Month: February 2021

Steve Harper talks through his involvement in shaping the MGF, as it was transformed from the F16 into the mid-engined PR3 in 1990-’91. Setting the mid-engined sports car template for […]

Just when you think you’ve seen everything, a new (to you) image comes along and surprises you. I had the pleasure of finding the two black and white  photographs (above […]

Back in the mid-1970s, the family car of the moment was very much a hatchback – but two of the most popular five doors for your money harked back to […]

Welcome to York. While the rest of your party are wandering around the Minster, taking in the shops at the Shambles, or spending a lovely day at the Railway Museum, […]

The Morris Ital development story was a case of Italian badge, British style. Although BL sold this car as being designed in Europe, it was styled in the UK by […]

No, not that one… but this one… The launch of the Mazda MX-5 in 1989 marked a huge turning point in the history of the sports car. Until that point […]

The Triumph Stag development story is a tragic missed opportunity – it had everything: looks, power, a soundtrack to die for and a market niche all to itself… Yet it […]

Romania during the 1980s was the unlikely production site for the last ever non-PSA Citroën to find its way to the marketplace. But the Oltcit – or Citroën Axel in Western Europe – proved to be the wrong product at the wrong time for both partners. Even if it was technically interesting and has a fascinating back-story. […]

Inspiration can strike at any time and can come from anywhere — be it nature, our environment, or the people around us. This is also true in the automobile industry. […]

It’s April 1978 and the doors are about to open to to the first bi-annual Salone dell’Automobile di Torino or Turin Motor Show. This is easily the most exciting time […]

Keith Adams considers some of the earlier hatchbacks which hit the market before the Volkswagen Golf Mk1 arrived and created a legacy that’s lasting to this day. Had history been […]

Ian Nicholls, AROnline‘s historian-in-residence, tells the story of Austin-Morris, and its part in the downfall of the British motor industry. Here, in the ninth part, BLMC begins to prepare itself for […]

We lift the lid on the elegant Italian versions of the popular BMC 1100/1300 range. The Innocenti IM3, I4 and I5 were very appealing versions of this stalwart British saloon, […]

AROnline Contributor Martyn Kelham has produced this series on the great motoring men. Here, in the sixth part, he discusses Sir John Egan, the man most often credited for saving […]

If you’re in the market for an Interstyl Hustler 6, your luck is in. This wonderful one-owner model has been found after almost two decades languishing in a suburban garage […]

Lee Stott gives us a little background on why he has what surely must be the nicest Rover 220 Tomcat left, and what it’s taken to get it into that […]