The SMMT & Motor Codes has launched a system to publicise and check vehicle recalls, and in the first of a new series our mystery columnist Captain Pugwash takes a look at what really lies behind the marketing speak –
The motorways toll – or why we are still paying the price of failing to deliver on plans first drawn up over 50 years ago, explained by Dave Moss –
One of the greatest earthquakes to ever hit the British motor industry erupted 40 years ago and its fallout is being felt to this day, explains Dave Moss –
Personally, I love them so much that I’ve bought two, but that was a very different story 40 years ago, recalls group friend Julian Leyton –
It’s amazing what automotive gems are unearthed when you start digging into automotive history, and Dave Moss deserves his tankard of cider for this piece of detective work –
Things may have been low-tech but confidence was high, says Nigel Salmon –
It’s the land of sea, sand, sunshine and, if you’re lucky, a bit of the other “s”, and no-one’s in a hurry – at least, that’s the theory, says sage Nigel Salmon from his viewpoint as the most south westerly Cornish member of thewesterngroup –
Today is the anniversary of a landmark in British automotive engineering which never got off the ground at the time but which could still take off, writes Dave Moss –
Significant stories in British automotive history have been played out in The Western Group area but few are as diverse or as secretive as this one, as retold by Dave Moss –
rom modest beginnings in the Oxford suburbs, William Morris became one of a handful of innovative entrepreneurs who put Britain on wheels in the twentieth century but he was also a little-known coal mine owner in The Western Group area, explains Dave Moss –
The opening of the new Gloucester Services on the northbound M5 between junctions 12 and 11A brought a unique concept to west country motorways, as explained by group archivist Dave Moss –
Whatever you imagine India to be like, whatever you have heard about it good or bad, it is all likely to be true, says David Miles –
News that Volvo will cut its attendance at motor shows this year to just three once again raises questions over the value of global motor shows and Tony Lewis ponders the future of these a month before the Geneva showcase event –
If you’ve jumped here to discover how our motorways are numbered, you’ll probably find it helpful to read part 1 on the A and B road numbering system as background in unravelling what follows. After that you’ll need a certain level of concentration to see through this convoluted story, as unravelled by Dave Moss –
It’s a complex hundred year old story resulting in a system which has largely stood the test of time, despite being a tortuous tale of delay and intrigue, tempered by only occasional inspiration, says Dave Moss –
Early Discoverys in the south west, explored by David Moss –
