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Month: July 2016

AROnline News

News : Bristol Bullet unveiled

30 July 2016 Keith Adams 41

The Bristol Bullet is a new sports car which combines classic styling and high-tech gadgets, and could be yours for around £250,000 when it goes on sale next year. It’s powered […]

Triumph TR7/TR8

Video : The closure of the Speke factory

30 July 2016 Keith Adams 41

Keith Adams The closure of the Speke factory in 1978 made national news. It was a make or break situation for BL, as it was an unproductive factory, suffering from terrible […]

Auction Watch

News : Sir William Lyons’ Jaguar MkX goes to auction

30 July 2016 Keith Adams 20

The 1961 Jaguar MkX owned by Sir William Lyons, founder of Jaguar, will be sold at auction later this year at Silverstone Auctions’ Salon Privé Sale, held at Blenheim Palace on […]

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Advert of the week : British Leyland

28 July 2016 Keith Adams 19

Keith Adams Don’t let it be said that national stereotyping is a predominantly British pass time. This European effort (shown in Germany as well as, possibly, Austria and Switzerland) advertising […]

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Our Cars : Keith’s Calibra – welcome to a new coupe?

21 July 2016 Keith Adams 61

Keith Adams Just a quick addition to the site, and one that I hope will back up my recent assertion in a blog that, in many ways, the affordable motor […]

Events

Events : Preview – BMC/BL Rally, Peterborough

20 July 2016 Mike Humble 8

Mike Humble Well, it’s here again, folks. The BMC/BL Rally at Ferry Meadows, Peterborough on Sunday 7 August. As the show season slowly starts to wane, this epic gathering of […]

Mike's Rover 416 GSI

Our Cars : Mike’s 416 – torque about speaking too soon

20 July 2016 Mike Humble 6

Mike Humble’s Rover 416 seemed to be rolling along quite merrily and without so much as a problem – or rather it was. What initially seemed quite terminal turned out to be […]

Coffee-Break Memories

Coffee Break Memories : Type B or not Type B – that is the question!

20 July 2016 Mike Humble 14

Mike Humble shares more motoring mayhem from a few years ago. This one really did cause one or two moments of frustration. Didn’t you know this kind of caper is how his hair […]

Fiesta

News : Ford celebrates 40 years of the Fiesta

18 July 2016 Keith Adams 51

The Ford Fiesta has hit 40 and, to celebrate, 40 of the nation’s favourite Fiestas travelled in convoy from the Ford Engine Plant in Dagenham to Brighton Racecourse for the […]

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Advert of the Week : Rover 800

11 July 2016 admin 15

Turn up your Sony Trinitron, un-pause your Ferguson Videostar and enjoy this prime slice of 1980s nostalgia. 10 July 1986 was the launch date of the Rover 800 and, as […]

Opinion

Blog : Rover 800@30 – Genesis

11 July 2016 admin 7

From the News archive 12 November 1981 Today in Tokyo, BL and Honda announced that they had reached an initial agreement to design and develop a car, code-named Project XX. […]

Raise a glass to

Raise a glass to : 30 years of the Rover 800

10 July 2016 David Morgan 26

The Rover 800 Series was a game-changer in so many ways for the Austin Rover Group. David Morgan reminisces about its importance in raising the profile of both the company […]

Opinion

Blog : British Motor Holdings, 50 years on

4 July 2016 Ian Nicholls 33

Fifty years ago today, BMC and Jaguar joined forces to become British Motor Holdings. We bring you the transcript from the original press conference, launching the deal. […]

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News : Evoque clocks up half million

4 July 2016 admin 30

The Range Rover Evoque celebrated its fifth year of production at Halewood. With more than half a million sold globally in more than 180 countries since 2011, it’s Land Rover’s greatest sales success […]

Jaguar

Driven : Jaguar XE S 3.0 V6 335bhp

3 July 2016 Keith Adams 68

The Jaguar XE has already established itself as a front-running challenger in the company car market, taking sales from the Audi A4, BMW 3 Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class in a way that […]

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Unbelievably, the Metro Cooper was not offered as a ‘factory-backed’ conversion, even though it came with a blue-chip pedigree. However, there was a good reason why John Cooper Garages ended […]

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