Car of the month : April 2009
A competitor in the recent Nile Trial endurance rally, David and Margaret Miller’s Rover Streetwise proved remarkably useful in the mixed Northern African scenery… Husband and wife team David and Trish...
View ArticleCar of the month : May 2009
Being the Events Organiser for the Rover SD1 Owners Club, Sally Sheldon usually needs to transport boxes of club stuff, flags, gazebos, banners, scaffolding poles and all the other bits needed to set...
View ArticleCar of the month : June 2009
After some time on the dark side owning a Citroën Xantia Activa, and then over eighteen months with a 200 VI, AROnline‘s very own technical guru, Brian Gunn, felt the need to move to something slightly...
View ArticleCar of the month : July 2009
Jaguar has all-but confirmed that the X-TYPE won’t be replaced when it drops out of production in 2010, and a lack sales in the USA is probably the reason for this decision. But just because the...
View ArticleCar of the month : August 2009
The MG ZS was always considered the ugly duckling of the MG Rover range, but as Adam Sloman has shown with his own example, a few well-chosen modifications and a revised front end certainly sharpen...
View ArticleCar of the month : September 2009
With the 50th anniversary of the Mini being big news at the moment, we thought it was time to dip into our vault of potential CoTMs and pull out this one. As you can see, this is a little unusual by...
View ArticleCar of the month : October 2009
This one’s bound to be controversial, but given Vauxhall’s current plight, and the liklihood that what remains at Luton will be put out to pasture, we thought we’d pay our respects by offering up this...
View ArticleCar of the month : November 2009
There’s a lot of Wedge-love on AROnline, and we reckon that the most delicious examples of all are the original 18/22 Series models that only ran for a matter of months in 1975. And when it comes to...
View ArticleCar of the month : December 2009
Rover SD1s. Ah the V8, the Vanden Plas, the Vitesse… but what about the more regular models in the range? We celebrate Gareth Hopkins’ award-winning 2300 Series 2 model by giving it Car of the Month...
View ArticleCar of the month : January 2010
Maestros are perhaps Austin Rover’s favoured Marmite cars. People either love or hate them. Well, we love ‘em at AROnline and to show just how much, the site’s deputy editor has just invested rather...
View ArticleCar of the month : February 2010
Like all Minis, the Lamm Cabrio has something of a cult following. Launched as a Rover product in the early 1991, the Lamm had already been in production for three to meet a demand for open-topped Mini...
View ArticleCar of the month : March 2010
It seems like nice Rover 200s are really coming out of the woodwork now, with several having appeared in the space of a few short weeks, reassuring lovers of Hyacynth Bucket’s jumped up saloon car that...
View ArticleCar of the month : April 2010
Made famous for creating the Plymouth-Dakar Rally, Julian Nowill has long since been associated with the Eastern European car scene. But he’s turning to the darkside, and has finally come out of the...
View ArticleCar of the month : May 2010
Celebrating its 40th birthday this year, the Range Rover has emerged as one of the 20th century’s most important and iconic cars. Designed by Spen King and Gordon Bashford with its styling finalised by...
View ArticleCar of the month : June 2010
Already generally regarded as a forward thinking classic car, the Austin Maestro has aged exceptionally well. James Sergeant’s stunning Vanden Plas, complete with voice synthesizer dashboard, is a...
View ArticleCar of the month : July 2010
The Alps and the Mini have become synonymous thanks to the Monte Carlo Rally and the film, The Italian Job. So it only seems fitting that Robert Plews celebrated in style by taking his 1960 Morris Mini...
View ArticleCar of the month : August 2010
Ian Merriman has unearthed this gem from the South of France – a pre-production Rover 75 Club. Are there any out there older we wonder? Words and pictures: Ian Merriman The oldest of the few? A lovely...
View ArticleCar of the month : September 2010
The Rover 200/400 looks crisp and exciting over two decades on from its launch. Early ones are getting rare now, and Mike Humble’s example is one of the best… Words and pictures: Mike Humble The high...
View ArticleCar of the month : October 2010
Its designer may have left us now, but the Rover 800′s crisp and honed ’80s lines will remain with us for a long time to come. Is Roy Axe‘s original 800 in its finest form? Certainly the owner of this...
View ArticleCar of the month : November 2010
What makes a proper barn find? Lots of spiders and a thick layer of dust? Finding a gleaming car underneath it all? Or some rusty surprises? Kevin Davis came to the rescue of the featured Princess 2200...
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