Cars

After First Auto Works stopped selling the slow-selling Lubao and its derivatives, the production rights and tooling were sold to Sichuan Yema Automobile Co, headquartered in Chengdu.  Although the Maestro […]

The three-box ADO16, as restyled by Michelotti – it shared its basic body structure with the South African Austin Apache and, to this day, fans say that this car should […]

The Triplex 10-20 Glassback is an AROnline favourite, and that’s because it looks as bold today as it did when it made its debut at the 1978 British Motor Show. […]

The most comprehensive story you’ll ever read about the aborted 9X programme – the ill-fated Mini replacement, engineered by the man who created the original. […]

There was an operation to build Austin Maestros in Bulgaria, and we have the full and exclusive story of how it came together. Meet the Rodacar Maestro – which we […]

A couple of years after production had ceased in the UK, the Rover version of the Austin Montego was re-introduced in the Indian subcontinent in order to compete in the […]

What the 1980s needed was a new Mini-Marcos, and Harold Dermott was determined to make that happen. The car he produced, the Midas, was a sensation, and Andrew Elphick tells […]

The Innocenti Regent advert is a piece of TV that you really won’t want to miss. It’s absolutely horrible, and yet you can’t take your eyes off it. …a bit […]

You may recall a while ago we posted about the possibility of a DVD being produced based on the times, trials and tribulations of Rover’s swansong – the R40 – […]

When launched in 1972, the Ford Granada represented a bold move in Ford’s pan-European strategy. It replaced the Zephyr/Zodiac in the UK, and the P7-series in Germany with a new and stylish Anglo-German design. […]

The outgoing Range Rover Evoque was a huge success for Land Rover – so clearly, replacing it successfully is vitally important for the company. Does the second-generation L551 measure up? […]

Central to Austin Rover’s plans for the late-1980s and into the ’90s was a fresh-looking replacement for the under-performing Montego. There were many promising design proposals, but the AR16 and […]

Updated: The story of the Rover 75’s conception, development, and eventual launch in 1998. And how it was scuppered by events – not least the torpedoing it was given by BMW boss, Bernd Pischetsrieder. […]

Replacing the Montego with a new Honda-based executive car was never going to be straightforward. The Rover 600 development story, with significant input from David Morgan, tells how Rover managed […]

A question that is often asked by Marina enthusiasts is why-oh-why did the Australian version of the car use the Maxi E-Series engine, instead of the B-Series, as used in […]

The Austin Apache was designed by Michelotti in 1970, alongside the almost identical Austin Victoria, and was produced by Leyland South Africa at its Blackheath plant from 1971 until the […]

Ian Nicholls crunches numbers to show you just how successful the Mini and BMC 1100/1300 ranges were for their maker. It’s interesting to see how they literally ruled the world […]