Month: May 2014

Production of the the Hindustan Ambassador, one of the very last classic cars you can buy new, has been halted due to financial issues caused by poor demand in a ‘stuttering’ […]

The year of 1997 brought the arrival of two new MINI concept cars on the scene – first the ACV30 (for Anniversary Concept Vehicle – 30 years on from the ’67 […]

Keith Adams Hagerty, the classic car insurers, will host the inaugural Festival of the Unexceptional, a tribute to cars from ‘an utterly undistinguished era’ – the 1970s to mid-1980s – […]

The MINI Superleggera Vision Concept has made its debut at the world-famous Concours d’Elegance at Villa d’Este – a classic car event that, during recent years, has become a popular […]

This weekend’s Eastnor Land Rover Show will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Land Rover Discovery with a very special model – the very first off the production line in 1989 […]

Rauno Aaltonen and the Mini Cooper S will be starring on the Goodwood Festival of Speed’s Forest Rally Stage on 26-29 June. The flying Finn, who won the 1967 Monte Carlo […]

Keith Adams A week is a long time in politics – and it’s a lifetime online – so, as AROnline moves into its 12th year, I think it’s safe to say […]

Keith Adams Camouflaged Jaguar XE mules have been doing the rounds for a few months now, but this official image released by the company strips away a little bit more […]

LC10 was a conventional family hatchback in every sense of the word, and followed industry standard thinking in terms of mechanical layout. However, because of internal politics, lack of resources […]

Andrew Elphick The Land Rover Discovery Vision Concept first broke cover a month ago – on an aircraft carrier, in the middle of the sea, as you do. However, fast-forward […]

Keith Adams Sir Jack Brabham, three-times Formula 1 World Driver’s Champion, has died aged 88, following a long battle with liver disease. Brabham remains the only F1 driver to win […]

You’ve seen the photoshops and the styling proposals, but here for the first time are the images that all Maestro and Montego fans have been waiting for. Thanks to Roy […]

The industry norm for the mid-1980s was for a car design to last about three-to-four years before it received its first facelift. In the case of the Maestro, the first […]

Part of a three-pronged attack on the medium car sector, the LM11 was to be BL’s new mid-sized saloon, based heavily on the upcoming LM10 (nee LC10). LM11 was originally […]

The replacement for the Austin-Healey 3000 never took off, thanks in part to a poor press launch, says Keith Adams. First published in The Independent, 4 July 2006. Classic boo-boo […]

Work on a new MG sports car was a running theme within Austin Rover and the Rover from 1984 onwards. The success of the MG “M” models had kept the […]

Ian Nicholls In the series ‘British Leyland – The Grand Illusion’, I argued that the sales success of the Mini and the BMC 1100/1300 (ADO16) encouraged motor industry executives, the Government […]

Mike Humble When there is nothing on the box I love nothing more than to trawl through the on-line car adverts with a big mug of hot sweet tea. The […]

Mike Humble A little while ago, I added a scribe telling you all of the project 75 that was sold to a couple in Suffolk and about how it had […]

The 2010 Rover 3500 Anyone thinking that the Design Team at Longbridge lacked an understanding of Rover’s rich history should be reassured – and saddened – by these images. Reassured because […]

Ford is creating a new, state-of-the-art, training facility on its existing site in Daventry, Northamptonshire, as part of a multi-million pound investment. The new site will merge the capabilities of two […]