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Month: December 2019

Jaguar I-Pace
Opinion

Opinion : Car of the Decade 2010s

31 December 2019 Keith Adams 34

The beginning of a new decade is a great opportunity to pause, reflect and consider. And so it proves the perfect opportunity to review what an amazing, tumultuous and fertile […]

Austin 1800
Opinion

Blog : …and so to the 1960s

29 December 2019 Martyn Kelham 18

Arguably, the Sixties were the years of style over substance. In many cases the engines were slightly warmed over from the previous decade but in others, although completely new, were […]

Volkswagen Beetle
Opinion

Opinion : Rootes and the Volkswagen Beetle

27 December 2019 Peter Badenoch 24

Was the Beetle really that great? And was Sir William Rootes really that foolish? This opinion piece was originally published in the Canadian paper Old Autos. It is reproduced here […]

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Austin/MG Metro (LC8)

Concepts and prototypes : MetroPlus (1980)

26 December 2019 Keith Adams 4

We love receiving emails like this one. ‘Hi, I own an Austin Metro rally car with some interesting history and thought you might like to do a story on it.’ […]

Merry Christmas from AROnline
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Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and 2019 in review

24 December 2019 Keith Adams 10

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Here we are – another year older and probably not much wiser. It’s certainly been an interesting one – what with months and […]

Mini in Ireland
Around the World

Around the World : Minis in Ireland

19 December 2019 Andrew Ryan 6

It’s perhaps not surprising that the Mini was a big success in Ireland as the cars were launched at a time when British firms dominated the Irish car market. As […]

Morris Marina at launch in 1971
Opinion

Opinion : How British Leyland shaped modern Britain

17 December 2019 Ian Nicholls 65

Mention British Leyland to anybody today and you will probably be told that it was a badly managed company that made terrible cars and its workforce were always on strike. […]

MINI R50 sketch by Frank Stephenson
AROnline News

News : Grab yourself a MINI sketch for Christmas

13 December 2019 Keith Adams 0

It’s that time of the year again, and you might be looking for something MINI related for a loved one – or perhaps yourself. Frank Stephenson, the Designer who gave […]

Austin Metro 1980
Opinion

Opinion : Debunking the ‘unsafe’ Metro urban myth

11 December 2019 Ian Elliott 31

The Rover Metro/100 Series (R6) was about the most brilliant low-budget revamp of an existing model in automotive history – it really was extraordinary how the wide-track wishbone front end […]

Chrysler Avenger
Opinion

Opinion : Chrysler UK – an opportunity missed

10 December 2019 Graham Ariss 28

The Chrysler ownership of the Rootes Group should go down as one of the lowest moments in UK automotive industry – it was as big a missed opportunity as when […]

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Concepts and prototypes : Hillman Avenger Liftback (R424)

10 December 2019 Keith Adams 8

In 1970, with the launch of the Hillman Avenger in two- and four-door saloon form, as well as five-door estate, it looked like Rootes-Chrysler had a ready-made range of cars […]

Opinion

Opinion : Chrysler’s Esprit – do you know more?

6 December 2019 Christopher Sawyer 13

Lotus was working with Chrysler in the mid-1980s/early 1990s on a number of programmes. The only one to make it to production was the DOHC cylinder head for Chrysler’s 2.2-litre […]

Chevrolet Hatch
Development story

The cars : Chevrolet Hatch

4 December 2019 Keith Adams 33

Only the geekiest of our readers will know what this car is, and yet it’ll look just familiar to just about everyone. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Chevrolet Hatch in […]

Jaguar F-Type

Opinion : Jaguar F-Type 2020 facelift – a case of good, good, why?

4 December 2019 Keith Adams 13

Some might say that a car as pretty as the Jaguar F-Type probably didn’t need facelifting. Although the X152 was said to be based upon a shortened XK platform, there’s […]

British Leyland ECV3
Opinion

Opinion : Spiritual successor of the ECV3 – Audi A2

1 December 2019 Keith Adams 8

Back in 1982, BL Technology unveiled the interesting ECV3 Prototype. This fascinating family-sized hatchback was the first all-new prototype to be publicly released by Spen King’s Gaydon-based think tank, which was […]

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