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Month: August 2014

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News : Leyland Trucks have a gas celebrating a milestone

31 August 2014 Mike Humble 15

Leyland Trucks has produced the 125,000th DAF LF at its state-of-the-art factory in Leyland, Lancashire. The vehicle was officially handed over by Ron Augustyn, Managing Director of Leyland Trucks and Ray […]

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News : Classic Motor Cars unveils Ian Callum’s Jaguar Mark 2 at opening of new premises

28 August 2014 Clive Goldthorp 28

A unique Jaguar Mark 2 re-designed by Ian Callum, Director of Design at Jaguar Cars, and re-engineered by leading restorers Classic Motor Cars Limited (CMC) has been unveiled at the […]

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Our Cars : Mike’s 214GSi – I’m not such a bright spark!

28 August 2014 Mike Humble 4

Mike Humble Well, after it’s first long run up to Peterborough and back for the BMC / BL rally I can say that the latest project car seems to be […]

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Events : Preview – Rover 200 (R8) Birthday Celebration at Gaydon

24 August 2014 Mike Humble 14

Mike Humble To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the launch of the Rover R8, the Rover 200 & 400 Owners Club, in conjunction with the Heritage Motor Centre’s Events Team, […]

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News : MG Motor UK says MG3 and MG6 90th Anniversary models are “selling like hot cakes”

20 August 2014 Clive Goldthorp 68

MG Motor UK has today said that the MG3 and MG6 90th Anniversary Limited Edition models “are selling like hot cakes, with most of the 90 vehicles already sold out.” The company has confirmed that, […]

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News : Land Rover reveals new Discovery Sport’s interior

20 August 2014 Clive Goldthorp 9

Land Rover has today revealed a first look inside the soon-to-be launched Discovery Sport with the release of a short film showing glimpses of the cabin design. The bold new […]

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News : Jaguar’s new XE to be better-connected by far…

19 August 2014 Clive Goldthorp 11

Jaguar has today issued the third in a series of four technology previews to be released during the launch of the all-new Jaguar XE and claims that the much-awaited new model […]

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News : Amazing SD3 unearthed…

18 August 2014 Craig Cheetham 12

Craig Cheetham Mind the cyclist, dear… because if you see this driving towards you, chances are you might take your eyes off the road for few moments… Cheshire Auto Promotions’ […]

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News : Fully Equipe-d… (and your chance to own a piece of Allegro history)

18 August 2014 Craig Cheetham 41

Craig Cheetham Allegro Equipes are like buses, then – and I’m not referring to the gearbox whine (even if my old Allegro 1750 did used to sound a lot like […]

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News : JLR to locate Special Vehicle Operations Technical Centre at Ryton

14 August 2014 Clive Goldthorp 13

Jaguar Land Rover has today announced that the company’s new Special Vehicle Operations Technical Centre will be located at Prologis Park, Ryton, near Coventry. The facility will be Jaguar Land Rover’s global […]

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News : Mystery Maestros…

11 August 2014 Craig Cheetham 21

Can anyone shed any light on this mysterious Maestro spotted by Mark Graham in the car park of Guildford railway station on Friday August 8th? Assuming it’s a British-built example […]

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Our Cars : Meet the Fleet No.3 – MG ZS 180

11 August 2014 Craig Cheetham 15

Craig Cheetham Okay, so there are quite a few of these to go through – indeed, until I sat down and worked it out for this very purpose, I’d lost […]

Car Reviews

First Drive : Jaguar XF-R

11 August 2014 Mike Humble 15

Mike Humble gets to grips with Jaguar’s latest XF performance flagship. Lucky beggar – here’s what he made of it…  The current XF and XJ have been with us for […]

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Our Cars : Friends re-united at the Peterborough BMC Rally

5 August 2014 Mike Humble 4

Mike Humble Another year… another show, and this time it was the BMC and BL Rally at Nene Park in Peterborough. This particular event is one is one I have […]

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Events : Report – BMC/BL Rally & Spares Day (and some warm-weather Woollarding…)

4 August 2014 Craig Cheetham 15

Craig Cheetham Over 40 years separated the oldest and newest cars displayed by AROnline readers at last weekend’s BMC/BL Rally in Peterborough, with a varied array of old and new(ish) […]

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Events : Vauxhall Heritage Centre’s Open Day showcases historic models

4 August 2014 Jack Yan 15

Jack Yan Vauxhall will show its private collection of historic cars at its Heritage Centre’s Open Day on Sunday, 24th August, from 10:00am to 4:00pm. The cars date from 1903 […]

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