Adams The most luxurious factory-built MINI ever produced will be unveiled at next week’s Auto Shanghai. The ‘MINI inspired by Goodwood’ is limited to 1000 cars and has been built […]
Words: Keith Adams Photographs: Mark Gibson/Slant 4 Marketing Production of the MG6 is now underway at MG Motor UK Limited’s Birmingham factory in Longbridge, almost six years to the day […]
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