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Month: September 2019

Honda

Review : A week with Honda UK’s Civic prototype

30 September 2019 Mike Humble 8

Mike Humble spends a week with a Honda Civic – the sister model to the HHR-shape Rover 400, which ended its life as the Rover 45 and MG ZS. This […]

Car Reviews

Review : Rover Streetwise

27 September 2019 Keith Adams 5

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 […]

Rover

Unsung Heroes : Rover Streetwise 2003-2005

27 September 2019 Craig Cheetham 47

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?  […]

Opinion

Blog : Simple pleasures

26 September 2019 Keith Adams 11

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 […]

AROnline News

News : European car industry leaders torpedo ‘no-deal’ Brexit

24 September 2019 Keith Adams 43

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 […]

Opinion

Opinion : Whatever happened to the ‘Bob Knight Metro’?

22 September 2019 Keith Adams 2

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 […]

Sir Michael Edwardes
People

Obituary : Sir Michael Edwardes 1930-2019

18 September 2019 Keith Adams 23

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 […]

Nissan Primera P10
Primera

Unsung Heroes : Nissan Primera 1990-1996

17 September 2019 Keith Adams 13

We take a sideways look at some of the UK’s most forgotten home-built cars. The Nissan Primera (P10) had the unenviable task of replacing one of the most dependable saloons […]

Defender

Opinion : Defender, an ex-insider’s view

15 September 2019 Martin Halliwell 40

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 […]

Archive

Archive : The 1964 Racing Car Show

14 September 2019 Ian Nicholls 0

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 […]

Land Rover Defender 2020 and Series I Land Rover
Defender

Opinion : Why Land Rover has done the right thing

10 September 2019 Keith Adams 42

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, […]

AROnline News

News : Land Rover Defender (L663) full details

10 September 2019 Keith Adams 10

The Land Rover Defender L663 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 […]

Development story

The cars : Hillman Avenger development story

1 September 2019 Keith Adams 34

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 […]

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