Month: March 2022

Would you believe Lada Samaras, Porsche Boxsters, Saab 96s, 99s and 900s, Talbot Horizons, Talbot Solaras, Vauxhall Calibras and Mercedes-Benz GLCs amongst others were all built by Valmet in Finland? […]

I can’t pretend it’s not been a long, dark winter – what with a bout of COVID-19 over Christmas, various family isolation periods, and a sense that those long nights […]

The Rover SD1 was sold in India as the Standard 2000 and was that company’s new entry into the executive car market. There were one or two changes which rather […]

The new Rootes B Car programme would prove to be a departure from the model that preceded it, the Hillman Hunter. The main difference between the Hillman Avenger and Hunter […]

MG Rover was keen to obtain the rights to other manufacturers’ vehicles and re-brand them as its own. We had the CityRover, but we could have ended up with this […]

Last week the publication I edit, Parkers, celebrated its 50th Anniversary. Back then, it was called Parker’s New, Used & Trade Car Price Guide and its cover proudly proclaimed that […]

Mike Humble shares another dealer snapshot in time, again from his home town of Darlington. This time, it’s from the long-gone dealer group of Skipper. Amazing how time flies these […]

The mighty Nottingham City Transport (NCT) once had a major influence on the British bus and coach manufacturing business – that was partly because to the Council-run department had one […]