Month: March 2020

Fresh from his fingertips after his first book, John Z the DeLorean and me, Barrie Wills writes about his often-turbulent times in the motor industry working with other manufacturers. If […]

Mike Humble has recently spent a week behind the wheel of the newly-facelifted Jaguar XE. Here’s what the big fella found, and it’s fair to say he liked it… The […]

It’s the first major motor show of 1983, and the halls of the Palexpo in Geneva are filled from cheek to jowl with some of the most exciting new cars […]

The car known in the UK as the Morris Marina was sold as the Austin Marina in a number of overseas markets, including the US, Canada and – for a […]

It’s 2 May 1997 and we’re in the beautiful Devon village of Winkleigh. It’s an unremarkable day, and it’s a village centre like so many others in this part of […]

It’s 26 July 1977, and the Sainsbury’s petrol station at Lord’s Hill Southampton celebrates its opening day by offering discounted petrol. And for drivers in the middle of tough economic […]

It’s September 1982 and Sainsbury’s shoppers were being treated to a shiny new place to leave their cars in. This was the recently-opened parking area located in the interior of […]

It’s February 1965, and one of around 4000 car dealers selling British cars to a willing local market is about to deliver an interesting line-up of Standard-Triumph, Rootes Group and […]

It’s June 1984 and, on a warm, sunny day in Bispham, near Blackpool, shoppers have headed over to Red Bank Road for a quick top-up shop. Although we don’t know […]

Mike Humble has recently spent a week behind the wheel of the new MG HS. Here’s what the big fella found, and he wasn’t disappointed… MG Motor UK: it’s been […]

As the lights go out (or at least down) on the UK car industry, and many of us look to be spending a lot more time at home in the […]

As the UK’s public battens down the hatches for the ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the British car industry prepares to put itself on ice for the upcoming weeks, possibly months. […]

Nissan has unveiled a new £52m XL press line at its UK manufacturing plant in Washington, as preparations ramp up for production of the next-generation Qashqai. The investment in the […]

MG has been on a bit of journey in the UK since we last checked in with the company. Now an importer and without Longbridge as its centre of operations, […]

The Standard 2000 was a Rover SD1 which was redeveloped and sold to in India. Standard Motor Products was responsible for production as the company’s new entry into the executive […]

Over the course of the past few years, I’ve opined that a return of Rover could be made to work if it were managed well, and the longship was attached […]