Month: January 2014

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

It’s the 50th Anniversary of the Mini Cooper’s first Monte Carlo victory. A good time, then, for Ian Nicholls to chart the origins and production history of this car in […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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: […]

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 […]

You’d be hard-pressed to tell that the stunning Rapport Forté was based on the Jaguar XJ… Folding Jag Long before the likes of the Mercedes-Benz SLK and Peugeot 206CC had […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]