Month: July 2019

Kudos to Lotus for finally launching a new car after what feels like decades of turmoil. Following on from endless (and still brilliant) servings of Elise- and Evora-based remixes, and […]

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 […]

The Rover SD1 Estate is a fascinating study into how it is possible to convert a sporting fastback into a usable estate car. It was deemed so successful in terms […]

Remember those prototype MGs and Rovers that looked like they were about to be confined to oblivion? Remember the kerfuffle about how they were going to be scrapped, and never […]

A brief look at how the ground-breaking Mini made it from sketch pad to showroom in little more than two years, a remarkable achievement for a car that completely threw […]

With the Mini celebrating its 60th Anniversary in 2019, it gives us an excuse here at AROnline to scour our picture archives for images that could not be used elsewhere […]

Mike Humble / Cummins Engine Co Cummins Engines supplies to the UK’s sole remaining UK commercial manufacturer, Leyland Trucks, as well as various bus and coach builders. The company marks […]

Ian Nicholls, AROnline‘s historian-in-residence, tells the story of Rover and Triumph, and their part in the downfall of the British motor industry. Here, in the first part, we recount the […]

Ian Nicholls, AROnline‘s historian-in-residence, tells the story of Rover and Triumph, and their part in the downfall of the British motor industry. Here, in the second part, we track the […]

Ian Nicholls, AROnline‘s historian-in-residence, tells the story of Rover and Triumph, and their part in the downfall of the British motor industry.  Here, in the third part, we herald the […]

Ian Nicholls, AROnline‘s historian-in-residence, tells the story of Rover and Triumph, and their part in the downfall of the British motor industry.  Here, in the fourth part, a new Land […]

Ian Nicholls, AROnline‘s historian-in-residence, tells the Rover-Triumph story, and their part in the downfall of the British motor industry.  Here, in the fifth part, the year is dominated by the arrival […]

Ian Nicholls, AROnline‘s historian-in-residence, tells the Rover-Triumph story, and their part in the downfall of the British motor industry.  Here, in the sixth part, the year is marked by the expansion […]

Ian Nicholls, AROnline‘s historian-in-residence, tells the Rover-Triumph story, and their part in the downfall of the British motor industry.  Here, in the seventh part, Rover and Triumph continue their expansion, and […]

Ian Nicholls, AROnline‘s historian-in-residence, tells the Rover-Triumph story, and their part in the downfall of the British motor industry.  Here, in the eighth part, Rover and Triumph start considering tying the […]

Ian Nicholls, AROnline‘s historian-in-residence, tells the Rover-Triumph story, and their part in the downfall of the British motor industry.  Here, in the ninth part, Rover and Triumph become bedfellows within the […]

Ian Nicholls, AROnline‘s historian-in-residence, tells the Rover-Triumph story, and their part in the downfall of the British motor industry.  Here, in the tenth part, the Leyland Motor Corporation becomes bedfellows with […]

Ian Nicholls, AROnline‘s historian-in-residence, tells the Rover-Triumph story, and their part in the downfall of the British motor industry.  Here, in the eleventh part, he relates how the Specialist Car Division […]

Ian Nicholls, AROnline‘s historian-in-residence, tells the Rover-Triumph story, and their part in the downfall of the British motor industry.  Here, in the twelfth part, he relates how the Specialist Car Division […]

Ian Nicholls, AROnline‘s historian-in-residence, tells the Rover-Triumph story, and their part in the downfall of the British motor industry.  Here, in the thirteenth part, he recounts how the profitable part of […]

Ian Nicholls, AROnline‘s historian-in-residence, tells the Rover-Triumph story, and their part in the downfall of the British motor industry.  Here, in the fourteenth part, he recounts how Rover-Triumph raced towards a […]