Videos

Keith Adams tells the full story of the Rover P8. The company’s range-topping saloon was killed days before it was set for production. The P8 was a victim of politics, […]

Following on from our recent story on record-breaking MGs, we take a closer look at The Tomcat Affair – Rover’s speed-endurance run in the 220 Coupe Turbo. John Batchelor has […]

What’s left to be said about the Austin Allegro? It never met sales predictions, earned a terrible reputation in the press and with buyers, and its fame far exceeded its influence […]

Between the two World Wars, the Vanden Plas Kingsbury Works produced some very prestigious motor vehicles indeed – particularly Bentley, but also Alvis, Lagonda, Rolls Royce and others. Here’s the […]

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 […]

It was a brave new world for BL – a Honda built in the UK but, in many ways, the Triumph Acclaim represented so much more. When launched in 1981, […]

In the late-1970s, BL invested in its future by looking at the next step in engineering design. Under the leadership of Spen King, British Leyland Technology was created, and out of it came some fascinating projects, including the lightweight ECV3 prototype. […]

Unashamedly created as Cowley’s Cortina, we tell the Morris Marina development story – how this car was intended to lead Morris – and, more importantly, British Leyland – into a […]

Well, I never thought I’d see the day! Above, you can see what happens when you take a really nice example of a Rover SD1 off the road, and leave […]

David Morgan tells the full story of the Rover 200 BRM LE – the stylish hot hatch with an historic nameplate and orange snout. It was not a stellar success. […]

The MG Metro 6R4 was Austin Rover’s entry into Group B, the controversial rallying category that gave us a series of spectacular cars before being banned at the end of […]

I reckon Sir Alec Issigonis would have approved of the Peugeot 104. There, I’ve said it. If I were to ask you to come up with the car that feels […]

Based on the Mini, the Austin Metro shared its A-Series engine, and when launched in 1980, it was hailed as the car to save British Leyland. It did, too… […]

Mike Humble sticks his head above the parapet to come to the defence of the Vauxhall Vectra B, the car that Jeremy Clarkson famously slated on Top Gear. After running three […]

David Morgan remembers the launch of the new opening credits for the Midlands’ most famous motel in March 1985, but filmed in September 1984 complete with an MG Maestro 1600. […]

The Rover 200 (R3) started out as a Metro replacement, but was soon marketed into something far more grandiose. […]

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 […]

If you’ve read all there is to read about the Rover 75 here and elsewhere, and think you know all there is to know about Britain’s last chance saloon, here’s […]

Ian Elliott joined ‘The Austin’ as a student Engineering Apprentice in the late 1960s and remained there until 1991. In his time, he has been involved in some amazing projects. […]

Updated development story with new testing images to paint a fuller picture of the conception and creation of this vitally-important car for BL.  However, the Maestro failed to capitalise on […]

You’ve heard it mentioned a dozen times and some will be bemused, amused or aghast with horror by the wonderfully naff Telly Savalas Visits Birmingham, but we have really got […]