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Time can be cruel – well the passage of it can be – but it doesn’t need to be. It’s a quarter of a century since the third-generation Rover 200 […]
Time can be cruel – well the passage of it can be – but it doesn’t need to be. It’s a quarter of a century since the third-generation Rover 200 […]
Production records are a vital historian’s tool – from these, you can ascertain what were the most popular variations of any given model range, what colours sailed out of the […]
If you’re missing being able to buy a new MG Rover product, Classic Car Auctions has just what you’re looking for. Up for grabs at its December Online Auction is […]
The Austin Kimberley and Tasman, and their Morris-badged cousins, were an interesting development of the BMC 1800/2200 reserved for the Antipodean markets only. They featured conventional three-box styling and were […]
Do you remember about five years ago when Big Ben rang in 2020 and, beyond the New Year euphoria, we were all worried about the impending financial uncertainties for the […]
Very shortly, I’ll be celebrating my ‘second’ 25th. My first 25th celebrated my time spent on this earth. This 25th celebrates my time spent with a full driver’s licence – […]
To celebrate 50 years of the Range Rover, Land Rover gathered 50 of the most important, iconic and interesting models in its history and paraded them around the Goodwood racing […]
Can it really be 40 years ago when the new baby from Austin-Morris was born at Longbridge? Even though I hate to remind people who remember it well and make […]
Based on the Mini, the Austin Metro shared its A-Series engine, and when launched in 1980, it was hailed as the car to save British Leyland. It did, too… […]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks, it can’t have escaped your notice that the 40th birthday of the Austin Metro is now upon us. […]
You know, I honestly refuse to accept the fact that our dear friend the Austin Metro is 40 years young. It’s only yesterday since the TV commercials depicted the likes […]
During the Metro’s honeymoon period of the early 1980s, Austin Rover’s Designers toyed with the idea of a number of exciting variations on a theme. Here’s one that perhaps you […]
Austin-Morris looked seriously at a plan to build a saloon version of its upcoming Metro hatchback. But as we exclusively reveal, it was canned rather late in the day due to financial cut backs. […]
Frazer established itself as a new car company in 1981, offering this fabulous-looking Tickford Metro, which was first shown at that year’s London Motorfair. The Tickford name was owned by […]
Unbelievably, this Metro was not offered as a ‘factory-backed’ conversion, even though it came with a blue chip pedigree. John Cooper Garages offered this car (later renamed the Metro Monaco […]
Mike Humble on the continuing series of iconic cars that once littered the highways and by-ways of the UK. There was nothing exotic or high tech here with our very […]
The MG Metro 6R4 was Austin Rover’s entry into Group B, the controversial rallying category that gave us a series of spectacular cars before being banned at the end of […]
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