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Month: August 2011

AROnline News

News : Land Rover DC100 for Frankfurt

31 August 2011 Keith Adams 44

Keith Adams Land Rover’s exciting DC100 Concept will be unveiled to the public at the IAA in Frankfurt and clearly signals the company’s intent to replace the Defender with a […]

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Blog : Interacting with AR has certainly changed!

31 August 2011 Keith Adams 11

Keith Adams As you might have figured, I’ve been spending lots of time importing legacy content from ‘AROnline Classic’ to the new system during the past few weeks, and it’s […]

Fiat Panda proudly boasts a quartic steering wheel.
Opinion

Blog : Harris Mann was right

30 August 2011 Keith Adams 10

Keith Adams Yeah, I know… but he was. In recent years we’ve seen a move away from boring round steering wheels, primarily in super- and concept-cars. And it’s probably for […]

Rover 75/MG ZT (R40)

Picture gallery : Rover 75/MG ZT

30 August 2011 Keith Adams 3

Images of the Richard Woolley styled Rover 75… designed to look contemporary and retro at the same time, the new car was designed with an eye to looking more solid […]

Banger rallies

Blog : Rat Rod 2011, AROnline’s dropping out

30 August 2011 Keith Adams 4

Keith Adams You mention the term RatRod to most people and they’ll probably picture something like the car above. A gorgeous Hot Rod that’s been wonderfully patinated, turning rust into […]

Opinion

Blog : AROnline banger rallies through the years

29 August 2011 Keith Adams 0

Keith Adams I’ve been adding the legacy content to this new website, and came across the banger rally section. As well as enjoying the personal recollections from what were some […]

In production

In production : Innocenti

28 August 2011 Keith Adams 1

The Innocenti factory was a world class facility, as these pictures clearly show. In many ways, this Mini production line was more advanced than its progenitor back in Longbridge. Pictures […]

In production

Retro place : Longbridge

28 August 2011 Keith Adams 4

A century of carmaking… STROLL along the perimeter fence that surrounds the Car Assembly Buildings at Longbridge, and it’s hard to believe that the silent buildings once teemed with life […]

In production

In production : MG TF LE500

28 August 2011 Keith Adams 2

For many, the sun set on Longbridge in May 2005 when MG Rover went into administration – but three years on, and small scale car production has returned with the […]

Also known as

Also known as : Other cars

28 August 2011 Keith Adams 1

Cars from BMC and its successors have been sold abroad under a variety of alternative names. Here are just a few of them, including a couple of near-misses… Austin A40 […]

Also known as

Also known as : Morris Marina

28 August 2011 Keith Adams 3

In this gallery, we take a look at some of the names used to sell various versions of the Morris Marina in overseas markets, plus one that didn’t quite make […]

Austin Kimberley
Also known as

Also known as : BMC 1800/2200

28 August 2011 Keith Adams 7

In this gallery, we take a look at some of the names used to sell various versions of the BMC 1800/2200 in overseas markets… Austin Balanza Home market name: based […]

Also known as

Also known as : BMC 1100/1300

28 August 2011 Keith Adams 2

Austin de Luxe SPAIN Home market name: based on Austin 1100 MkIII Not just a new name, but a new engine too: this Spanish-built model used a 55bhp version of […]

Also known as

Also known as : Farina-based models

28 August 2011 Keith Adams 1

In this gallery, we take a look at some of the names used to sell various versions of the Farina-styled saloon and estate models in overseas markets… Austin A55 Cambrian […]

Pamplona
Authi

Marques : Authi

28 August 2011 Keith Adams 2

BMC’s involvement in Spain came about as a result of the company’s desire to crack the market, despite its steep import tariffs. The way to circumvent these taxes was to […]

BMC, Leyland and Rover engines

Engines : Powertrain 2000-2005

28 August 2011 Keith Adams 8

Powertrain Limited was a very busy company between 2000 and 2005 – Keith Adams explains how it was working on an exciting range of developments which would have modernised MG […]

BMC, Leyland and Rover engines

Engines : Powertrain in the 1990s

28 August 2011 Keith Adams 16

During the 1990s, the sum total of new Powertrain engine launches wasn’t that great – new Land Rover diesels and the KV6-series seem to be about the sum of it… […]

People

People : Richard Woolley

28 August 2011 Keith Adams 6

Richard Woolley is a successful stylist, with credits that include the Rover 600 and much-lauded Rover 75. His unstinting enthusiasm for the marque comes across in the email correspondence we […]

People

People : Lord Stokes

28 August 2011 Keith Adams 0

Lord Stokes: He was up against it from day one when British Leyland was formed in 1968… As is revealed in this interview by Eduard Steiner, which appeared in Auto […]

Raymond Baxter
People

People : Raymond Baxter

28 August 2011 Keith Adams 4

A brief chat with the man who was brought into BMC by George Harriman in 1965, with a view to oiling the troubled waters within the company. Interviewed by Keith […]

People

People : Roy Axe

28 August 2011 Keith Adams 1

Filling the shoes of the great David Bache was never going to be an easy task. Roy Axe, however, managed to call upon all his Rootes/Chrysler experience to do just […]

Lord Stokes in 1971
People

People : Lord Stokes interview

28 August 2011 Keith Adams 1

Autocar, 26 July 1973 Lord Stokes Speaks What I Plan For Triumph In an interview with Graham Robson, Lord Stokes laid bare his plans for sports car motoring at Triumph, […]

Jaguar Mk2/S-type/420

Blog : Jaguar S-type retrospective

28 August 2011 Keith Adams 10

Dean Beedell (Originally written in 1999) On a miserable day in January I received a call that brightened my day.  The phone call was from Bob Archard of the Jag […]

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