The Chrysler Horizon development story tells a difficult tale. It was Chrysler Europe’s first world car, and an effective Anglo-French interpretation of the Volkswagen Golf, which should have gone on […]
The European show season got off to its traditional start with the InterClassics Maastricht event just two weeks into the new year. AROnline had a look around. Words: Alexander Boucke, […]
This subtly stretched 800 Sterling revived a name which was abandoned by the Rover Group in 2005. The styling looked rather similar to a factory-developed version of the 800, too… […]
There have been plenty of stretched Rover 800s sold, but did you know that the factory developed one? The long… and short of it In 1984, Rover and Jaguar parted […]
The Shanghai-enriched Rover 75-based Roewe 750 had rather a lot of British input into it. That’s because it was developed by a number of ex-MG Rover Engineers in the UK. […]
The world was shocked in 1980, when the William Towns-styled supercar-slaying Aston Martin Bulldog was unveiled. Was it good enough to beat the likes of the Lamborghini Countach and Ferrari […]
The Rover 25 and 45 were developed from the R3 200 and HHR 400 Series as stopgap models before the anticipated arrival of the R30 in 2002. David Morgan recalls […]
Here is the definitive BMC/BL/MG Rover/JLR/MINI/MG timeline – now fully updated. This page covers all the major events during the period from 1952 through to 2019 and includes many links […]
The Austin Ambassador was a late-life facelift of the Princess, which added the versatility of a hatchback. In addition to this, it gained new styling and a fresh, 1980s-style interior. […]
The Leyland P82 would have supplemented the P76 and Force 7, and would have provided an up-to-date replacement for the Leyland Marina. Industry expert Jack Yan fills in the blanks […]
St. Modwen Properties PLC, the UK-based company which specialises in the regeneration of brownfield and urban environments, has confirmed that two derelict buildings at the former MG Rover car factory […]
Ian Nicholls discusses the Austin Maestro’s styling, and concludes that it was bad enough to cause a change in fortunes of BL. Then it was more of the same with […]
This one-off Austin Metro has gone up for sale on eBay after leading an interesting life. It’s the result of a joint venture between Austin Rover and the Transport Road […]
It was interesting to see that, in response to our recent Car of the Decade article, there was some quite lively debate about the Jaguar XE. And that did get […]
Okay… it’s a New Year, and the first job is to check in with the AROnline community to see if our combined love of old British cars is as strong […]
Happy New Year! And welcome to the new decade. Whether it’ll be a case of the ‘roaring Twenties’ or just more of the same, it’s good to mark the arrival […]
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