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Month: June 2020

Land Rover Defender Hard Top 110
AROnline News

News : Land Rover Defender Hard Top breaks cover

30 June 2020 Keith Adams 19

The van version of the Land Rover Defender 90 and 110 will be officially called the Land Rover Defender Hard Top when it goes on sale later in 2020. Described […]

Around the World

Around the World : Austin Allegro – the export story

21 June 2020 Chris Cowin 65

The poor old Austin Allegro has been a target of criticism almost from launch, much of it deserved. But a myth has gained ground that needs correcting. People will tell […]

Drive Story

Drive Story : The longest day – Citroën C5

21 June 2020 Keith Adams 7

Back in 1998, the late, great, Phil Llewellin decided to mark the summer solstice by reaching all four corners of mainland Britain in 24 hours. Ten years on, Keith Adams […]

Do you think the Austin Allegro is the greatest BLMC car of them all? If so, vote for it as your favourite, below…
Austin Allegro (ADO67)

The cars : Austin Allegro (AD067) development story

20 June 2020 Keith Adams 97

What’s left to be said about the Allegro – it never met sales predictions, earned a terrible reputation in the press and with buyers, and its fame far exceeded its influence in the automotive industry. British Leyland threw everything into making it a success, and yet failed dismally… […]

Austin Allegro (ADO67)

The cars : Innocenti Regent development story

20 June 2020 Keith Adams 6

The Italian Allegro that, it seemed, no one wanted… Short and not-so sweet There’s not much to say really about the Innocenti Regent. This version of the Allegro was produced […]

Range Rover 1970
L322

Raise a glass to : 50 years of the Range Rover

17 June 2020 Keith Adams 8

The Range Rover’s place in history is now guaranteed as the world goes SUV crazy – but it wasn’t always the case, as a slow start and lack of development […]

1971 Range Rover Classic
Land Rover

Tested : Range Rover Classic – 1971 vs 1993

17 June 2020 Keith Adams 8

The original Range Rover enjoyed a 26-year production run, during which time it was almost unanimously regarded as the best off-roader in the world – bar none. And now it’s […]

Range Rover 50
AROnline News

News : Special edition Range Rover Fifty unveiled

17 June 2020 Keith Adams 3

To celebrate 50 years of a motoring icon, the limited-run Range Rover Fifty will be restricted to just 1970 vehicles globally, in recognition of the year the original Range Rover […]

Range Rover In Vogue Automatic_03
History

History : Range Rover timeline

17 June 2020 David Morgan 2

To commemorate 50 years of the Range Rover, David Morgan has compiled this definitive timeline highlighting many of its milestones. It starts with the first model and progresses to the […]

1983 Range Rover
Opinion

Opinion : Happy birthday, Range Rover

16 June 2020 Ian Nicholls 24

June 2020 is the 50th Anniversary of one of the most iconic British cars ever made, the Range Rover. Along with the Issigonis Mini, the Range Rover is perhaps Britain’s […]

Range Rover 1970
Archive

Archive : Rover at home on the Range

15 June 2020 Keith Adams 6

CAR magazine‘s Doug Blain gives his steer on the Range Rover, at the time of its launch back in June 1970. Doug Blain on the design thinking behind the all-purpose Range […]

Range Rover 1970
Development story

The cars : Range Rover development story

14 June 2020 Keith Adams 41

The Range Rover’s launch in 1970 came after a long lead-up as the company grappled with the issue of building an additional model that was more-road focused than the agricultural […]

Development story

The cars : Range Rover P38 development story

14 June 2020 Keith Adams 31

The Range Rover P38 development story explains how this car looked the way it did. It took Rover 24 years to replace the Range Rover – but, when it did, […]

Range Rover Classic

Specials : Range Rover In Vogue (1981)

14 June 2020 Keith Adams 13

Is the In Vogue edition the progenitor of all posh Range Rovers? Of course not, but this was the first factory effort – and the beginning of a long road towards […]

History

History : BMC/BL/MG Rover/JLR/MINI/MG timeline

13 June 2020 Keith Adams 19

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 […]

Austin Apache

Our Cars : Austin Apache memories

8 June 2020 Martin Williamson 20

Ask any automotive journalist who has travelled and most, if not all, will attest to the fact that any car always felt better to drive in its birthplace. There’s a […]

MG Midget
Concepts and prototypes

Concepts and prototypes : MG X120 (2003-2005)

6 June 2020 Keith Adams 20

MG Rover was planning a revival of the Midget, a new TF and an upmarket Boxster rival – until, that is, the lights went out at Longbridge in 2005… MG […]

Mini

Essay : Did Mini cars mean Mini profits?

6 June 2020 Chris Cowin 57

It’s been a long-held belief that building small cars was less profitable than large ones. However, as Chris Cowin explains, things are never that straightforward. Making the Mini pay for […]

Archive

People : Spen King interview

2 June 2020 Keith Adams 4

Into the future, with Spen King ‘The next Rover model will be very much a Rover car. It will be better than previous Rovers. A lot better, actually.’ Rover-Triumph head […]

People

People : Spen King

1 June 2020 Keith Adams 8

An interview with the man behind many of the company’s greatest cars – and a few that you might not immediately associate with him…. Interviewed by Keith Adams, 13th December […]

AROnline News

News : Millbrook Proving Ground hits 50

1 June 2020 Keith Adams 20

In 2020, the iconic Millbrook Proving Ground celebrates 50 years since opening as the Bedfordshire Proving Ground. The facility was originally built by General Motors as a dedicated testing and […]

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