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Month: February 2013

Defender

News : Land Rover unveils electric Defender for Geneva

28 February 2013 Keith Adams 16

Keith Adams Land Rover is unveiling seven new electric Defender models at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. The research vehicle’s standard diesel engine and gearbox have been replaced by a […]

Evoque

News : Range Rover Evoque gets nine-speeds

27 February 2013 Keith Adams 43

Land Rover is to show the first passenger car to be fitted with a nine-speed gearbox at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. The automatic gearbox, developed by ZF, will be […]

Car Reviews

First Drive : MINI Clubvan Cooper D

23 February 2013 Keith Adams 66

Keith Adams takes a trip to Reims in France to see if the Clubvan makes a convincing case for itself as the ultimate lifestyle light commercial vehicle. And, of course, […]

AROnline

Commercial Vehicles : Your help needed

23 February 2013 Mike Humble 17

Mike Humble They say that time flies, and how true is that sentiment? This month marks the 20th anniversary of the collapse of Europe’s largest truck builder – Leyland DAF. Way […]

Keith's Renault 18

Our Cars : Renault 18 – 500 miles on

23 February 2013 Keith Adams 44

Keith Adams A few weeks back, and after much prevarication, I bought myself a lime green Renault 18TS. My rationale for buying such a car was simple – I wanted […]

AROnline News

News : Ashok Leyland to open R&D facility in the UK

23 February 2013 Mike Humble 28

Mike Humble/Bus and Coach magazine Ashok Leyland, the owner of Optare, is to open a Research and Development Centre at the MIRA Technology Park in Nuneaton, creating 30 jobs. The decision […]

Events

Events : We Made it, at the Birmingham Science Museum

22 February 2013 Keith Adams 19

It’s official – the Rover SD1 is a museum piece. It features in a new ‘We Made It – nuts, bolts, gadgets and gizmos’ exhibition has opened at the Think […]

Jaguar Land Rover

News : Range Rover L405 keeps on winning

22 February 2013 Keith Adams 12

The Range Rover L405 has notched up 10 international awards in the three months since production began. The world’s first aluminium SUV’s most recent honour came from the AUTOBEST group […]

Events

Events : Goodwood recycles its ‘waist’

21 February 2013 Keith Adams 1

The Goodwood Revival – along with the annual Festival of Speed and Glorious Goodwood – are the very first motor sport events in the world to successfully be certified to […]

Opinion

News : Britain’s oldest Toyota Carina E found

20 February 2013 Keith Adams 100

Toyota’s search for the earliest running example of the first model made at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK factory in Derbyshire has been a success. Mike Hoyland’s Carina E was […]

AROnline News

News : Sterling closes its doors for the last time

19 February 2013 Mike Humble 18

David Lyndon  After serving MG and Rover customers since December 2006, Sterling Automotive has been placed into administration and has ceased trading. Founded by Patrick Warner in Eastbourne, Sterling went […]

Opinion

Blog : Fancy an Austin Metro project?

19 February 2013 Keith Adams 18

Ben Oliver There’s a lid for every pot, as the saying goes. And we’re rather hoping you might be the ‘lid’ that saves this low-mileage Metro from being recycled into […]

Opinion

Blog : Horsegate now extends to MINI

18 February 2013 Keith Adams 39

Keith Adams A few days ago, we had the unfortunate case of MG Motor UK deciding that the current Horsemeat scandal that’s gripping Britain would be a great opportunity to […]

Opinion

Blog : Defender, but turned up to 11

16 February 2013 Keith Adams 24

Keith Adams Here’s an interesting visual and audio juxtaposition. If you end up playing the video below, please make sure your speakers are on high – because it comes with […]

Unsung Heroes

Unsung Heroes : Honda TN/Acty Van

16 February 2013 Mike Humble 74

Mike Humble The vehicle I have chosen for your delectation this time is for sure one of those ‘when did you last see one of those’ motors in every sense. […]

Our Cars

Our Cars : Rover 216GSi’s second Life

16 February 2013 Alexander Boucke 22

Today, our old Rover 216GSi starts into a new lease of life – hopefully a successful one… Words and photography: Alexander Boucke Three years and almost two months ago, the […]

AROnline News

News : Classics safer as ‘Scrap metal dealer’s bill’ is passed

13 February 2013 Keith Adams 20

Andrew Elphick New government regulations that introduce rigorous checks when scrapping a car will help stem the tide of classic car thefts sweeping across the nation. Thanks to the ‘Scrap […]

Opinion

Blog : My MINI misadventure

13 February 2013 Keith Adams 101

Jeremy Austin There’s been a lot of talk about MINI on here recently – and I thought it would be a good opportunity to get my ownership experience into the […]

Jaguar Land Rover

News : Jaguar Land Rover off to a flying start

12 February 2013 Keith Adams 19

Jaguar Land Rover sold 34,877 vehicles during the first month of 2013, an increase of 32% versus the same period last year. January sales were up across every major market […]

Vauxhall

News : Vauxhall posts first electric driving test pass

11 February 2013 Keith Adams 16

The UK’s first learner driver to complete the practical driving test in an electric vehicle has passed first time, driving a Vauxhall Ampera. Navdeep Singh, 18, from Hull, successfully drove […]

Keith's Renault 18

Our Cars : Renault 18 joins the fleet

10 February 2013 Keith Adams 64

Keith Adams One of the perks of writing about cars for a living is that I do get access to all manner of new ones to test and review. But […]

Auction Watch

News : Silverstone Auctions goes Jaguar crazy

10 February 2013 Keith Adams 2

Silverstone Auctions has five classic Jaguars – ranging from the 1950s to the ’70s – consigned for its Race Retro and Classic Car Sale at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. They will […]

Ant's MG6

Our Cars : Nothing to see here…

10 February 2013 Keith Adams 29

Business as usual Bought: July 2012 Mileage: 10,152 miles Actual economy:  36.9mpg After the maladies associated with my MG6 ownership experience, I’m delighted to report that the car hasn’t missed […]

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