Month: January 2018

Ever wondered how Austin Rover ended up with its iconic green and blue chevrons? Thanks to Declan Berridge, you now know. Enjoy! Branded history Further to recent discussion of the […]

The ADO70 Calypso, a sporting Mini prototype, was built by Michelotti as a proposed low-cost replacement for the MG Midget. Sadly, this promising idea was canned before it was evaluated […]

Alexander Boucke brings us the the best cars from the first big European classic car show in 2018. What’s your favourite car from Maastricht? The 25th annual InterClassics show in Maastricht marked an […]

Who says that off-roaders are all about the school-run and choking up city streets? The current-generation Range Rover L405 is in the running to be one of the best all-round […]

The MINI’s development story is a tale of politics, Anglo-German disagreements, and a brilliant end product. […]

Based largely on an interview with Jan Thoenes – formerly responsible for British Leyland International’s sales to European ‘Distributor’ markets, within Leyland International – Chris Cowin tells the oft-tragic story […]

The Triumph Lynx would form the basis of another sad BL story. It was a victim of lack of funds, but also the ongoing battle between Michael Edwardes and the […]

Was the Triumph Broadside one of the biggest missed opportunities of the British Leyland era? It was designed to take the best bits of the TR7 it was based on, […]

Are there any reasonably-priced 1970s classic cars left? It’s a conversation I have with myself many, many times in recent months. Given it’s BL50 year, it’s apposite that the answer […]

Land Rover launches a year-long celebration of its 70th birthday with a limited-edition high-performance version of the Defender called the Land Rover Defender Works V8 – 70th Limited. The car, […]

As part of the series marking 50 years of British Leyland, Keith Adams picks through the numbers and recalls the views of the major players, to describe fully the merger […]

In the BMC Board Files, Chris Cowin, author of British Leyland: Chronicle of a car crash, unearths the minutes of BMC’s secret Board meetings and finds that they contain an honest view of […]

Pre-dating the Rover Streetwise by over a decade, the ADC Metro Scout could have given Rover an early foothold in the emerging soft-roader market, but it was not to be. […]

The Triumph TR7 was the last of a great sports car line – although few would have believed it to be, when designing this important car back in the optimistic […]

Here’s why I enjoy bad old cars. I guess that, as a youngster, many of my hobbies, interests and pastimes were probably not those normally associated with a teenage boy […]