When it was founded in 1967 British Leyland became the proud owner of approximately 35 manufacturing brands covering cars, vans, commercial vehicles, fork-lift trucks, fridges, body pressings manufacturers and carburettor makers. As of 2012 half a dozen are still in … Continue reading
As detailed in last weekend’s Trip Report I am now the owner of a very low-mileage 1987 Metro 5-door. Aside from it’s numerous good qualities which should be obvious (if they’re not, they should be by the end of this … Continue reading
Confession time- for all my talk about how bad cars are interesting and, particularly, how most British Leyland products aren’t anywhere near as rubbish as most people say, I have never actually owned a BL car. Yes, my old Series … Continue reading
I’ll admit that I’ve been caught short this particular Friday, being unexpectedly detained in deepest Kent and being forced, at no pleasure to myself, to poke around a classic car storage warehouse the contents of which included a Ferrari Daytona, … Continue reading
A few weeks ago I pondered on whether or not the cars being unveiled at the Paris Motor Show spelt the end of the Retro Car (a time I still feel can’t come soon enough). Recent events have made me … Continue reading
I’ve got three things on my mind this evening, so let’s get down to business: MG BTCC Edition at Brands Hatch I made the trek to Kent to watch the BTCC final at Brands Hatch yesterday, because it’s not every … Continue reading
Think of this category as Mythbusters but for old cars. Some cars, some types of cars, some engines and some companies just attract bad press and this has a cumulative effect as once it’s slagged off once it becomes a … Continue reading
If any one phrase can sum up British Leyland’s products it’s “They’re OK apart from…”. BL weren’t in the habit of making truely bad cars, what they specialised in were fundamentally good (or even excellent) cars that were let down … Continue reading
This is the first in what I hope will be an occasional series of articles looking at car- and motoring-related things in video gaming, thus neatly combining two of my pastimes into one. So we’re going to kick off with … Continue reading
Yesterday was the first press day at the 2012 Paris Motor Show and it was really a day when British brands stole the limelight. Given the troubled economic climate the European motor industry isn’t really on top form and the … Continue reading