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Month: October 2020

Rover 200 (R3)
Book reviews

Review : The Real R3 Story

29 October 2020 Keith Adams 10

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 […]

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AROnline News

History : Final MG Rover chassis numbers

29 October 2020 Keith Adams 8

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 […]

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MG ZT at CCA, front view
AROnline News

News : ‘As new’ MG ZT with six miles on clock goes on sale

26 October 2020 Keith Adams 23

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 […]

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Austin Kimberley/Tasman (X6)

The cars : Austin Kimberley development story

26 October 2020 Keith Adams 37

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 […]

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Ford Focu ST170
Opinion

Opinion : Is the second Bangernomics era upon us?

24 October 2020 Keith Adams 53

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 […]

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snapdragon metro left
Opinion

Blog : Happy 25th Austin Metro!

18 October 2020 Steven Ward 36

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 – […]

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Range Rover 50 parade at Goodwood Speedweek
Opinion

Blog : Range Rover 50 – celebrating in style

17 October 2020 Keith Adams 3

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 […]

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Book reviews

Review : Austin and Rover Metro – The Full Story

17 October 2020 Mike Humble 2

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 […]

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Austin/MG Metro (LC8)

The cars : Austin Metro (LC8) development story

8 October 2020 Keith Adams 49

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… […]

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Metro @ 40

Blog : Happy 40th birthday, Austin Metro

8 October 2020 Keith Adams 19

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. […]

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Driving Test, Stoke Newington, 1980s, britishculturearchive.co.uk. Photo © Rio Cinema Archive.
Opinion

Memories : An unconventional Metro-shaped driving test

6 October 2020 Mike Humble 18

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 […]

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Austin/MG Metro (LC8)

Concepts and prototypes : Metro Ranger

6 October 2020 Keith Adams 22

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 […]

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Austin/MG Metro (LC8)

Concepts and prototypes : Metro saloon (1978-1981)

6 October 2020 Keith Adams 62

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. […]

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Austin/MG Metro (LC8)

The converters : Frazer-Tickford Metro

5 October 2020 Keith Adams 9

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 […]

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Austin/MG Metro (LC8)

Modified Metros : Metro Monaco (nee Cooper)

3 October 2020 Keith Adams 7

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 […]

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Metro @ 40

Unsung Heroes : MG Metro

1 October 2020 Mike Humble 19

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 […]

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Austin/MG Metro (LC8)

History : MG Metro 6R4 Group B

1 October 2020 Keith Adams 39

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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We don’t know much about the BMC 10X, only that Sir Alec was sketching it out around the time of the formation of BLMC. It could have been very interesting indeed.  So, could this have [...]

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