Posts categorized under ‘History’

The home of William Morris needs saving – and the National Trust needs £600,000 to do so. Nuffield Place is currently owned by Oxford Nuffield College. It has offered to donate ...

The Jaguar XKR-S started life in a way that will be familiar to designers the world over – using a storyboard process. But although this process sounds suspiciously soft and ...

Lotus is the car company that wants to be associated with everyone at the moment.  Or should it be Lotus is the car company everyone wants to be associated with? ...

Lotus is embroiled in a naming row with another business using the Lotus name. Group Lotus is the ‘real’ Lotus but another enterprising lot are using the Lotus brand, causing ...

The MINI Coupe was an in-the-metal visual challenge for me last week in Austria. The swirly tape didn’t help. Covering the bit that’s different, emphasising the bit that’s the same. ...

@toyotapr pointed it out: how nice it is to see the Rover Vitesse back in the news. It has hit the headlines once again thanks to the efforts of Mark ...

BMW has announced it will sell 1.5 million 3- and 4-cylinder engines by 2015. It’s all part of the premium giant’s intention to become even more green, and continue its ...

China is the next automotive giant. Western car firms are fully aware of this, but both we journos and our readers have catching up to do. I’ve thus started this. ...

Rover underwhelmed the world with the 1995 Rover 400. There were many cars that could have marked the point where the more recent Rover rot set in: I point to ...

Volkswagen has saved the home to one of its most famous cars. Fittingly, it’s with the car that later saved the brand when the Beetle was substituted from the mainstream. ...