Memories
Memories : Geneva Motor Show, 1983
It’s the first major motor show of 1983, and the halls of the Palexpo in Geneva are filled from cheek to jowl with some of the most exciting new cars […]
Rover
Rover SD1
The cars : Standard 2000
The Standard 2000 was a Rover SD1 which was redeveloped and sold to in India. Standard Motor Products was responsible for production as the company’s new entry into the executive […]
Coleman Milne
The converters : Coleman Milne Rover Vanden Plas
This subtly stretched 800 Sterling revived a name which was abandoned by the Rover Group in 2005. The styling looked rather similar to a factory-developed version of the 800, too… […]
Rover 800 (XX/R17)
Concepts and prototypes : Rover 800 LWB (1986)
There have been plenty of stretched Rover 800s sold, but did you know that the factory developed one? The long… and short of it In 1984, Rover and Jaguar parted […]
750
The cars : Roewe 750 (SAC528) development story
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. […]
Raise a glass to
Raise a glass to : 20 years of the Rover 25 and 45
The Rover 25 and 45 were developed from the R3 200 and HHR 400 Series as stopgap models before the anticipated arrival of the R30 in 2002. David Morgan recalls […]
Development story
The cars : Rover 200/400 (R8) development story
The Rover 200/400 (R8) was good enough to turn around the fortunes of its embattled maker. Here you can read the internet’s fullest account of its development; a vehicle that […]
BL50
Video : Two More For the Road, Rover 2300/2600
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
Concepts and prototypes : Rover P10 (1969-1971)
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
Opinion : Why the Rover SD1 helped kill British Leyland
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 […]
Development story
The cars : Rover P6 development story
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 […]
Development story
The cars : Rover P5 development story
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 […]
AROnline News
News : Rover 75/MG ZT DVD filming makes excellent progress
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, […]
Honda
Review : A week with Honda UK’s Civic prototype
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 […]
Car Reviews
Review : Rover Streetwise
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 […]
Rover
Unsung Heroes : Rover Streetwise 2003-2005
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
Concepts and prototypes : Rover SD1 Estate (1976-1978)
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 […]
2000/2500
History : The Rover-Triumph story – Part Six : 1964
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 […]
AROnline News
News : Rover 75 DVD gets the green light!
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 – […]
Development story
The cars : Rover 800 (XX) development story
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 […]
Development story
The cars : Rover 800 Coupe development story
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 […]
Development story
The cars : Rover 800 (R17) development story
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 […]
Development story
The cars : Rover 75/MG ZT development story
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. […]