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Month: January 2014

Rover 200/25/MG ZR

Your Cars : Tony Turner’s Rover 25 GTI

29 January 2014 admin 20

Now you see it… Tony Turner explains how a Rover 25 GTI came into his life. Well, it was all my late wife’s fault – when she was still around, […]

Nissan

News : Nissan’s London Taxi to be assembled in Coventry

29 January 2014 admin 24

Dan Powell Nissan has announced that the NV200 London Taxi will be built in Coventry. The cabs will be assembled by Exhall-based ADV Manufacturing at a new plant as part […]

MG Motor UK

News : MG6 starts plying its trade as a taxi

28 January 2014 Keith Adams 35

The first MG6 to be licensed as a taxi in the UK has just begun to ply its trade in Barton-upon Humber, introduced by new taxi firm: Barton 1V. Simon […]

MG Motor UK

News : MG CS and MG5 caught testing in China

28 January 2014 Keith Adams 14

Keith Adams For readers in the UK, 2013 and 2014 will be all about the MG3. However, in China, where the product plan is usually running a couple of years ahead, […]

Opinion

Blog : 20 years ago – when BMW bought Rover

28 January 2014 Keith Adams 69

I know it sounds a little bit sad, but I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news. I was on a break at work, in the rest […]

Opinion

Blog : 20 years ago – when BMW bought Rover

28 January 2014 Keith Adams 70

Keith Adams I know it sounds a little bit sad, but I remember exactly where I was when I heard the news. I was on a break at work, in […]

AROnline

Events : Report – InterClassics & TopMobiel Maastricht

24 January 2014 Alexander Boucke 0

With the year less than a month old and most New Year resolutions still on track, AROnline visited one of the first classic car shows of the year. Does it […]

Opinion

Technician’s Update : A shot blast from the past

24 January 2014 Mike Humble 31

Mike Humble Facebook and other social media sites are fascinating things. I wouldn’t say I live on them, night-and-day, as some do, but I do frequent and – on the whole […]

AROnline News

News : UK car manufacturing enjoys a bumper 2013

23 January 2014 Keith Adams 19

Keith Adams It’s great news for the UK motor industry, as the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has confirmed that car production rose 3.1% in 2013 to surpass […]

Jaguar Land Rover

News : Jaguar XK range gets special editions

22 January 2014 Keith Adams 6

David Ross Jaguar has introduced two new special edition XK models. The XK Signature (luxury) and XK Dynamic R (performance) are priced at £54,950 and £69,950 respectively with the first […]

Vauxhall Astra was a rebadged Opel Kadett
Astra

Unsung Heroes : Vauxhall Astra Mk1

22 January 2014 Keith Adams 102

Keith Adams continues AROnline‘s series devoted to celebrating the great and the good that used to be familiar UK street furniture. Who remembers the Astra Mk1, a blisteringly capable, fun-to-drive […]

Opinion

Blog : Disco fever

21 January 2014 Keith Adams 27

Sam Mace Before Crossovers were in vogue, the term ‘Multi Purpose Vehicle’ was banded around in the media, I think, a little too carelessly. The first car to be branded […]

Does the 75 1.8 pass the bangernomics acid test? - We think so.
Buying Guide

Buying Guide : Rover 75

20 January 2014 Keith Adams 64

Rover’s bargain 75 offers class, refinement and ability for not much money. Richard Dredge gives you the low-down on the front wheel drive models… Availability Years produced: 1999-2005 Body style: […]

Mike's Rover 214SLi

Our Cars : Mike’s Rover 214SLi

20 January 2014 Mike Humble 14

These boots are made for driving From the outside, the only visual aspect of my R8 214 that I have never got used to are the spindly 14-inch wheels, shod […]

Consul/Zephyr/Zodiac

Blog : The 1950s – gloom and anticipation of the new world order

18 January 2014 Martyn Kelham 41

For the third in his ‘Decades’ series of blogs, AROnline‘s very own Wolseley Man, Martyn Kelham, moves forward a decade and recalls his very personal memories of the days rebuilding […]

Jaguar Land Rover

News : Jaguar’s Ian Callum honoured in Detroit

17 January 2014 Keith Adams 15

Few would disagree with the view that the F-Type is one of the most beautiful designs to emerge from Jaguar in a very long time – the new sports car […]

AROnline News

News : New Metrocab to go zero on emissions

16 January 2014 admin 10

Andrew Elphick ‘Designed, engineered and built in Britain,’ declared Frazer-Nash at the launch of its new taxi challenger, the Metrocab. The old Metrocab, you might recall, was a composite-clad rival […]

Opinion

Blog : An American ally for Guy in Shanghai?

15 January 2014 Clive Goldthorp 37

Clive Goldthorp Every Automotive Industry executive and petrolhead in the world will have their eyes on the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit this week. However, while Kia […]

Jaguar Land Rover

News : Jaguar Land Rover celebrates record sales in 2013

12 January 2014 Keith Adams 37

Keith Adams A case of Land Rover – good; Jaguar – must try harder, though… Jaguar Land Rover has beaten its own record and had the best year yet in terms of sales. Total […]

Videos

Video : BL – The Quality Connection

10 January 2014 Keith Adams 55

Keith Adams Back in the mid-1970s, British Leyland’s humiliating and very public fall from grace was all-but complete. The corporation may have been created on a tidal wave of optimism […]

MINI

News : MINI seeking 160 apprentices for 2014

9 January 2014 Keith Adams 10

MINI is looking for around 160 young people to take up apprenticeships through its company and dealership schemes in 2014. The new recruits will join over 400 existing apprentices currently […]

Nissan

News : Nissan Qashqai wins What Car? CoTY 2014

9 January 2014 Keith Adams 22

What Car?  has named the British designed, developed and manufactured Nissan Qashqai as its Car of the Year 2014. The 37th annual What Car? Awards were held at the Grosvenor […]

Jaguar Land Rover

News : JLR announces 600 new job vacancies

9 January 2014 admin 17

Dan Powell Jaguar Land Rover has begun its recruitment drive to employ 600 workers for its new engine manufacturing plant near Wolverhampton. JLR is investing more than £500 million in […]

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