Monday, July 20, 2009
The Mini Classic Car (1959-2000) was a revolutionary and distinctive small car for the British Motor Corporation (BMC) by Sir Alec Issigonis (1906-1988). Conceived as a project ADO15 (Austin Design Office), the first models were under the name Austin Seven (often referred to as SE7EN) and Morris Mini Minor in England. To 1962 has shown that the 850 and Austin Morris 850 in North America and France.
Conceived as a project ADO15 (Austin Drawing Office Project number 15), the Mini is due to a lack of fuel. In 1956, after the Suez crisis, the oil supplies in the United Kingdom has been the reintroduction of petrol rationing. Sales of large cars dropped, and it was a booming market for so-called bubble cars, mainly of German origin. Leonard Lord, a little "of autocratic head of BMC, decretatoè do it quickly. EiSome models have fixed rules: the vehicle must be in a box measuring 10 × 4 × 4 meters (3 × 1,2 × 1,2 m) and the passenger accommodation occupy Six Feet (1.8 meters) 10 meters (3 m ) in length, and the engine for reasons of cost, must be a.
Issigonis, who had worked for Alvis, had been recruited to BMC in 1955 and with its expertise in designing small cars, it was natural that tzona. The team Centwarf the Mini was very low and Issigones say that it was Jack Daniels (who had with him on the Morris Minor), Chris Kingham (was with him at Alvis), two students and four draughtsmen. Together, in October 1957, designed and constructed that prototype, the affectionately as "The Orange Box 'because of its color.
BMC ADO15 series with a conventional four ill'acqua cooled by the engine, but istabweichend from tradition, landscape, oil for lubrication of the engine, a four-speed transmission in the crankcase and the use of Front-wheel drive. Almost all small cars from the previous lessons have developed a similar configuration. The radiator was on the left side of the vehicle so that the engine fan could be retained, but with a reverse step, so that in fact esploderednaturel low air pressure and the area gently to the front wing. This place saved valuable length, but has the disadvantage of feeding the radiator and the air warms pascantar on the engine.
Alsoif it is only slowly in the first line of strong sales in most models of lines in 1960, with a total of 1190000 Mk I is generated. The Mini has never been the money for their creators, because they sell less than the cost of production. Mmi This was necessary to COMPether, but only the items due to accounting errors. Some advantages of the popular luxury and optional accessories such as belts, mirrors and radio, as the requirements of modern carsle.
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