The Vision of Issigonis

‘I thought we had to do something better than the bubble cars.  I thought we should make a very small car for the housewife that was economical to run with lots of shopping space inside which didn’t need a big boot.’

Alec also once said that designing a small car presented a much greater challenge than designing a large car.  ‘Mr Royce had nothing to do,’  he noted,  perhaps tongue-in-cheek.

And finally what the Mini designer famously said to Italian stylist Pinin Farina

‘In two years’ time your car will be like old lady’s clothes – out of fashion.  My car will still be in fashion when I am dead.’

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