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Month: November 2011

Motorways are losing light...
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News : Drivers being put at risk by metal thieves

30 November 2011 admin 32

Daily Telegraph David Millward What had once been thought of a problem confined to the rail network is now spreading to the entire transport infrastructure, MPs were told at Westminster. […]

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Mike's Rover 75

Project 75 : Part 1, getting a firm grip on things

29 November 2011 Mike Humble 16

Mike Humble has now been a Rover 75 owner for 72 hours, has the honeymoon period ended or does it still look promising? As I draw the living room curtains […]

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Derek Kettingham's dealership in North London is a step back into another era.
Opinion

Blog : Kerbcrawling in North London…

28 November 2011 Keith Adams 66

Keith Adams and Mike Humble …and this one’s a bit special It’s the smell that hits you first when you walk through the front doors of Derek Ketteringham’s place in […]

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Mike's Rover 75

Project 75 : Joining the club

25 November 2011 Mike Humble 57

Words and pictures: Mike Humble After selling on for a small profit, the SAAB has gone to live in deepest Kent – So not being a person to think for […]

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MG6 saloon is a smart looking proposition for the money.
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Blog : MG6 is doing the business

25 November 2011 Keith Adams 151

Keith Adams Okay, so we kicked up a storm about the MG6 – both in terms of marketing, and nationality. So, I’m going to neatly sidestep this issue in this […]

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MG Motor UK

Review : A week with the MG6 Magnette

25 November 2011 Keith Adams 0

Okay, so we kicked up a storm about the MG6 – both in terms of marketing, and nationality. So, I’m going to neatly sidestep this issue in this blog and […]

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Surgically clean McLaren production centre is a sight to behold.
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News : McLaren Production centre opens

24 November 2011 Keith Adams 24

Keith Adams For anyone who’s in any doubt that the UK remains at the absolute pinnacle of automotive engineering, here’s a glimpse into McLaren’s new production centre. The McLaren MP4-12C […]

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Video : Jaguar XKR-S at Nürburgring

24 November 2011 Keith Adams 17

Keith Adams We love the Jaguar XKR-S at AROnline. It’s a British car that we can all be very proud of, both in terms of straight line performance (it’ll do […]

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News : EuroNCAP latest – 4 and 5-stars for the Brits

23 November 2011 Keith Adams 59

Euro NCAP’s fifth and last launch of 2011 presents the results for 14 new cars, with the MG6, Jaguar XF scoring four stars. But the Range Rover Evoque stole the […]

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Interior quality of the MG6 has made strides since I last drove one...
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Blog : Back in an MG6

22 November 2011 Keith Adams 129

Keith Adams Back at Longbridge yesterday to pick up an MG6 saloon, as I’ve yet to sample one first hand. PR man Doug Wallace greeted me and we had a […]

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Toby Silverton
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News : Toby Silverton leaves Bristol

22 November 2011 Keith Adams 16

It has been announced today that Toby Silverton, the Managing Director of Bristol Cars, is stepping down in order to concentrate on his aviation businesses. Toby Silverton said: “I am […]

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Danger lies within
Opinion

Blog : Broken bones, roads and Rover, part II

21 November 2011 Keith Adams 4

Keith Adams Anyone who doesn’t know how far I’ll go for my passion for old cars, consider this. When I heard that a friend was going to leave his 1991 […]

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So far this is the only MG5 to make the motor show circuit
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News : MG5 in Guangzhao no-show

21 November 2011 Keith Adams 43

Keith Adams Despite the arrival of undisguised cars shown exclusively to China Car Times last week, the MG5 proved elusive at this year’s Guangzhao Auto Show. The website had shown […]

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Rover 200 was part of a long string of old cars..
Opinion

Blog : The rules of scrap club

20 November 2011 Keith Adams 30

Steven Ward Following a life time of buying really daft and/or crap cars (new and old), I’ve established a few rules which I now live by when it comes to […]

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Vauxhall Ampera (or a Chevrolet Volt at least): 11,000 miles on, and no petrol used.
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News : Jay Leno is nearing a milestone

19 November 2011 Keith Adams 8

‘I took delivery of the Volt on 12 December last year,’ Jay Leno said in a telephone interview before appearing Tuesday at a Chevrolet event held in conjunction with the […]

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Advert of the Week

Advert of the week : Saab 900 T16S

19 November 2011 Keith Adams 40

Keith Adams Only one aircraft manufacturer makes cars Spare a moment for poor old Saab. Over the past three years, the once-proud company has endured a humiliating fall from grace […]

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MG5 will be officially unveiled on 18 November
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News : MG5 unveiled on CCT

18 November 2011 Keith Adams 91

Keith Adams China Car Times has published the first clear images of the MG5, after months of rendered speculation across the Internet. The car will be officially launched on Monday […]

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Opinion

Video : The Liver Run

18 November 2011 Keith Adams 39

Keith Adams I’ve seen this before on TV – the famous Liver Run, where two Rover SD1 police cars need to transfer a live human organ for transportation in a […]

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News : MINI racer Marcus Allen – 50 days to raise £50k!

17 November 2011 Clive Goldthorp 1

AROnline’s regular readers may recall that, when our former News Editor, Clive Goldthorp, stood down from that role last July and became Contributing Editor, he did so in order to […]

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Ford

Unsung Heroes : Ford Granada 1977-1985

16 November 2011 Mike Humble 89

Mike Humble takes a sideways look at one of the sheds that littered the highways and by-ways of the UK. The Ford Granada Mk2 might have smacked of Teutonic coolness, […]

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News : Jaguar XF 2.2D. 2884 miles. 62.9mpg

16 November 2011 Keith Adams 75

Keith Adams For anyone in any doubt that the current state of the art when it comes to combining real-world usability with low fuel consumption lies with diesel, they only […]

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News : Jaguar XKR-S Convertible unveiled

16 November 2011 Keith Adams 8

Keith Adams We’ve already driven the Jaguar XKR-S, and came away from the experience wondering who’d really want to buy an Aston Martin, such was its monstrous all-round ability. It’s […]

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MG3 has all the hallmarks of a UK hit...
Opinion

Blog : Three can still be the saviour of MG Motor UK

15 November 2011 Keith Adams 79

Keith Adams I know that I’ve been a little harsh on MG Motor UK recently – what with its disappointing sales (for the 6) and lacklustre (and budget) marketing – […]

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