Posts Tagged ‘Autocar’

20 years ago this week, Rover Group pulled out of the US new car market. Why? Because the business strategy was to sell upwards of 30k cars a year over ...

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 ...

ROVER’S unveiling of the 200 made for a fascinating news report by Julian Rendell back in ’95. He was reporting from the London Motor Show, at which he spoke to ...

So, as you know, I’ve been looking back at old road tests in Autocar. The Mayfair one was revealing. While the 1997 Cooper one properly got me going. I asked ...

OK, I’ve been ploughing the Autocar library again, seeking out tests from back in the day. 22 January 1997 doesn’t sound *too* far back in the day, even though it ...

I have yet to drive a Mini, but am getting more eager by the day. Until I snare one, I’m having to get my fix from virtual sources. Hence, me ...

… I saw a heavily cloaked test car a few weeks ago on the M42. Looked like a Jaguar, beneath the disguise. It was – the new XJ, which Hilton ...

… Top VW product man Ulrich Hackenberg says customers are prepared to pay more for Bluemotion ‘green’ cars. That’s because they’re 5-10mpg more economical. Win-win for VW, then. It gets ...