The Best of AROnline : Back to Yorkshire in a Vauxhall Cavalier
Back in 2011, Keith Adams took a 1980 Vauxhall Cavalier – the best car of its type – on an emotional trip up North, and realised just how much things […]
Back in 2011, Keith Adams took a 1980 Vauxhall Cavalier – the best car of its type – on an emotional trip up North, and realised just how much things […]
In 2003, Keith Adams and Declan Berridge drove this lovely, early 1100 to Bradford-on-Avon to meet the technical genius behind its brilliant Hydralastic suspension, Dr Alex Moulton. It was clearly […]
In 2011, the Longbridge Flight Shed was demolished to make way for new housing development. Robert Leitch paid an emotional and insightful tribute to the iconic building that proved central to […]
This past year has certainly seen some notable birthdays and anniversary’s, some joyous and some more heart-breaking. Mike Humble ploughs through the memory banks and shares some past events… Well, if Millicent […]
Back in 2013, Richard Truett racked up 2600-plus miles in his factory-standard Triumph TR8 EFI in an epic north and south journey from Detroit to Florida – and back. Along the […]
Back in 2002, Keith Adams spent the afternoon with Spen King, in order to discuss the working life and times of an engineering great. The subjects covered ranged from gas turbine engines to modern car safety, via the destruction of British Leyland. Now, it’s a more relevant read than ever. […]
Back in 2004, Keith Adams, Declan Berridge and Alexander Boucke joined the ultimate rally for ‘wage slaves’, Staples2Naples. They took a free Rover 216GTI 16V from the East Midlands to […]
Britain’s last commercially-operated fleet of Leyland Constructor tippers have been officially retired from front line duty at Tilbury ‘B’ Power Station in Essex. But wait, do we hear a curtain call of […]
Keith Adams You know when you’re getting old when it feels like the gaps between Christmases get increasingly short. But I guess, in the case of the AROnline seasonal message, it’s probably […]
The first production Morgan Aero 8 was completed last week, and to mark the occasion Steven Ward recalls his interview company bosses Steve Morris and Jonathan Wells at the Geneva motor show earlier this year. […]
It’s a cold hard truth but, the cheaper the car, the higher risk of punter tends to buy it. Mike Humble explains why in the last Sales Talk tale of 2015… Peugeot’s formidable […]
It’s been a while since I had an update on here about my cars. There’s been a bit of a change-around, with the main change in circumstance being moving on my old MINI First, and replacing it with a surprisingly good front-wheel drive Land Rover Freelander. […]
Here we go with another of Mike Humble’s coffee-break recollections relating to some automotive mayhem on a slightly larger scale, although this one does have a tenuous link to BMC>MGR… […]
Learning of Keith Adams’ recent disappointment with the Rover 800 series after a very revealing drive comes as no surprise to me. One aspect of ‘Heritage’ that passed from the Rover SD1 to the 800-series was a lack of dimensional accuracy of the body and sub assemblies. This was despite Harold Musgrove vehemently thumping the table when he told audiences of how the 800-series’ Body-In-White engineering was better than that of its closest rival – Audi’s 100. […]
Keith Adams I must admit that, in my current role editing Classic Car Weekly and launching Modern Classics magazine (get your copy from WH Smith’s now – advert ends), I’ve rather taken my […]
Jaguar Land Rover has scored its best-yet November retail sales. It sold 46,547 vehicles, up 27 per cent on November 2014. The company has sold 437,512 vehicles in the first 11 months of […]
With the show season now over, I thought I would share with you some of the pics I took in 2015 in Norfolk. Of particular interest is the white Ford Cortina MkI once owned by F1 designer Maurice Phillipe, and the rather nice Peugeot 205 of journalist Richard Gunn. Has anybody else out there got any images to show from their local classic car events? […]
MiniWorld Live promises to be even bigger and better than the debut event earlier this year, when it opens its doors on 10 July 2016. The initial event attracted hundreds of beautifully restored classics, […]
Mike Humble pays tribute to the Leyland Olympian chassis which celebrates 35 years since its introduction. After some technological flops such as the original National and problematic build issues like those associated […]
The final flowering of the Issigonis range, the 1800 was a large-scale Mini that failed to set the world alight. Yet these capable cars are readily affordable today. Ian Seabrook tells […]
Below are some pictures showing the development of ADO71 – or Diablo, as it was known in the early stages. Wedge development Slippery wedge… Three-box alternative Frontal treatments Interior designs
This William Towns-styled Metro-based, mid-engined roadster brought the concept behind the MGF to fruition some 10 years earlier… Looks pretty racy, too. Tracer fire… If you think the Tracer has a […]
The members of our Editorial Team have, over the years, been fortunate enough to see most of the cars featured on AROnline in the metal, but there are still some exceptions. That’s why being […]
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