The BMC 1100/1300 was a world-beater from the get go. At the very least, it became a British institution, becoming the country’s best-selling car for much of the 1960s and […]
I spend a lot of time on the roads. More than I thought I’d be doing at this stage in my life, but as a driver who still enjoys himself […]
Sold briefly by Chrysler UK over here, the Matra-Simca Bagheera was a sweet little sports car that deserved so much more success than it achieved. […]
On 12 June 1968, Donald Stokes met with around 500 dealer principals and distributors to set out his vision of the future for the company. The Times’ Clifford Webb reported […]
UK new car sales grew by 3.4% in May 2018 with 192,649 new units registered, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The […]
Chrysler’s great white hope in the executive sector was the C9 project. However, events overtook its development, and Peugeot ended up finishing the job by launching the Talbot Tagora. And […]
The Triumph Dolomite development story – it started life as an upscale and technically interesting small saloon, but the Triumph 1300/Toledo/Dolomite ended up evolving in many fascinating and quite innovative […]
Keith Adams tells the full story of the Rover P8 and its mid-engined cousin, the P9. Rover’s range-topping saloon and coupe were killed days before they were set for production. Both […]
Keith Adams tells the story of the Rover P7, a series of prototypes to test new engineering solutions for the upcoming P8, as well as planned expansions to the P6. […]
Designed for the US market, but introduced after the Sterling pull-out, the 800 Coupe was very much a car without a target audience. The Rover 800 Coupe development story tells the […]
The Rover 800 development story tells an interesting tale. It relates to how the first-generation 800 emerged as the result of an ambitious programme to produce new Rover- and Honda-badged […]
Revamping a model is never an easy task, especially when you are constrained by budget and the need to retain the underpinnings from an existing car. However, as David Morgan […]
The Maestro & Montego Owners Club (MM&OC) is organising a 30th Birthday bash for the MG Maestro Turbo at the British Leyland Autumn Rally in Milton Keynes on 30 September. Ever […]
Updated: The story of the Rover 75-based Roewe 750. It had rather a lot of British input into it. That’s because it was developed by a number of ex-MG Rover engineers in the UK. But it was also based on an ill-fated plan to facelift the Rover 75 in 2006. Shame we never had a chance to buy it in Britain… […]
The Leyland Princess development story tells a rather confused tale. It never actually started out as such – but as a marque-confused Austin, Morris and Wolseley mid-liner to replace the […]
The Rover 200 and its 400-series sister were launched with much hullaballoo in 1989 and ’90, and proved to be every bit as good as its maker told us is was. Had Rover finally turned the corner? Was it about to make a miraculous recovery? For a few short years in the 1990s, it certainly appeared to be the case. […]
Replacing the Montego with a new Honda-based executive car was never going to be straightforward. The Rover 600 development story, with significant input from David Morgan, tells how Rover managed […]
After several slow months, UK car production has risen in April 2018. Mike Hawes, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) Chief Executive, says that the improved UK performance is […]
After enjoying a motor industry career spanning six decades – most of it with Rover – long-serving public relations boss, Denis Chick, has finally decided to hang up his automotive […]
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