Month: March 2012

Keith Adams Just so you know, the latest special edition MINI Cooper, the Rauno Aaltonen Edition has broken cover. But the new car, named after the winner of the prestigious […]

In a driving career spanning 25 years and over 150 cars, Keith Adams highlights some of the highs… and lows. In the first of the series, it’s time to recall […]

Queues for petrol are easing after unions announced there would be no strike over Easter, motoring organisations say. The government earlier changed its advice to drivers saying it was no […]

Mike Humble ponders once again over another car which once seemed commonplace but now languishes in penny numbers. This time we applaud the executive saloon which defied the ‘class without kudos’ […]

Used as a season starter by many a European British car enthusiast, the British Cars & Lifestyle in Rosmalen right in the centre of the Netherlands makes a good day […]

Over the past ten years, the VXR brand has slowly established itself as the bad-boy performance badge for people who are looking for something a little ragged than the usual […]

Keith Adams My name is Keith Adams, and my bank doesn’t want me to buy a new car. Last week, I went to look at a new addition to the […]

A warm March weekend in Germany, and two giant classic car shows went head-to-head. In the northern corner, the Techno-Classica Essen – a UK favourite – and in the south, […]

The Range Rover was officially introduced to the United States 25 years ago this year in 1987. To celebrate this milestone, Land Rover will host a special celebration in conjunction […]

Mike Humble goes all nostalgic once again and pays tribute to that dying breed of automotive audio – The radio cassette player. They say that as you get older time […]

Another view through rose tinted spectacles at some once common automotive sights here in the UK. This time, our very own Austin Rover features here with their own slant on the […]

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Chery Automobile Company Limited have reached agreement on a proposed joint venture in China. The agreement follows extensive talks between JLR and Chery on establishing […]

Words: Clive Goldthorp Photographs: Simon Davies/Pegasus Photographics MG KX Momentum Racing’s nascent 2012 British Touring Car Championship campaign took two significant steps forward at Silverstone yesterday: a just-completed, Triple Eight […]

Triple Eight unveiled its brand new NGTC MG6 GT at Silverstone, with one car running in the media photography session. The team’s new Next Generation Touring Car MG6 will be […]

In a whistle stop week on the Journey of Discovery, a trip to Chernobyl was the haunting highlight of a route intersecting all the intriguing urban hubs of Eastern Europe […]

Keith Adams The Pride of Longbridge will be running for the seventh time in 2012, and promises to be bigger and better than ever. This year’s gathering at Cofton Park, […]

Keith Adams Back to the using the SD1 as my daily hack, and despite the driving position, which is increasingly annoying me, I am enjoying using the car in a […]

Despite being well into the autumn of his life, Keith Adams had made it until the beginning of 2012 without setting foot in the USA. However, the past couple of […]

Vauxhall is again supporting this year’s annual classic car celebration and will open its Heritage Centre to mark ‘Drive it Day’. The doors will open between 10am and 4pm on […]

Keith Adams The strangely-named MINI Paceman concept – unveiled last year – represents another possible niche for the company to enter. A sporting coupe variant of the existing Countryman looks […]

Jaguar Land Rover is creating another 1000 new jobs at its Halewood Operations manufacturing facility, near Liverpool in the UK. The new positions, which will support the on-going significant demand […]