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Month: April 2014

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The most iconic car shapes and what makes them truly stand out

30 April 2014 Keith Adams 27

Distinguishable by their features and outlines alone, these cars need no introduction. Here we discuss what it is that makes them so instantly recognisable. What do two Brits, two Germans […]

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Drive Story : Rover 800 and Audi 100

30 April 2014 Keith Adams 45

We’ve read the stories a million times before – pampered journo flies to Modena, picks up a supercar, wafts it across the Alps and on to Blighty. Gushing, worshipping prose […]

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Events

News : Cowley celebrates Montego 30th with a VIP

29 April 2014 Keith Adams 13

Words: Dave Richards Photography: Dave Richards and Tanya Field On 27 April members of the Maestro & Montego Owners Club met at MINI Plant Oxford for their Drive It Day gathering, but the […]

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News : Vauxhall Vivaro makes world debut in Birmingham

29 April 2014 Keith Adams 28

Vauxhall has debuted the new British-built Vivaro van at the Commercial Vehicle Show in Birmingham. The new Vivaro continues the excellent record being built-up by the UK’s most productive van plant, where nearly […]

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History : When Alex Moulton tried to advise Spen King

28 April 2014 Keith Adams 10

Keith Adams This wonderful vignette of a fertile, tumultuous and ultimately forlorn piece of British Leyland history has come to me directly from the archive of Dr Alex Moulton. In […]

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News : China’s Landwind copies the Evoque

28 April 2014 Keith Adams 41

Keith Adams Is this a new Range Rover Evoque derivative we don’t yet know about? According to the Car News China website, Chinese company Jiangling Motor Holding Co., Limited (JMH) has filed a patent for […]

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Opinion

Blog : Happy 30th birthday, Montego

26 April 2014 Keith Adams 59

Oh, how time flies! The cold realisation that today marks the 30th Anniversary of the launch of the Austin Montego hits home just how time’s moved on – and how, if […]

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Blog : Happy 30th birthday, Montego

26 April 2014 Keith Adams 73

Keith Adams Oh, how time flies! The cold realisation that today marks the 30th Anniversary of the launch of the Austin Montego hits home just how time’s moved on – […]

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Opinion

Sales Talk : Only needs a re-gas!

26 April 2014 Mike Humble 17

Mike has pony burning a hole in his pocket for the next project car… the chase is on! Well… the chase… is on. But this time I don’t have the […]

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Constructor

Blog : Lights! Cameras! AROnline!

25 April 2014 Mike Humble 19

Mike Humble As you know, here at AROnline we are not adverse to scooping the odd story here and there. Readers will be aware that I am currently mid way […]

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Opinion

Blog : Hard shoulder hazard for classics

22 April 2014 admin 28

Andrew Elphick On a long trip in your classic, the one thing you cross your fingers over is the threat of failing to proceed. It happens to us all at some […]

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News : 3800-mile ERA Mini Turbo at auction this weekend

22 April 2014 Keith Adams 7

It’s not often that a ERA Mini Turbo comes to open market – so, when we saw this one, we had to draw it to your attention. It goes on […]

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Opinion

Blog : Loving the New Bus for London

20 April 2014 Keith Adams 50

Keith Adams If you’ve not been in London for a while, don’t particularly care for the big city, or haven’t been hooked into popular media for a couple of years, […]

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Blog : Loving the New Bus for London

20 April 2014 Keith Adams 50

Keith Adams If you’ve not been in London for a while, don’t particularly care for the big city, or haven’t been hooked into popular media for a couple of years, […]

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Facts and figures

Technician’s Update : The S-Express

20 April 2014 Mike Humble 7

Mike Humble It would be fair to say that I am never happier when I am covered in muck and oil – though a belly full of Lamb tikka pathia […]

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News : Electric MG Dynamo unveiled

17 April 2014 Keith Adams 37

The MG Dynamo concept has been unveiled, showing the company’s latest electric technology. The car, conceived as a rival to the Renault Zoe and Volkswagen E-up!, is a development of the Roewe E1, […]

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Opinion

Technician’s Update : An Anglian quad-cam caper!

15 April 2014 Mike Humble 10

Mike Humble As we walk skip or stumble along the path of life, we meet some interesting people along the way. Every profession has their own mavericks and oddballs, but […]

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Sales Talk : Just how did Rover survive for so long?

15 April 2014 Mike Humble 92

Mike Humble A good friend in the trade sells Hyundai, and has done for a good few years. He once quite recently said to me that, ‘wild horses wouldn’t drag […]

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News : Minder Daimler makes £15k at the Resto Show

15 April 2014 Keith Adams 2

Arthur Daley’s 1981 Daimler Sovereign from hit ITV show Minder sold to a happy new owner at Silverstone’s auction, held at the Restoration Show at the NEC in Birmingham on 12 April. […]

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News : Land Rover unveils Discovery Vision Concept

15 April 2014 Keith Adams 29

John Slavin Land Rover has revealed the Discovery Vision Concept in New York. It previews the upcoming Discovery family of vehicles due to appear from 2015, starting with a smaller Discovery […]

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MINI

Driven : MINI Cooper S

14 April 2014 Keith Adams 0

MINI can’t be accused of not knowing what it’s doing. Nor can you say that the company doesn’t know its customer base – so when you see that the latest […]

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Events

Events : Report – Pride of Longbridge 2014

13 April 2014 Keith Adams 32

Keith Adams After last year’s damp and rather cold Pride of Longbridge, 2014 marked a complete turn-around in fortunes for the premier BMC, Leyland, Triumph, Rover and MG show in […]

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News : For sale – 600-mile Rover 75

11 April 2014 Keith Adams 15

Keith Adams Reader Rainer Markert emailed in with this gem, which is currently on sale in Holland for the princely sum of €12,800 (£10,600 at current exchange rates) – a 2002 […]

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