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Although the Minor was originally designed to accept a flat-4 engine, late in the development stage it was replaced by a 918 cc (56.0 cu in) side-valve inline-four engine, little changed from that fitted in the early 1930s Morris Minor and Morris 8, with a bore of 57 mm but with the stroke of 90 mm and not 83 mm, and producing 27.5 hp (20.5 kW ...
An eager family buys the first Morris Mini-Minor sold in Arlington Texas. The uniquely designed car was met with widespread public acceptance. 26 August 1959 – 101 – The first Mini launched, the Austin Seven and Morris Mini-Minor; August – 4232/4093 – Split radiator cowl; August – 5488/5537 – Pivoting quadrant on radius arm for ...
The Morris Oxford Series III, launched in 1955–56, only had a short production run in the UK, but it was manufactured in India as the Hindustan Ambassador by Hindustan Motors with periodic changes till 2014 The Morris Mini launched in 1959 would influence a whole new generation into small cars. The Mini was produced until 2000.
The Mini (developed as ADO15) is a small, two-door, four-seat car produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors, from 1959 until 2000. Minus a brief hiatus, original Minis were built for four decades and sold during five, from the last year of the 1950s into the last year of the 20th century, over a single generation, as fastbacks, estates, and convertibles.
Known as ADO16 from around July 1959. XC9003 Mini, ... ADO59 Morris Minor 1000; ADO61 Austin 3 ... but was abandoned following the sale and break-up of the Rover ...
1959 Morris Mini-Minor The original two-door Mini was a small car produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors from 1959 until 2000. It is considered an icon of the 1960s, [ 5 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout (which allowed 80% of the area of the car's floorpan to be used for passengers and ...
For 1959, the Oxford, announced on Lady Day 25 March 1959, [4] was merged into the mid-sized Pinin Farina-designed BMC Farina range along with a half-dozen other previously announced models, including the 1958 Wolseley 15/60 and 1959 Riley 4/68, Austin A55 Cambridge Mark II, and MG Magnette Mark III. The Austin and Morris cars were nearly ...
It first went on sale for £669, using a tuned version of the Austin A-Series engine and as many other components from existing cars as possible to keep costs down. When the Mk. II Sprite was introduced in 1961 it was joined by a badge-engineered MG version, the Midget , reviving a model name used by MG from the late 1920s through to the mid-1950s.