Month: November 2022

The BMC Mini Sports project was penned by BMC as a response to the excellent Pininfarina 1800 Aerodynamica – could this wonderful fastback shape be scaled down into the Mini […]

I often think back to the times when I first got involved in vehicle sales a number of years ago. The Internet was in its infancy, vehicle emissions were not […]

Time flies! It might be more than four years ago that I reported the completed repair of our Rover Tourer after its accident, but I’m remembering a happier occasion. Yes, […]

The Alvis Car Company is in the business of building new vehicles for a discerning customer base. Keith Adams takes a tour of the factory and interviews Alan Stote, the […]

Alexander Boucke has reconnected with a car that had a place in the hearts of all the team on AROnline. It’s the Austin Allegro 1500 Special that took us to Italy […]

Ever wondered what all those ADO, YDO and LC numbers mean when we’re discussing the history of BMC, BL and Rover cars? Worry not, because our exhaustive list of development […]

Recently, I posted that AROnline had received a very nice Austin ADO74 styling sketch from reader Michael Sutter, who’d picked up a selection of such drawings in a job lot. […]

Leyland ADO74  – the first attempt by British Leyland at replacing the Mini never saw the light of day. It was one project, but had many faces: a wide variety […]

The Morris Marina was conceived in a hurry, but its Designers consoled themselves in the fact that it was only going to last five or six years… Here we reveal […]

Safety first: A close look at the Safety Research Vehicles (SRVs) produced by British Leyland in the 1970s reveals some very prescient ideas.  There were, of course, a few blind alleys, […]

It’s August 1983, and we’re standing in the historic market town of Leyburn in North Yorkshire. It’s a particularly pretty part of the world heading in off the A1 through […]

What was it like working Harold Musgrove? It was interesting to say the least! Just think about the scenario that he was working in – he started off in his […]

And there it was – 45 years ago this month, Michael Edwardes officially became Chairman and Chief Executive of British Leyland. It was 9.25am when the new Chairman arrived in […]

Former Top Gear presenter and motoring journalist for The Observer, Sue Baker has died following a battle with Motor Neurone Disease (MND), aged 75. A statement released by Baker’s family said: ‘It is […]

It’s been months in the making, but the new DVD-Video charting the 50th Anniversary of the launch of the Leyland National has gone on sale, and you can order it […]

Few people realise it, but there’s a great deal of history between Tickford and Rover, especially when it comes to engine development. As the Technical Manager – Engines at Tickford, […]

A 2200-mile ex-development MG ZT 190 has come up for sale… but there’s a catch. It’s in the USA, and is believed to be one of just two cars shipped […]

The Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, with Discovery, is the UK’s largest indoor classic event – a true replacement for the British Motor Show which was held here until 2004. The […]

In the years when I was responsible for organising new car launches and business meetings for dealers and fleet operators, I worked with a wonderfully diverse range of people from […]

First shown at the 1961 Earls Court Motor Show, the Zagato-styled BMC Mini Gatto (Italian for Cat) was designed to extend BMC’s latest car into a Grand Tourer. Although only […]