Month: July 2012

Words and Photographs: Mike Humble While Keith Adams’ 75 Connoisseur seemingly continues to provide a comfy commute to work and back on a daily basis without sounding like a child’s Tommy […]

Simon Ford, www.simonscarspots.com Brown & Gammons has been synonymous with the Hertfordshire town of Baldock Since 1977. It started from humble beginnings to become one of the most respected names […]

Here at AROnline we love the ADO16 and long road trips – why not combine both? Alexander Boucke has some plans… As you will probably know the Morris 1100 was […]

A variation on a theme of our popular Unsung Heroes section. This time we pay respect to what was once ‘The biggest selling and biggest sized van in the UK’. […]

Words: Enda Mullen, Birmingham Post Photography: Matt Howell, Octane magazine More than 1100 new jobs are to be created at Jaguar as the car-maker gears up for its biggest expansion […]

Keith Adams spends a week behind the wheel of Ford’s astonishing 1.0-litre Focus EcoBoost – and wonders if this UK designed three-pot really does represent the beginning of the end […]

We love value for money purchases at AROnline, and no new car sums-up this philosophy so well as Dacia. John O’Sullivan tries one for size in Ireland, and comes away […]

They say Sherpa vans don’t quit… and neither do their drivers – well, here’s the proof. Vans from China’s biggest motor manufacturer are locked and loaded for launch in Australia […]

The UK’s automotive industry will be showcasing its products and talents at the Science Museum from 24 July as part of the six-week ‘Make it in Great Britain’ exhibition, celebrating the success […]

The ongoing saga of Keith Adams’ Rover 75’s K-Series engine looks set to be serialised into book form. Publishers are fighting over the rights to what promises to be a […]

Graeme Brown Indian industrialist Ratan Tata has transformed the fortunes of Jaguar Land Rover since taking over the firm in 2008. He speaks to Graeme Brown about the future of […]

Perhaps the best piece of opportunism MG Motor UK has come up with to date – the company is gatecrashing BMW’s party by supplying some of the Olympic athletes with […]

Which? has confirmed that the running costs of diesel cars can often outweigh their economy benefits, particularly after the cars pass three years old. Despite superior fuel economy and usually […]

Keith Adams July 1982. It’s a long time ago now. In fact, more than a generation distant from where we are now. Back then, the talk was of recession, the […]

A Texas man can finally end his 42-year search for his stolen 1967 Austin Healey sports car thanks to his persistence, a couple detectives and eBay. The City of Brotherly […]

Ant McGowan has put his money where his mouth is and is backing MG Motor UK, by taking delivery of a nearly new ‘6 from Scotland’s only MG dealer. We’ll […]

Want to smell like a Rover? Back in the 1990s, Rover Italia devised a product that allowed you to do just that. Words and photography: Christian Lamb The sweet smell […]

…or ADO16 to the aficionados For those, like me, who absolutely adore the BMC 1100/1300, it’s actually quite tough reconciling the fact that next month will mark the 50th birthday […]

Photography: Martin Bell One of the design team who worked on the original Mini has revealed how the revolutionary small car came about. John Sheppard spent 20 years working with […]

Ford Dagenham has passed the milestone of 40 million engines – enough to stretch 20,000 miles, or four fifths of the way around the globe, when placed end to end. […]

Wheel clamping without lawful authority will be banned in England and Wales from 1 October 2012, with anyone breaking the law facing criminal charges and a fine. Ban on wheel […]