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Month: December 2020

Happy New Year 2021
Opinion

Blog : Happy New Year from AROnline

31 December 2020 Keith Adams 12

Happy New Year! And welcome to 2021. Well, we made it through and, although it’s been bumpy, the world kept spinning, the lights stayed on and British car factories continued […]

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AROnline News

News : Top 10 stories on AROnline in 2020

31 December 2020 Keith Adams 5

It’s that time of the year again, so we’re looking back at the Top 10 most popular stories on AROnline in 2020 according to Google Analytics data. As we’ve done […]

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Capri

Tested : Ford Capri 2.8 Injection vs Triumph TR8

29 December 2020 Richard Truett 51

The Triumph TR8 was described as nothing less than the reinvention of the sports car when it was launched in the USA in 1980. When the Ford Capri Injection arrived […]

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Avon Coachworks

The converters : Avon Acclaim

29 December 2020 Keith Adams 12

Ladbroke Avon put together an interesting upmarket version of the Acclaim. It was initially only made available through the Henlys franchise, before being offered to a wider audience after the […]

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Rover 400 electric car
Opinion

Blog : Rover 400 electric car detailed

29 December 2020 Ben Adams 0

Years before Nissan made hippies happy with the Leaf, Warwick University stuck 24 lead acid batteries and an electric motor in a K-registered Rover 400. Later on it ended up […]

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Triumph TR8
Opinion

Blog : 547 miles in a Triumph TR8 in one day…

29 December 2020 Richard Truett 1

Our man in the USA, Richard Truett, recalls his fantastic 2008 car caper to pick up what would become his beloved Triumph TR8. The drive, which wasn’t without incident, left […]

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Development story

The cars : Rover 800 Vitesse development story

28 December 2020 David Morgan 4

Following on from his excellent Rover SD1 development story, David Morgan tells the interesting story of how the 800 Series battled to emerge the shadow from its illustrious predecessor. Read on […]

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Book reviews

Review : Secret Fords

27 December 2020 Keith Adams 24

We were late to the The Cars You Always Promised Yourself party, reviewing it earlier in 2020, and pronouncing, ‘there is lots of inside information… definitely enough to make this […]

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Development story

The cars : Rover 800 (R17) development story

27 December 2020 David Morgan 23

Revamping a model is never an easy task, especially when you are constrained by budget and the need to retain the underpinnings from an existing car.  However, as David Morgan […]

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Towns

The cars : Towns Hustler

26 December 2020 Keith Adams 51

The Towns Hustler: not so much a car, more a way of life… There’s so much more to this amazing kit car than its extraordinary looks – Keith Adams tells […]

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Wolfrace Sonic

Concepts and prototypes : Wolfrace Sonic (1981)

24 December 2020 Keith Adams 15

In order to flog more alloy wheels, Wolfrace employed hotrod builder Nick Butler to create this wild Rover-powered six-wheeled supercar concept. […]

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Opinion

Blog : 2020 – we’re almost through it

22 December 2020 Keith Adams 10

Like a movie monster that refuses to die, the longest year in history – 2020 – staggers towards its horrendous conclusion. I’m sure many of you have had your year […]

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Concepts and prototypes

Concepts and prototypes : Triumph Fury (1965)

20 December 2020 Robert Leitch 14

The Triumph Fury was a little more than a motor show crowd pleaser – it was a hint at what Triumph could really achieve with its sports car range during the 1960s. Shame this show concept didn’t make it into production… It was a huge missed opportunity. […]

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People

People : Octav Botnar and the rise and fall of Datsun/Nissan UK

17 December 2020 Bill McWilliam 38

Bill McWilliam, a former Nissan UK and Nissan Motor GB employee, recounts the interesting and sometimes turbulent story of Octav Botnar’s reign at the top of the British motor industry. […]

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The Austin-Morris Story

History : The Austin-Morris story – Part Eight : 1971

14 December 2020 Ian Nicholls 11

Ian Nicholls, AROnline‘s historian-in-residence, tells the story of Austin-Morris, and their part in the downfall of the British motor industry. Here, in the eighth part, BLMC finally unveils its first new […]

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Cavalier

The cars : Vauxhall Cavalier Mk1 development story

13 December 2020 Keith Adams 124

Keith Adams recounts the Vauxhall Cavalier Mk1 development story – a tale of close ties with Opel in Germany, some interesting UK design tweaks and the beginnings of an impressive […]

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AROnline News

Review : Codename R40 – Rover 75/MG ZT DVD/Blu-ray

13 December 2020 Keith Adams 7

If you’ve read all there is to read about the Rover 75 here and elsewhere, and think you know all there is to know about Britain’s last chance saloon, here’s […]

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Memories

Memories : Kelso, New Year’s Day, 1950

12 December 2020 Keith Adams 10

Here’s an interesting ‘Memories’ piece, submitted to AROnline by Peter S. Badenoch. Taken in the market town of Kelso in the Eastern Scottish Borders 70 years ago, it shows you […]

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The cars : Rover 416i Vitesse

6 December 2020 David Morgan 44

Here’s a a lesser-known Rover Vitesse. The Australian market-only416i Vitesse was launched in 1986 as a stylish replacement for the Quintet. Good looking, too. Should they have sold it in […]

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Keith Adams Apologies for being quiet on AROnline for a little while this week, but I’ve just returned from a couple of days spent with Jaguar Land Rover for the launch of the Range Rover Sport [...]

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