TheMini is the small car icon of the 1960s. It was produced by BMC (British Motor Corporation) starting with 1959 and was the first car to get the front-wheel-drive. This space saving solution ...
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When the 1959 Mini prototype quietly rewrote design rules
The first Mini prototype of 1959 did not arrive with fanfare or a manifesto about changing the car industry. It appeared as a compact answer to a fuel crisis, yet its layout quietly rewrote how small ...
In 1959 Mini changed the world. The Mini’s innovative design, the result of an inspired decision by chief engineer Alec Issigonis to mount its engine transversely across the front of the car and send ...
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sixty years ago, driving changed forever. The year was 1959. The first Barbie Doll was introduced, The Twilight Zone premiered on television, the first American ...
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