Month: August 2013

Stephen Harper With all this talk about 1979 and the upheaval of British Leyland following the election of a new Government, I couldn’t help but wonder how things might have […]

Keith Adams On 26 August 1959, motoring history was made. Exactly 54 years ago, the first Mini was launched to the public and its creator, Sir Alexander Arnold Constantine Issigonis, […]

Sam Mace Are you into Touring Cars? If you answered yes, chances are you hotfooted it to your local newsagents when you heard about last week’s edition of Autosport. It’s […]

Keith Adams In 1980, BL’s terminal decline was arrested. Firstly, by the newly installed Conservative Government’s decision to back the company’s corporate plan by investing more than £100m and then […]

Mike Humble Leyland trucks had seen some revolutionary changes in the ’80s with the initial T45 Roadtrain launched in 1980. By 1986 the whole range comprised of the Roadrunner Freighter, […]

Land Rover has unviled the new Range Rover Hybrid and Range Rover Sport Hybrid models. They’re described by their maker as the world’s first premium diesel SUV hybrids – but, […]

Mike Humble   Friends reunited Out of the huge number of cars I’ve owned during the past 24 years, only a handful have tugged at the heartstrings when it’s been […]

Keith Adams Here’s proof, if it were ever needed, that one of the finest musical talents the world has ever seen had a great taste in cars – or, at […]

Keith Adams Here’s the best visual indication so far that the next generation MINI will be dropping its centre-mounted speedometer in favour of a more conventional item. These new images, […]

Keith Adams This year’s Frankfurt Motor Show looks like it’s going to be a hum-dinger for all those who love the thrill of the unveiling of new metal. We’ve already […]

Keith Adams In the dying days of Rover-Triumph as a separate entity within the company, in the lead-up to the association with Honda, BL’s prestige car division looked like it […]

To celebrate the launch of the new F-Type, Jaguar has launched its #YourTurnBritain campaign; inviting people to share photos that encapsulate the best of modern Britain through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram […]

Vauxhall will open its Heritage Centre to the public on Sunday 18 August as it celebrates its 110th birthday, giving everyone the chance to see its private collection of historic […]

James Ruppert If you didn’t enjoy Das Auto on BBC2 last weekend, I’m sorry. I may have been in it. The BBC may have extensively used my books, archive pictures […]

Keith Adams MINI has announced that the launch date for the F56-generation model will be 18 November, 107 years after Sir Alec Issigonis was born in Smyrna, or Turkish Izmir […]

David Ross, honestjohn.co.uk Could Lotus be on the up again? The news that the Norfolk-based sports car manufacturer is recruiting for 100 new roles is a hopeful sign that the […]

MoTs are there for a reason; to keep our roads, our vehicles and most importantly ourselves safe and are something that should never be overlooked. MoTs are simply in place […]

Keith Adams Well, it seems the boys from Top Gear managed to redeem themselves in some style on Sunday evening. There I was watching the episode unfold, when the subject […]

William Meek Don’t get excited, this blog isn’t about the Innocenti Regent or Mini de Tomaso. It’s actually about the situation the Italian car industry finds itself in right now. […]

Photography: BTCC Media Office MG KX Momentum Racing drivers Jason Plato and Sam Tordoff both experienced the highs and lows of motor racing in the sixth meeting of the 2013 […]

Andrew Elphick The German designer, famous for the Colt (Capri) Erika (1980 Escort) and Toni (Sierra) is no longer with us. Though Uwe classically trained at Hamburg’s Academy of Fine […]