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Morris Mini Traveller Mk1 with internal fuel tank Austin Mini Countryman Mk2 with filler cap now moved to the lower right hand side of the car. These models were two-door estate cars with double "barn-style" rear doors. Both were built on a slightly longer chassis of 84 inches (2.1 m) compared to 80.25 inches (2.038 m) for the saloon.
Mini (stylised as MINI) [1] is a British automotive brand founded in Oxford in 1969, owned by German multinational automotive company BMW since 2000, and used by them for a range of small cars assembled in the United Kingdom, Austria, Netherlands (until 16 February 2024) and Germany. The word Mini has been used in car model names since 1959 ...
1964 Austin Cooper S at the 2004 Watkins Glen SVRA 1966 Morris Mini-Traveller (Mark I) Issigonis' friend John Cooper , owner of the Cooper Car Company and Formula One Manufacturers Champion in 1959 and 1960, saw the potential of the little car, and after some experimentation and testing, the two men collaborated to create a nimble, economical ...
MG Midget Mk2 1098cc of 1964- 66; Austin A35 Van 1098cc of 1962- 68; Austin A40 Farina Mk2 - From Oct 62- 68; Morris Minor from Oct 62- 71. Austin / Morris BMC Saloon from 1962. Mini and its derivatives, the 1098cc engine mounted transversely. It was a stroked (to 83.8 mm (3.30 in)) version of the 998 previously used in the Riley Elf and ...
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The Mini Moke is a small, front-wheel-drive utility and recreational convertible, conceived and manufactured as a lightweight military vehicle by British Motor Corporation (BMC), and subsequently marketed for civilian use under the Austin, Morris, Leyland, and Moke brands. The name "Mini Moke" combines mini with moke, an archaic term for a mule.
It was launched in 1980 as the Austin Mini Metro (styled AUSTIN miniMETRO). The Mini Metro was intended to complement and eventually replace the original BMC Mini, and was developed under the codename LC8. The MG version of the Metro was named "Car of The Year" 1983 by What Car? magazine, and later once more, as the Rover Metro, in 1991.
The Austin marque started with the Austin Motor Company, and survived a merger with the Nuffield Organization to form the British Motor Corporation, incorporation into the British Leyland Motor Corporation, nationalisation as British Leyland (BL) forming part of its volume car division Austin Morris later Austin Rover, and later privatisation as part of the Rover Group and was finally phased ...