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News, October 2008

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Edited by Clive Goldthorp

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1 October: Sherpa van alive, well, and refreshed...
5 October: News digest
7 October: MGs go on sale in Chile
18 October: British Leyland’s legacy brands: the British public speaks!
19 October: News digest
20 October: MINI all volts, and quite a bit of spark
25 October: News digest


News digest

Compiled by Clive Goldthorp

News from around the world...

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MINI all volts, and quite a bit of spark

KEITH ADAMS

BMW has finally unleashed some information and photos of the much anticipated MINI E set to debut next month at the LA Auto Show. For those who haven't been paying attention, late last spring BMW announced plans to build and lease a fleet of 500 battery powered MINIs starting sometime in 2009.

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Doubling Longbridge's workforce and upping output...

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British Leyland’s legacy brands: the British public speaks

By Clive Goldthorp

AROnline’s news coverage so far this year has largely focused on SAIC Motor Corporation Limited’s (SAIC Motor’s) merger with Nanjing Automobile (Group) Corporation (NAC), the subsequent re-launch of the MG marque in the UK and Tata Motors Limited’s (TML’s) acquisition of Jaguar Cars Limited and Land Rover (UK) (JLR).

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Aston One-77, JLR gets environmentally conscious; Tata's Nano is going to a new home...

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MGs go on sale in Chile

Keith Adams

Re-badged Roewes masquerading as MGs go on sale in Chile...

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Clive Goldthorp

The latest from around the world...

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Sherpa van alive, well, and refreshed

Keith Adams

FOR those of you who didn't know, the long lost relative of the much-loved Sherpa van remains in production in Turkey. Now powered by a 3-litre Nissan diesel engine putting out 98bhp, the light commercial now known as the BMC Levend is a direct decendent of the van, which British Leyland introduced in 1974 to critical acclaim.

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