Month: August 2012

Once again, the significance and importance of the Mini has been recognised by car enthusiasts from around the world – withAutocar magazine’s poll to find the greatest British car of […]

Words: Clive Goldthorp Photographs: BTCC Media Office A slightly-depleted field of 19 entries headed up to Knockhill, near Dunfermline for the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship’s (BTCC) twentieth annual […]

Trident, will display its all-new Iceni at Salon Privé 2012, held at West London’s Syon Park from 5-7 September. The Iceni’s uses Trident’s patented Torque Multiplication technology to deliver a […]

Words: Keith Adams Photographs: Michael Hayward After a couple of weeks spent languishing in the office car park, it seemed only fair to pull the Rover 75 from under its […]

Remember Spencer Haze, the time travelling private eye? James Ruppert’s popular creation is back, and available in book form… You might remember Spencer Haze from the brilliant 4Car website. He […]

The Land Rover Freelander has received a package of updates for 2013, which its maker hopes will maintain the popularity of its core model range in the post-Evoque era. The […]

Mark Mastrototaro has decided to take the plunge and put a new MG6 on his driveway. He’s no blind MG6 fanboy, though, and goes in with his eyes open, promising […]

Keith Adams So, there we are – the BMC 1100 has now passed the magic half century. And doesn’t it still look fantastic? I’m going to go out on a […]

The Association of Car Enthusiasts is encouraging people to make themselves heard in opposing EU-wide MoT legislation that could hinder drivers who want to modify their cars. We recently broke […]

The newest member of the AROnline family, John Slavin, has put his money where his mouth is, and bought an Austin Allegro. And the bonding process is already taking place… […]

Richard Kilpatrick’s SLK decides that wet weather, rubbish tyres and motorways are far too great a risk, and becomes a little lethargic… Not long after getting the SLK, and throwing […]

Richard Kilpatrick reckons we’re in a golden age of affordable open-tops… And here’s why Back in the ‘80s, one of the photographers working at our studio was a properly keen […]

Keith Adams If you’re one of those very lucky people who own a 21st century Jaguar, you’ll be interested to learn that Rimmer Bros – the Rover and Triumph parts […]

Keith Adams I’ve just returned from a wonderful week offline. After what has been a crazy eight months of 2012, travelling all over the world (and I am certainly not […]

Following in the footsteps of legendary New Zealander Burt Munro, a team of Kiwis have smashed a world speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah and confirmed their […]

Andrew Elphick London Taxis International’s parent company Manganeze Bronze issued a rather worrying press release signalling the loss of nearly £4m. Or in simple layman’s terms very nearly 122 complete […]

Warren Loveridge The phone rang late last night. It was a tip-off. A visitor from out-of-town, travelling in his latest toy. I might like to come and look in the […]

McLaren has uncovered a one-off concept car called the X-1 at the The Quail – an exclusive gathering at the Monterey Auto Week. The X-1 is based on the 12C, […]

Original Story: John Coles – Sun on Sunday Rover’s little feel good saloon as we all know, was a massive success for the Austin Rover Group from 1984 through to […]

Mike Humble tells the story of the hugely influential Leyland Marathon The start of the fightback Adapting to market changes – and fast After all the trials and tribulations over […]

Jemma Hawtry Would you believe it, its been just over two years since I bought my Renault Safrane for £500 and there have been a few (expensive) visits to the […]