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Month: December 2012

Keith's Xantia

Blog : 2012 – Goodbye to all that!

31 December 2012 Mike Humble 11

Mike Humble Well, as ‘er indoors braves the gale force winds and driving rain on a step ladder removing those outside illuminated decorations from the front bay window – bless […]

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Austin Allegro launched today
Opinion

Blog : Happy New Year! And anniversaries galore

31 December 2012 Keith Adams 14

Keith Adams The beginning of a New Year represents the opportunity to look forwards, and make resolutions. I’ve made a few, but am likely not to keep to any of […]

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Bertone

Concepts and prototypes : Bertone Jaguar Ascot

30 December 2012 Keith Adams 13

Keith Adams For the 1977 Turin Show, Bertone unveiled the sensationally wedgy Jaguar XJ-S based Ascot. Choosing to create a Jaguar-based concept has always been fraught with difficulties for the […]

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Opinion

Blog : Is the Lion an endangered species?

28 December 2012 Mike Humble 122

Mike Humble Only yesterday as I was trudging round the shops in that post Christmas bargain search, another sign of the ‘motoring times’ came to remind me about the critically […]

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Austin Ambassador: not a Y-reg...
Opinion

Blog : The 10 most popular blogs of 2012

27 December 2012 Keith Adams 0

Keith Adams During 2012, a fair number of new contributors joined the small band of bloggers on AROnline. It was nice to see some new names appear, many of whom […]

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AROnline News

News : The 10 most popular news stories of 2012

27 December 2012 Keith Adams 2

Keith Adams It’s been the site’s busiest year so far – with more pages added, and more visitors coming to read them than ever before. If nothing else, it proves […]

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Marketplace

News : Delivery miles Rover 75 V8 for sale

27 December 2012 Keith Adams 51

Keith Adams It’s good to see that the ‘delivery miles’ cars from MG Rover’s past are still being unearthed, and offered for sale. This Rover 75 V8, currently on offer […]

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Technician's Update

Technician’s Update : Clutching the money…

25 December 2012 Mike Humble 12

Mike Humble Around this time of year, my hat goes off to the army of breakdown folk and mobile mechanics who sit in a lonely cab. Radio 2’s warbling in […]

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AROnline

Merry Christmas everyone!

23 December 2012 Keith Adams 21

Keith Adams It’s that time of the year again. Most people are settling down at home, presents are bought and wrapped, and the mulled wine is warming up on the […]

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Gallery

Gallery : AROnline Special Tuning 1 of 3

23 December 2012 Keith Adams 7

For your Christmas viewing pleasure. Andrew Elphick’s been busy with his scanner to bring you some quirky advertising taken from car magazines over the years. It’s a major trip down […]

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Gallery

Gallery : AROnline Special Tuning 2 of 3

23 December 2012 Keith Adams 2

For your Christmas viewing pleasure. Andrew Elphick’s been busy with his scanner to bring you some quirky advertising taken from car magazines over the years. It’s a major trip down […]

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Gallery

Gallery : AROnline Special Tuning 3 of 3

23 December 2012 Keith Adams 0

For your Christmas viewing pleasure. Andrew Elphick’s been busy with his scanner to bring you some quirky advertising taken from car magazines over the years. It’s a major trip down […]

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AROnline News

News : ‘Cogs’ voted the best car advert

22 December 2012 Keith Adams 29

Keith Adams Auto Express magazine recently held a poll on its website to find what its readers think is the best-ever car advert. The eponymous Cogs advert came out top […]

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Opinion

Blog : Okay MINI, please stop!

21 December 2012 Keith Adams 61

Keith Adams I like to think that AROnline is about as supportive as it comes when it comes to MINI, and its model development. The 2001 R50 generation MINI emerged […]

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Jaguar XJ leaves Castle Bromwich...
Opinion

Blog : Jaguar’s identity

21 December 2012 Keith Adams 45

Sam Mace The news that Jaguar decided to axe production of the C-X75 is hardly surprising, if still a little sad. A modern day XJ220 is a tantalizing prospect, if […]

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Opinion

Blog : Steven Ward’s AROnline Car of the Year…

20 December 2012 Keith Adams 28

Steven Ward, AROnline’s some-time man in the trade jumps the gun and awards Car of The Year to what was his own Fiat Coupé  – honorable veteran of two European […]

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AROnline News

News : Optare doubles revenue and reduces losses

20 December 2012 Mike Humble 23

  Optare sales revenue doubled in the six months to 30 September from £22.7m last year to £46.7m this year. In the six months the company reduced its pre-tax losses […]

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Opinion

Blog : We need to find a new AROnline-mobile

20 December 2012 Keith Adams 100

Keith Adams Well, it’s almost 2013, and it’s good to report that, by and large, I’ve stuck to my New Year’s resolution not to buy a silly amount of cars. […]

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MINI

News : MINI to celebrate the centenary of Cowley

19 December 2012 Keith Adams 44

MINI will be celebrating a centenary of car production at its factory in Oxford. BMW may call the factory ‘Plant Oxford’, but most car enthusiasts still refer to it as […]

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Advertorial

Advertorial : How old can my proof of No Claims Discount (NCD) be?

19 December 2012 Keith Adams 0

After fuel, car insurance is probably the number one cost of running a vehicle and, given the ever-increasing costs of insuring your car, saving money on cover is at the […]

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AROnline News

News : Infiniti confirms UK production

19 December 2012 Keith Adams 70

Keith Adams Infiniti will manufacture vehicles in Washington, United Kingdom. The company, which is part of Nissan, has announced that it will make a £250m investment into the factory in […]

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George Turnbull

Blog : 20 years on, let’s remember George Turnbull

14 December 2012 Keith Adams 23

Keith Adams More cruelty at the hands of the passage of time, I’m afraid. Next week marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of George Turnbull, who without doubt, was […]

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Astra

Our Cars : Keith’s Astra – bigger is better

14 December 2012 Keith Adams 44

Size really does matter Current mileage    12,905 Claimed economy    62.8mpg Actual economy    47.7mpg Regular readers will recall me giving my Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer a bit of a kicking for […]

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