Marques

Would you believe Lada Samaras, Porsche Boxsters, Saab 96s, 99s and 900s, Talbot Horizons, Talbot Solaras, Vauxhall Calibras and Mercedes-Benz GLCs amongst others were all built by Valmet in Finland? […]

The Rover SD1 was sold in India as the Standard 2000 and was that company’s new entry into the executive car market. There were one or two changes which rather […]

Vanden Plas is one of the most famous names the BMC portfolio of names. Declan Berridge tells the fascinating story of this London-based producer of luxury cars. […]

Outwardly, it looked like a Morris Ital with a nicer-looking front bumper, but underneath, it sported new (well, old) underpinnings. The Huandu was built in Western China and proved fairly […]

Morris vied with Austin to become one of Britain’s largest carmakers. It produced a number of iconic cars such as the ‘Bull Nose’ and the Issigonis-created Minor before becoming a […]

The first Honda to wear a Rover badge wasn’t the 213… but the Rover Quintet, an intriguing Far Eastern offering. Paul Guinness tells us what he knows. Rover Quintet: the […]

In 1960, BMC entered into a collaboration with Italian component and scooter manufacturer Innocenti, which saw the latter company produce BMC/BL-based models in Italy for the next 15 years. […]

Declan Berridge tells the story of one of the UK’s oldest car manufacturers – from growth in the 1920s, success in the 1950s, to its eventual demise in 1975. It’s a story of innovation, success and, ultimately, bad luck… […]

Triumph’s history was an interesting one but, following bankruptcy on the eve of World War II, it was left to The Standard Motor Company to pick up the baton and shape Triumph’s brave new world… […]

Ask anyone with even the most cursory knowledge of classics to name their favourite cars, and you can guarantee that the MG name will come up time and time again. Keith Adams takes a short tour through the history of this great marque… […]

Fancy a cut-price Lotus Elise? This new Tata-produced sports car could be the answer to your prayers. Be sure to test drive it first on your XBox, though. […]

Rolls-Royce and Bentley worked with BMC on a number of short-lived prototypes based on the Austin 3 Litre and Vanden Plas 4 Litre R. Here are the best ones that never saw the light of day. […]

Hillman started out as a small scale cycle manufacturer, and built some interesting cars, but it did not survive the 1920s without being bought-out. In the end, it was Rootes brothers that did the deed, before carving out an extremely successful car producing business for themselves… […]

Craig Cheetham   It may not be a name steeped in glamour, but as one of the stalwarts of the former BMC/BL empire, LDV was one of the hardiest survivors. Now […]

Story: Coventry Telegraph Additions: Andrew Elphick Coventry’s London Taxi Company has been given permission to build a new plant at Ansty Park. Officials at Rugby Borough Council gave the go-ahead […]

Most of us know the Montego, along with the Leyland Roadrunner, celebrated a 30th birthday this year. Also, back in 1984, the Rover 200 was introduced – an important product […]

Mike Humble Once again, it’s event time.  3 August 2014 is the 21st BMC/BL Rally and, hopefully, the weather will be a little bit better than last year. The event is held […]

Sterling was created by Austin-Rover in the mid 1980s in order to ease Rover’s return to the USA. There might have been a sound reasoning behind the decision to create […]

Clive Goldthorp Jaguar Land Rover Automotive plc (JLR) appears to be on something of a roll at the moment – retail sales during Q3 (the three months to 31 December, […]

Without a doubt, 2013 was a turbulent year for the world’s oldest privately-owned car manufacturer. That was then – and things are now looking brighter for Morgan. At Geneva, Andrew Elphick chatted to […]

The Honda Civic Type R might be enjoying a very public gestation – and a lengthy one at that – but we’re hoping it’s going to be worth the wait. […]