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Month: June 2012

Events

Events : Goodwood Festival of Speed (days 1 and 2)

30 June 2012 Keith Adams 7

Words: Keith Adams Photography: Headline Auto The Goodwood Festival of Speed has been running – and growing – since the early 1990s, and since 2010, grew to incorporate the Thursday […]

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McLaren MP4-12C Spider
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News : McLaren MP4-12C drops its top

29 June 2012 Keith Adams 4

McLaren Automotive has announced its second model, the 620bhp, twin-turbo V8-engined, open roofed 12C Spider. The 12C Spider is based on the same super stiff carbonfibre MonoCell chassis as its […]

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The One Millionth Land Rover Discovery vehicle is on display at the Goodwood Festival of Speed (29 June – 1 July), where Land Rover are celebrating the ‘Journey of Discovery’ with a stand that replicates a JLR manufacturing facility and an experience area that is themed around the expedition.
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News : Journey of Discovery makes a million!

29 June 2012 Keith Adams 0

The Land Rover ‘Journey of Discovery’ has raised £1million for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Mark Cameron, Land Rover Global Brand Experience Director, presented […]

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Jaguar leads JD Power in 2012
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News : Jaguar named number one by JD Power

27 June 2012 Keith Adams 22

The 2012 UK Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study was based on the evaluations of nearly 18,000 owners after an average of two years ownership. Every aspect of vehicle ownership was rated […]

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The Rootes Group head office in London
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Gallery : Rootes dealers and factories

26 June 2012 Keith Adams 22

Keith Adams   Thanks to Shahin of the PaykanHunter website (and regular of Autoshite), who put in some serious hours scanning a selection of amazing transparencies, we now have further […]

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Silverstone Auctions' 1960 Mini is up for sale in July
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Auction watch : 1960 Mini under the hammer

26 June 2012 admin 11

A 1960 Austin Seven 850, with 2600 miles on the clock and with virtually every component an original, up for auction at the Silverstone Classic Sale on 21 July. Not […]

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News : Plato takes his 70th BTCC victory at Croft

26 June 2012 Clive Goldthorp 1

Words: Clive Goldthorp Photographs: BTCC Media Office MG KX Momentum Racing’s Jason Plato took his 70th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) win in Round 15 of this season’s campaign at […]

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Citroen XM or Rover 75? Which would you have?
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Blog : Citroën XM or Rover 75… or both?

25 June 2012 Keith Adams 53

Keith Adams They say great cars – just like buses – come along in threes, and in a way, it looks like this might be happening at AROnline Towers. First, […]

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Events

Events : Around the show at MGLive! 2012

24 June 2012 Mike Humble 20

We love a good car show at AROnline and last weekend’s MGLive! at Silverstone proved to be both a brilliant tribute to the past and an eye-opener for current and future MG affairs. […]

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MINI for the small businessman...
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News : MINI Clubvan rolls-up for business

23 June 2012 Keith Adams 34

Possibly the most sensible MINI variant to date is launched, following its warm reception at the Geneva. The Clubvan’s arrival leaves just the pick-up to come… Making its global premiere […]

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Events

Events : Best of British Show launched

22 June 2012 Keith Adams 1

Carol Vorderman, Bomber Command Memorial Patron, prepared for The Queen’s unveil of the Bomber Command Memorial today by attending the Best of British Show launch at Cotswold Airport, Gloucestershire for […]

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Events : Cholmondeley Pageant of Power 2012

21 June 2012 Clive Goldthorp 0

Words and Photographs: Simon Davies/Pegasus Photographics ‘Here we go again’ was the thought which came to mind when looking at the weather forecast for the coming weekend’s Cholmondeley Pageant of Power on BBC […]

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Bowler and Land Rover
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News : Bowler and Land Rover join forces… finally!

21 June 2012 admin 18

Land Rover and Bowler, the UK-based manufacturer of all-terrain performance cars and rally raid vehicles, have agreed to a brand partnership, formalising a relationship that has been in place for […]

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News : Backbone of Britain breaks cover

20 June 2012 Keith Adams 64

Andrew Elphick Finally, Ford’s new Transit Custom has broken cover away from the halogen spotlights of the show circuit. Ford whetted the appetite of ‘White van person’ (we’re very politically […]

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Lynx Eventer for sale at Artcurial
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Auction Watch : The Le Mans Eventer

20 June 2012 Keith Adams 10

Keith Adams It’s not often we see a Lynx Eventer – the sublime shooting brake conversion of the Jaguar XJ-S – in the wild, especially on the auction circuit. So […]

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Blog : In the MG world, the Chinese understand Britishness better

20 June 2012 Jack Yan 18

Jack Yan Take a car range that’s not selling too well, and try to pull the patriotic heart-strings to see if you can move a few. Trouble is, this advert […]

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News : MGs fall-out in Qatar

19 June 2012 Keith Adams 15

Words: Keith Adams Photography: Nigel Garton It looks like a scene from 28 Days Later, but this astonishing line-up of 50 MGs is actually what looks like an abandoned cache […]

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Haynes manuals are now online
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Products : Haynes manuals online

19 June 2012 admin 2

Haynes has launched a new online service for its DIY car manuals. The 50 biggest-selling guides – covering cars like the Ford Fiesta and Vauxhall Astra – can now be […]

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Concepts and prototypes

Concepts and protoypes : Land Rover Discovery

18 June 2012 Keith Adams 19

Project Jay was a vitally important programme for Land Rover – it was to create a intermediate model range that sat between the Range Rover and Defender, and fight the […]

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Vauxhall's UK-built Astra receives a mid-life facelift for a sharper look.
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News : Astra range gets a smart new look

18 June 2012 Keith Adams 15

These are the first official pictures of the revised British-built Astra Hatch and Sports Tourer, along with the latest addition to the GTC range, the 193bhp BiTurbo diesel model. Available […]

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Vauxhall 30/98 at the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power
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Events : Vauxhall 30/98’s victory at Cholmondley

18 June 2012 Keith Adams 1

Vauxhall Motors’ debut at the Cholmondley Pageant of Power resulted in an overall win in the Classic Pre-War Cars regularity class for its 1926 OE-type 30/98 Velox Tourer, and a […]

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Essays: Why we love the… Saab 900 Turbo

16 June 2012 Mike Humble 30

Another personal insight to those cars that tickle the fancy and stimulate the soul. Mike Humble tells us why the Saab 900 seems so right when so much of it […]

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Concepts and prototypes

Concepts : MINI Rocketman revisited

15 June 2012 Keith Adams 2

The MINI Rocketman Concept caused quite a stir at the Geneva Motor Show 2011. The 3+1-seater, with its three doors and an exterior length of just over three metres, offers […]

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