Month: December 2011

Well the Rover 75 has been residing at Swiss Towers for one month and also has been pretty much in everyday usage. Has it been sweetness and light or otherwise? […]

Keith Adams It’s 2004, and MG Rover sales are nosediving. The company’s image was being pulled through the mud following the Phoenix 4’s self-inflicted pension crisis, and buyers have lost […]

Steven Ward This is a book which came to me via recommendation as I’m no fan of American Iron. It is also largely about that unacceptable face of Capitalism that […]

As the old saying goes, there’s nowt so queer as folk. Spend any time in the motor trade or public sector, you soon find out… the names have been changed […]

Mike Humble shares a story of working at the sharp end of the motor trade. This one cost someone his job, but gained a sale and gave everyone else a good lesson! All […]

Keith Adams reckons the latest installment of the eternal soap opera is turning into a nightmare. It’s that time of the month again. The moment that MG Motor UK executives […]

Working on the proviso that prevention is better than the cure, Mike Humble spends some quality time with the 75 while also putting right some of the wrongs… she’s looking […]

Robert Leitch pays tribute to the iconic Longbridge Flight Shed, a building that proved central to ‘The Austin’s’ war effort, before having a leading role in the company’s subsequent history. […]

Keith Adams The Ford Escort MkIII, codenamed Project Erica, was a massive step forward for its maker. And Ford was keen for potential customers to be aware of its front-wheel […]

Keith Adams MG Motor UK opened its doors to ex-Longbridge workers and managers and invited them to share their memories of time worked at the iconic works based on Low […]

Mike Humble takes a sideways look at one of the sheds that littered the highways and by-ways of the UK. The Montego might have been a little tired by 1989, […]

The very last MGB made, which rolled off the MG Car Company’s Abingdon production line on 23 October 1980, made a dramatic return to its home town. The property of […]