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A recent drive in a one of the first-generation Chrysler 300C models sold here in the UK set me thinking about how, when it comes to its styling, there’s something […]
There’s a lot of talk about premium small cars these days, but we’ve been here before. The Austin 1300 GT and Triumph 1300 TC are two that were playing the […]
In Australia, the Leyland P76 was billed as ‘Anything but average.’ Unfortunately (and unjustifiably so), it also turned out to be anything but successful. Richard Gunn samples Leyland’s legendary leviathan […]
Back in the mid-1970s, the family car of the moment was very much a hatchback – but two of the most popular five doors for your money harked back to […]
The Triumph TR8 was described as nothing less than the reinvention of the sports car when it was launched in the USA in 1980. When the Ford Capri Injection arrived […]
Back in 1980, if you wanted the best business tool on wheels, you were given a Ford Cortina. Vauxhall and Talbot didn’t necessarily agree, offering the Cavalier and Solara instead. […]
The Triumph TR7 was misunderstood when new and lacked a certain something, but has since emerged as one of the classic car industry’s most enduring starter cars. But one of […]
Warm hatch wonders With fewer than 50 MG Metro Turbos left on the road in the UK, it’s time to celebrate one of the most fun sporting hatchbacks from the […]
Here it is – 2020’s most talked-about new car is now on sale. For Land Rover at least, its most important new launch since it took a punt on the […]
The original Range Rover enjoyed a 26-year production run, during which time it was almost unanimously regarded as the best off-roader in the world – bar none. And now it’s […]
After years of change, competition and confusion, the choice of vehicle for the London cabbie seems a straightforward one these days. Well, it is if they want to drive […]
Mike Humble has recently spent a week behind the wheel of the newly-facelifted Jaguar XE. Here’s what the big fella found, and it’s fair to say he liked it… The […]
Mike Humble has recently spent a week behind the wheel of the new MG HS. Here’s what the big fella found, and he wasn’t disappointed… MG Motor UK: it’s been […]
MG has been on a bit of journey in the UK since we last checked in with the company. Now an importer and without Longbridge as its centre of operations, […]
In a world crammed with all-new electric SUVs and small cars, produced by an industry which increasingly talks about tackling climate change, sustainability and the move towards vehicles that consume […]
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 […]
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 […]
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? […]
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 – […]
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 […]
Mike Humble Here’s yet another one of those car birthdays that makes you feel old. Ford’s medicine to a customer base that still mourned the passing of Cortina came along thirty years ago. The old […]
The NEC Motorshow in 1998 was a vitally important event for Rover and Jaguar. Both companies launched brand new cars – and, in both cases, they were designed the way they were […]
Sporting pretenders? Introduction They might be unfashionable now, but diesel cars have been on a huge adventure in recent years. The time when cars fuelled by the black pump were slow, noisy […]
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