Noting that thanks to the release of a number of Mini modifications, the total number of copies exceeded 1 million in 1969. Jaguar engineers were sent to the Mini design bureau, where they took part in the work on the new Mini Clubman model. In 1966, Jaguar became part of the British Motor Corporation. Out of 7 possible victories on the tracks of the World Rally Championship. Second year of participation, a victory was won in the most prestigious touring car race - the Monte Carlo Rally, and in 1966 the Mini Cooper became a champion car, allowing its drivers to win 6 To be very successful, and the Mini Cooper in the S modification, presented in 1963, began to take part in the World Rally Championship, as a car of the newly formed Cooper team. In 1961, the Cooper brothers, leaders of the Formula 1 team of the same name, presented their version of the highly popular Mini, equipping it with a more powerful power unit. Success Leonard Lord set about creating a Mini dealer network in India, and also instructed his company's design bureau to start a new project. However, since 1960 more than 3 thousand copies of Mini have been produced weekly every week, and on the wave of That had to be solved by making changes during the final pre-sale preparation. However, the first batches also showed the company's engineers a number of technical flaws Sales of Mini cars started in August 1959, and in 5 months more than 20 thousand Mini cars were sold.
Under the hood of the model is a 0.8-liter power unit,ĭeveloped by another company within the British Motor company - Morris, which also established the production of Mini cars at its factories under the name Morris Mini Minor. Was delayed by several months, due to the fact that it took a long time to create a large stock of Mini for dealers throughout the UK. At this time, the head of British Motors, Leonard Lord, created a team of engineers, instructing them to create a car so compact thatįuel consumption would be the lowest possible values, while retaining the ability to accommodate 4 adults and the necessary luggage in the cabin.įor two years there were continuous works, and after the registration of the "Mini" trademark, the start of production of the first model of the brand was announced. System, leading to the introduction of gas coupons in the UK. The history of the company dates back to 1956, when the Suez crisis clearly demonstrated the problems of the global fuel supply
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