Month: January 2012

Day 28, Cape Town, South Africa At last! We finally see the silhouette of Table Mountain…and roll down the long drive lined with palm trees to the Table Bay Hotel […]

Andrew Elphick delves into Low Emissions Zones (LEZs), and how their widespread introduction could affect widespread classic car usage for years to come… The future. Its scary right? Maybe. One […]

AROnline takes a look back at some of the memorable automotive blunders in more recent times from both our own, and rival makes. Mike Humble feels the pain of the people carrier driver […]

Keith Adams The first MG6s have arrived in Auckland, New Zealand, as the marque returns to the country after an absence of over five years. MG’s importer, Kerry Cheyne, long-time […]

Surviving 30 years in the parts specialist business these days is no mean feat, but to flourish in the way that Rimmer Bros has is a real achievement. Here’s their […]

Day 28, Clanwilliam, South Africa Yesterday’s gruelling run through Namibia on 800km of gravel tracks was indeed a tough test for some crews, with tyres being the main problem. With […]

Keith Adams A new online e-Petition calling for a change in government policy regarding the historic vehicle exemption. Currently, the VED ruling is that any car registered (or built) before […]

Day 26 Windhoek, Namibia Watching the cars at the end of today’s second World Cup Section, Alastair Caldwell did well, although the four-cylinder Porsche sounds a lot noisier, and John […]

We take yet another look at the cars which once littered the highways and by-ways of the UK. This one is often regarded as a talented machine which was handsome, refined, […]

 AROnline gets down in the dirt as we take another look at the T45 cab system Leyland introduced back in the early 80’s. Another big seller in the commercial vehicle sector […]

MG Motor UK has announced it will enter the 2012 BTCC Series with a two-car team of MG6 GTs, which will run in the MG KX Momentum Racing team and […]

Day 24 Victoria Falls It is simply not possible to drive the full length of Africa without being in someone’s rainy-season. But if you try it in line with our […]

Coupés are cramped, impractical, noisy… and a whole lot of fun. That’s the whole point of them, yes? MINI obviously thinks so, and has introduced a crackerjack Coupé to prove […]

MG Motor UK has announced a new finance package for the MG6 series, finally moving closer to a competitive deal for many buyers. The offer, which runs until 31 March […]

Leyland’s medium weight Freighter was the company’s bright new hope of the 1980s, combining two previous ranges into one – and putting in a strong performance in what became the […]

Mike Humble: AROnline hops on a bus that was destined for Shattered Dreams Parkway, only to find it was actually quite good yet was a victim of it’s own technology, […]

Keith Adams I must admit that the eternal soap opera that is BMC and its descendents never ceases to amaze and impress with its capacity to turn up new and […]

Hot on the heels of the stylish Roadtrain, and replacing the Buffalo 2 range of meduim weight artics, was the T45 Cruiser launched in 1982. Differing from the Roadtrain by […]

Day 20 Dodoma, Tanzania The 18th day of the London to Cape Town World Cup Rally was the one and only rest day, but of course it was nothing of […]

Many see 1980 as the start of the big product led recovery plan instigated by Sir Michael Edwardes, notably with the Austin Metro. But a few junctions up the M6 […]

Two new MINI special editions have been unveiled, and continue the marque’s obsession with London – kicked off by Austin Rover back n the 1980s, with the launch of the […]