Month: September 2019

Streetwise was conceived to entice younger buyers back behind the wheel of Rover products, and cash in on the boom in leisure-orientated vehicles. It might not have been a hit […]

We take a sideways look at some of the UK’s most forgotten home-built cars. The Rover Streetwise was years, almost decades ahead of its time. Didn’t know that, did you? […]

Ah, there’s a ‘y’ in the day – Keith must have bought another car. Yes, sad as it is to say, my self-professed period of abstinence really didn’t last very […]

UK car industry chiefs have joined forces with the European industry to issue dire warnings about the effects of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit on British car manufacturing. As much as £50,000 […]

I love AROnline. When people say to me that we must be running out of new things to talk about after all these years, I smile. That’s mainly because new […]

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

Keith Adams recalls Sir Michael Edwardes, the Chairman and Chief Executive of British Leyland’s turbulent ride at the top of the company. It might have been a rough ride for […]

On reading Keith’s piece on the new Defender, I had to comment. If you have read my other blogs you will know that I did have a connection with Rover and […]

Ian Nicholls delves the archive to recall the 1964 Racing Car Show. Yes, it really is 55 years since this gathering of the brightest minds in and around BMC came […]

I’ve been in Frankfurt all day having fun with my day job, but at least I had plenty of time to have a good look around the Land Rover Defender, […]

The Land Rover Defender L851 is a long-overdue addition to the Land Rover family – it’s hugely important for the company’s long-term plans, and was finally revealed at the 2019 Frankfurt […]

Keith Adams recounts the Vauxhall Cavalier Mk1 development story – a tale of close ties with Opel in Germany, some interesting UK design tweaks and the beginnings of an impressive […]

The Hillman Avenger was all-new from the ground up, and the first Rootes Group car to be developed under the leadership of Chrysler Europe. An excellent all-rounder, but one which […]