Sir Alec Issigonis, designer of the Mini, also designed the Morris Minor, now a collector's item after 60 years, writes Bob Montgomery… Sir Alec Issigonis, designer of the Mini, also designed the ...

Dr. Andrew Roberts is a cinema and motoring historian whose writing reflects a lifelong fascination with all cars. His love of post-war crime films led him to buy a 1960 police Wolseley, complete with ...

The Morris Minor, a cute little car, was manufactured from 1948 to 1971 by Morris Motors, a British company. According to Autocar magazine, it was “a primary way Britain got back on the road after the ...

A distinctive profile with an emphatic "glasshouse"; signature daylight openings; unitary construction; fuss-free panels; confident surfaces; restrained details; a hint of aerodynamic purpose with the ...

Click here if you are unable to view this gallery on a mobile device. In September of 1948, a car that had been secretly planned during the Second World War (when there was a ban on civilian car ...

Happy birthday to the Mini! Sixty years ago today (August 26, 1959), the British Motor Corporation first showed its new compact car. Announced under two brands, as the Morris Mini-Minor and the Austin ...

Unlike most kids, Alec Issigonis did not really find cars interesting. In fact he was 12 years old before he saw one. But at 50 years of age, he was able to give the automobile a new - and smaller ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Today in History. Followed categories will be added to My News. But when motoring writers gave it a test run, they found the little car had some zip, was easy to ...

More than anything, the third-generation "new" Mini being introduced by BMW is meant to pay tribute to one car, the first-generation "old" Mini, the fantabulous original of 1959 that soldiered ...

First launched as a two-door sedan and a convertible in 1948, the Morris Minor is the car that got Britain moving again after the war. Designed under the supervision of Alec Issigonis, the father of ...