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SP010 50th Anniversary Mini
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SP010 50th Anniversary Mini |
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| By the mid-1950s, with Britain starting to recover from the Second World War, fuel was in short supply and petrol rationing was reintroduced. While sales of big cars slumped, there was a boom in more economical vehicles. The British Motor Corporation charged Alec Issigonis with designing something that would actually look like a car, hold four adults, and be small and economical. His design was a revolutionary space-saving front-wheel-drive that for the first time mounted the engine transversely. Virtually all small front-wheel-drive cars that followed employed a similar configuration. First produced in 1959, the Mini soon became Britain’s most popular car, enjoying its heyday in the Swinging Sixties. Now, five decades on, the Mini is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Oxford is releasing a specially packaged Mini to commemorate the event. | |
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