Month: September 2020

Fancy a K-Series Rover Metro or 100? Here’s what to look out for… Years produced: 1990-1998 Body style: 3-door, 5-door hatchback Engine options: 1120cc K-Series inline-four 1396cc K-Series inline-four 8V […]

Fancy a Metro in time for its 40th birthday in 2020? Here’s the AROnline guide on what to look out for… Years produced: 1980-1990 Body style: Three- and five-door ‘Supermini’ hatchback, […]

The ADO88 project was BL’s attempt at creating a supermini out of the original Mini. It formed the basis of the Austin Metro […]

ADO74 – the first attempt by British Leyland at replacing the Mini never saw the light of day. It was one project, but had many faces: a wide variety of styling exercises were produced before the programme was cancelled in 1973, as British Leyland could not raise the £130m needed to produce it. […]

The most comprehensive story you’ll ever read about the aborted 9X programme – the ill-fated Mini replacement, engineered by the man who created the original. […]

MG Rover wanted to form alliances with other industry players, but no one could have predicted a tie-up with failed Italian supercar builder, Qvale Modena SpA. However, in 2001, that’s […]

The spritual successor to the 1970 Range Rover was revealed at the 2004 Detroit Motor Show… Beguilingly handsome and with blue-chip credentials, it had a massive influence on the future […]

To my dear readers, it’s probably worth explaining why there’s been little in the way of updating and activity on here over the past few days. A couple of weeks […]