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The 30th Anniversary of the Techno Classica in Essen coincided with the Centenary of Citroën, the 60th Anniversary of the Mini s well as the 50th of Austin Maxi, Ford […]

As we enter another new year, we start it with another new motor. Say hello to Mike’s new steed for 2019 as his mid-life crisis decrees he must go topless… […]

The gates at the NEC opened for the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show from 9-11 November. The show was announced as the World’s biggest event for classic car clubs. AROnline […]

Arguably, the best-known stylist from the house of BL is a Mann who needs very little introduction, and he’s to be recognised at the upcoming Classic Motor Show in November. […]

Michael James tells the brief story of BMC in Rhodesia. It’s the first time this forgotten outpost of British Motor Corporation has been highlighted on AROnline. British Motor Corporation: car […]

There really is nothing better than that new car smell, but driving a brand new car can be very costly. Car leasing seems to be answer to the problem as […]

Craig Cheetham introduces the curious hybrid Rover-Hondas sold in Australia in the 1980s. Meet the Rover Quintet and 416 – and the R8 that was never sold by JRA. Rondas […]

We have our own Project Rover 75, but the bug has been caught elsewhere in the country. Mike Humble returns to Tilbury to find out more… The Essex King of […]

Here’s one to enjoy a brew and a biscuit over in our latest Coffee-Break Memories article. All those men who live in the county town of Northampton and prefer a […]

Following on from the pleasingly successful Rover Story DVD which was filmed last year, Producer John Clancy and I had a catch-up ‘phone call to see how things were getting on. During this […]

Earlier Montegos… you can shove ’em. When I say earlier, I mean anything prior to the 1989 model year. Once the revised cars came along, the Montego became a dependable […]

The best laid plans of mice and men, eh? They never pan out as expected. Friends of ours were travelling to Canada for a fortnight flying from Gatwick so, rather […]

Your chance to wallow in passenger transport nostalgia takes place on Sunday 17 September at Donington Park with the advent of the 45th Showbus rally. So far as bus events and rallies matter, […]

I feel quite guilty about not getting something posted a bit sooner, but time has been against me. So here we have another Rover 200 (R8) model within our midst, […]

Ian Nicholls considers the UK’s future within, and outside of, the European Union, following the General Election result… Now that the dust has settled on the 2017 General Election, what […]

Mike Humble gets nostalgic for an era when the badge on your bootlid meant more than what was under the bonnet. And adding an X to Ghia put you above the rest of the herd. […]

Mike Humble Here’s yet another one of those car birthdays that makes you feel old. Ford’s medicine to a customer base that still mourned the passing of Cortina came along thirty years ago. The old […]

Mike Humble After months of trouble free motoring it had to happen eventually. The old scrotter itself, our Project HHR, has finally given me a serious enough reason to dig deep into […]

AROnline’s first show report for 2017 comes from the beautiful town of Maastricht in the south of the Netherlands. Snowy gales, frosty temperatures and copious amounts of salt on the […]

In 1988, the Rover Group finally moved out of government control, being bought by British Aerospace in a controversial £150m deal. At the time, it was hailed as a great outcome for the troubled carmaker, but should it have been? Keith Adams separates fact from the fiction. […]