7 December

Keith Adams ruminates about some of the not-so-great cars sold by British Leyland’s competitors – and wonders why it’s still so fashionable to knock our once-great nationalised carmaker even though […]

Jaguar Land Rover has increased its global sales in November 2016, due to both an expansion of its model range, and an increase in output from the company’s factory in China. This bolsters its position as the largest car manufacturer in the UK. […]

Keith Adams I must admit that, in my current role editing Classic Car Weekly and launching Modern Classics magazine (get your copy from WH Smith’s now – advert ends), I’ve rather taken my […]

Jaguar Land Rover has scored its best-yet November retail sales. It sold 46,547 vehicles, up 27 per cent on November 2014. The company has sold 437,512 vehicles in the first 11 months of […]

With the show season now over, I thought I would share with you some of the pics I took in 2015 in Norfolk. Of particular interest is the white Ford Cortina MkI once owned by F1 designer Maurice Phillipe, and the rather nice Peugeot 205 of journalist Richard Gunn. Has anybody else out there got any images to show from their local classic car events? […]

Cost-cutting is rife throughout the industry, but it seemed to affect MG Rover more than any other marque in recent history. Here’s a brief run-down of what changes were made […]

David Cameron has paved the way for Essex to host London’s fourth international airport in the Thames Estuary – and a Chelmsford man has a £25bn plan to make the […]

Mike Humble By now, I should be over those horrific events of 2005. Most people that worked the trade knew in their heart of hearts that MG Rover could not […]

Steven Ward This is a book which came to me via recommendation as I’m no fan of American Iron. It is also largely about that unacceptable face of Capitalism that […]

As the old saying goes, there’s nowt so queer as folk. Spend any time in the motor trade or public sector, you soon find out… the names have been changed […]

Mike Humble shares a story of working at the sharp end of the motor trade. This one cost someone his job, but gained a sale and gave everyone else a good lesson! All […]

David Evans, Rallies Editor, Autosport, 7th December, 2010 MINI will contest next year’s Dakar with an All4 Racing model developed and run by the Monster Energy X-Raid team. The car, […]

MG Enthusiast Magazine MG UK is implementing the full 2.5% VAT reduction on the TF LE500 from 1st December 2008. The TF LE500 is now priced at £16,055 following the […]

According to Autoblog, the state that the Big Three in the USA now find themselves in is rather precarious. After collectively going cap-in-hand to congress (in the most eco-cars they could find) and asking […]

Keith Adams According to Autoblog, the state that the Big Three in the USA now find themselves in is rather precarious. After collectively going cap-in-hand to congress (in the most eco-cars they could find) […]

Austin shed 750 tool room jobs By Clifford Webb Motoring Correspondent Austin Rover is closing two plants and making 750 tool room workers redundant because the pace of its new […]

DAILY EXPRESS WHY CITY SAID NO TO LEYLAND CASH By John Roberts Has the City let down British Leyland? Has it failed to give well – deserved financial support to […]

By Maurice Corina Industrial Editor A consortium of bankers comprising Barclays, Lloyds, Midland, National Westminster and First National City is being asked by the Government to provide big additional sums […]

By R. W. Shakespeare Prospects of government intervention in British Leyland are generally welcomed by the car unions, which throughout this year have been increasingly worried by employment prospects. Since […]

Back in December 1974, and the unholy trinity of unending strikes, poor product decisions and a declining international economy did its worse for British Leyland, and forced a short-term government […]

DAILY EXPRESS BENN IN THE DRIVERS SEAT By Daniel McGeachie, David Buchan LORD STOKES flew abroad on another selling trip yesterday amid speculation about his future as head of British […]