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The cars : Roewe 750 (SAC528) development story

29 November 2019 Keith Adams 13

The Shanghai-enriched Rover 75-based Roewe 750 had rather a lot of British input into it. That’s because it was developed by a number of ex-MG Rover Engineers in the UK. […]

Video : Two More For the Road, Rover 2300/2600

23 November 2019 Keith Adams 18

Keith Adams ponders on one of his favourite BL videos, the lovely Two More For The Road, starring the late Anton Rodgers and a trio of launch-spec Rover SD1s in […]

Concepts and prototypes : Rover P10 (1969-1971)

29 October 2019 Keith Adams 2

In March 1969, Rover embarked on a new project to replace the P6. The Rover P10 would last until 1971, but its influence would be far greater than its ‘cancelled’ […]

Opinion : Why the Rover SD1 helped kill British Leyland

25 October 2019 Keith Adams 42

Ah, yes the Rover SD1 – a popular and iconic car that’s now seen as a mainstream and desirable classic car. It’s been lauded by AROnline many, many times over […]

The cars : Rover P6 development story

20 October 2019 Keith Adams 39

The Rover P6 was a radical new product for its maker – and proof it was trying to move away from the stuffy ‘Auntie’ image that it had been landed […]

The cars : Rover 200/400 (R8) development story

11 October 2019 Keith Adams 86

This week marks the 30th birthday of the Rover 200’s launch – here you can read the internet’s fullest account of the development of one of Britain’s finest cars, a […]

The cars : Rover P5 development story

10 October 2019 Keith Adams 31

One of the most replayed television clips of former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, is of her arriving at 10 Downing Street, having triumphed in the May 1979 General Election […]

News : Rover 75/MG ZT DVD filming makes excellent progress

1 October 2019 Mike Humble 3

To say that progress has been good on the Rover 75 DVD project would best be described as an understatement. Since our last update, filming has taken place in Essex, […]

Review : A week with Honda UK’s Civic prototype

30 September 2019 Mike Humble 5

Mike Humble spends a week with a Honda Civic – the sister model to the HHR-shape Rover 400, which ended its life as the Rover 45 and MG ZS. This […]

Review : Rover Streetwise

27 September 2019 Keith Adams 1

Streetwise was conceived to entice younger buyers back behind the wheel of Rover products, and cash in on the boom in leisure-orientated vehicles. It might not have been a hit […]

Unsung Heroes : Rover Streetwise 2003-2005

27 September 2019 Craig Cheetham 45

We take a sideways look at some of the UK’s most forgotten home-built cars. The Rover Streetwise was years, almost decades ahead of its time. Didn’t know that, did you? […]

Concepts and prototypes : Rover SD1 Estate (1976-1978)

16 July 2019 Declan Berridge 24

The Rover SD1 Estate is a fascinating study into how it is possible to convert a sporting fastback into a usable estate car. It was deemed so successful in terms […]

History : The Rover-Triumph story – Part Six : 1964

7 July 2019 Ian Nicholls 7

Ian Nicholls, AROnline‘s historian-in-residence, tells the Rover-Triumph story, and their part in the downfall of the British motor industry. Here, in the sixth part, the year is marked by the expansion […]

News : Rover 75 DVD gets the green light!

17 March 2019 Mike Humble 7

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 – […]

The cars : Rover 800 (XX) development story

16 March 2019 Keith Adams 47

The Rover 800 development story tells an interesting tale. It relates to how the first-generation 800 emerged as the result of an ambitious programme to produce new Rover- and Honda-badged […]

The cars : Rover 800 Coupe development story

15 March 2019 Keith Adams 19

Designed for the US market, but introduced after the Sterling pull-out, the 800 Coupe was very much a car without a target audience. The Rover 800 Coupe development story tells the […]

The cars : Rover 800 (R17) development story

12 March 2019 David Morgan 21

Revamping a model is never an easy task, especially when you are constrained by budget and the need to retain the underpinnings from an existing car. However, as David Morgan […]

The cars : Rover 75/MG ZT development story

9 March 2019 Keith Adams 68

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. […]

The cars : Rover 600 (SK1) development story

8 March 2019 Keith Adams 36

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 […]

The cars : Rover SD1 development story

1 January 2019 Keith Adams 55

Featuring five-door supercar-aping styling, and one of the nicest engine notes ever to grace an executive car, the Rover SD1 has a place in the hearts of many car enthusiasts […]

Opinion : 21 years ago today – death of the Metro

23 December 2018 Keith Adams 21

Okay, so by 23 December 1997, the Metro name had long since died, and the car that had been launched with such a fanfare in October 1980 had mutated into […]

Concepts and prototypes : Austin AR6 (1983-1987)

28 July 2018 Keith Adams 25

We’ve talked about the Metro-replacing Austin AR6 a lot in relation to the company’s development in the mid-1980s, and its march towards privatisation. Keith Adams tells the car’s full story […]

Car of the Month : July 2018 – Steve Dean’s Rover 75

9 July 2018 admin 4

Steve Dean tells the story of how he ended up buying a Rover 75 Tourer 1.8 Connoisseur SE, and why it now occupies a place close to his heart. Words […]