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Drive Story

Drive Story

Drive Story : The longest day – Citroën C5

21 June 2020 Keith Adams 7

Back in 1998, the late, great, Phil Llewellin decided to mark the summer solstice by reaching all four corners of mainland Britain in 24 hours. Ten years on, Keith Adams […]

BMC 1100/1300 (ADO16)

Drive Story : Vanden Plas Princess

1 March 2019 Keith Adams 53

AROnline takes a rather special ADO16 for test – after a quick spin, Keith Adams feels the need to espouse the virtues of the Vanden Plas Princess. Yet again… Vanden […]

Drive Story

Drive Story : Geneva’s counterpoint to Pearly

28 February 2017 Steven Ward 3

Steven Ward’s account of a three-car dash from Geneva to Menton, via the Alps, involving two Ford Mondeos and a Citroën C5 hire car.  Read on to see how the team […]

Drive Story

Drive Story : From Calvin’s City to the Côte d’Azur

28 February 2017 Robert Leitch 5

Robert Leitch recounts his hired Ford Mondeo-bound trip from Geneva to Monaco, via the Alps. His car was in convoy (sort of) with Andrew Elphick’s borrowed Citroen C5 and Steven Ward’s […]

Drive Story

Drive Story : Citroën C5 in the South of France

28 February 2017 Andrew Elphick 8

Andrew Elphick recounts a brilliant trip in a Citroen C5 from Geneva to Monaco, via the Alps, Italy… and a little bit more. […]

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Drive Story : Cowley to Longbridge – Thelma & Louise style!

9 May 2015 Mike Humble 0

It should have been a simple easy run from Cowley to Longbridge, but plans often go awry. I’ll stay quiet for a while and let ‘er indoors, aka: my other half, explain the turn […]

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Drive Story : Cowley to Longbridge with a Maestro – what can go wrong?

2 May 2015 Mike Humble 11

When Mike Humble was asked to drive a very rare MG Maestro in the Cowley Convoy, it was music to his ears. However, heritage soon kicked in almost scuppering the […]

Drive Story

Drive Story : Rover 800 and Audi 100

30 April 2014 Keith Adams 45

We’ve read the stories a million times before – pampered journo flies to Modena, picks up a supercar, wafts it across the Alps and on to Blighty. Gushing, worshipping prose […]

Drive Story

Drive Story : On the trail of Arthur Daley

1 April 2014 Keith Adams 66

Keith Adams and Mike Humble go walking in the wild West End soaking up the vibes and ghosts of the brilliant Thames TV show, Minder. The MG6 is our transport […]

Drive Story

Drive story : Приключение: Лaдa к Чернобыль (Adventure: Lada to Chernobyl)

16 February 2014 Keith Adams 19

We had been planning this one for months – and several times during the run-up, we thought it wouldn’t come off… But despite the worries and setbacks, our plan to […]

Drive Story

Drive Story : Range Rover Sport V8 Supercharged

1 July 2013 Keith Adams 9

Getting to know Wales… the easy way The first gasp happened in the mountains on the climb out of Sennybridge, a small town located in the Brecon Beacons. A ragged […]

Drive Story

Drive Story : A (not so) MINI adventure

22 May 2013 Keith Adams 25

Keith Adams takes an unstructured journey back home from the International Mini Meet in a Clubvan Cooper D and surprises himself by travelling rather further than he planned. Florence and […]

Drive Story

Drive Story : Triumph TR8 across America

21 April 2013 Keith Adams 30

Florida red eye Richard Truett I’m on the verge of being sacked at work. It’s just days from my 52nd birthday and I’m getting married in less than three months. There’s […]

The long drive home...
Drive Story

Drive Story : Anglo-Swiss assignation

5 June 2012 Keith Adams 1

Part three: Returning Home Steven Ward takes his hot-blooded Fiat Coupé to Geneva to find the secret of what makes a British car British… Photography: Andrew Elphick The final part […]

Drive Story

Drive Story : Anglo-Swiss assignation

4 June 2012 Keith Adams 7

Part two: Asking The Questions Steven Ward takes his hot-blooded Fiat Coupé to Geneva to find the secret of what makes a British car British… Photography: Andrew Elphick Sadly the […]

Drive Story

Drive Story : The Anglo-Swiss assignation

3 June 2012 Keith Adams 10

Part one: Rolling Out The Bunting Steven Ward takes his hot-blooded Fiat Coupé to Geneva to find the secret of what makes a British car British… Photography: Andrew Elphick What […]

Astra

Driven : Vauxhall Astra GTE (1984)

20 May 2012 Keith Adams 45

The Mk1 Vauxhall Astra GTE might be one of the underrated hot hatches of the 1980s, but that certainly doesn’t mean it’s not up there with the best. Keith Adams […]

Cavalier

Drive Story : Cavalier – then and now…

10 April 2012 Keith Adams 47

Keith Adams enjoys a week in Vauxhall’s very own Cavalier Mk1. But it does get him thinking about the past and present. And asking the obvious question. Cavalier progress I’ve […]

The long and, er, straight road beckons
Drive Story

Drive Story : AROnline goes Stateside

18 March 2012 Keith Adams 22

Despite being well into the autumn of his life, Keith Adams had made it until the beginning of 2012 without setting foot in the USA. However, the past couple of […]

Drive Story

Drive Story : MINI Coupé 1.6T John Cooper Works

24 January 2012 Keith Adams 35

Coupés are cramped, impractical, noisy… and a whole lot of fun. That’s the whole point of them, yes? MINI obviously thinks so, and has introduced a crackerjack Coupé to prove […]

Drive Story

Drive Story : VW Passat // New chasing the old

27 October 2011 Keith Adams 18

We aim for the deep south of France on a single tank of fuel… our mission, to find old cars and buy great wine. Our car of choice for the […]

Defender

Drive Story : Land Rover Defender // Stonehenge to London

25 July 2011 Keith Adams 2

Recently refreshed and confirmed for production for a few years yet, the Land Rover Defender is a British institution, and the closest thing to a brand new classic you can […]

Drive Story

Drive Story : TVR Griffith // Back to Blackpool

25 July 2011 Keith Adams 6

TVRs are misunderstood – mocked for parts bin engineering and poor build quality by their detractors, and adored by those who own them. We take a late Griffith 500 on […]

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Unbelievably, the Metro Cooper was not offered as a ‘factory-backed’ conversion, even though it came with a blue-chip pedigree. However, there was a good reason why John Cooper Garages ended […]

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