Month: November 2019

This is not what we were expecting to see for sale on Bring a Trailer.  This 1962 Mini Beach Car is up for sale in the USA, and is currently […]

During the early 1960s, fewer than 20 Mini Beach Cars were built by the Longbridge Experimental Department, all but one of which were in left-hand drive form. But there wasn’t […]

So it is General Election time in the UK again, with various dubious characters promising nirvana if you vote for them. So, I have delved into the archives to produce […]

The A-Series may have been almost immortal by the early 1970s, but it did not stop the company developing alternatives. Here we describe the H and K-Series prototypes which were designed for […]

A group of MG Rover enthusiasts gathered last weekend at Longbridge’s Q Gate, marking the site’s closure and rumoured imminent demolition. The event took place as MG announced that it […]

In 1974, Leyland’s Italian subsidiary Innocenti introduced a rebodied, three-door hatchback Mini, styled by Bertone. However, within a year of its launch, BLMC went bankrupt, the company was sold to […]

Regular readers of AROnline will be fully conversant about the relationship between BMC and Pininfarina. There’s no denying that, when these two joined forces, industrial magic ensued. From the Austin A40 […]