A commercial van carrying capacity to ¼-tonnes. Built on the chassis of a long journey, but without side windows, it proved in the 1960s as a cheaper alternative to the popular British car: it was classified as a commercial vehicle and as such bore no sales tax. A series of simple slots stamped parts made of steel instead of a chrome grille used more expensive. The minivan was renamed Mini 95 in 1978, the number, the gross vehicle weight of 0.95 tonnes. 521 494 were built. Despite the name change continues to motorists on the mini-van called as a consequence of it [edit] category of vehicles called mini-vans in other countries referred to Great Britain minivans.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Safety Features of Mini Cooper
A new MINI is not only one of the most exciting cars to drive, it is also one on each safest. Standard facilities include new MINI, anti-lock braking system (ABS), Automatic Stability Control + Tension (ASC + T), Cornering Brake Control (CBC), Dynamic Stability Control (DSC), electronic brake force distribution (EBD) and Brake Assist.
Sometimes accidents can not be avoided. Fortunately, six airbags, excellent torsional rigidity and protection against lateral impact, crumple zones and bumpers pedestrian, you and your passengers as safe as the children are well cared possible.Even: ISOFIX anchorage for seats children are now a standard feature, so that two ISOFIX child seats attach easily and securely to match the rear seats.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Latest Mini Cooper Design
The MINI Cooper is a modern development of this true classic. Based on the classic Mini style indices, it offers the latest technology and is one of the most advanced cars of its size in the world. Designed for the handling and performance is excellent and the safety, the MINI Cooper is a genuine car lover. Like the original, the new MINI is designed so that all drivers regardless of age or sex appeal. Thus the interest of the new MINI that fan sites in the U.S. for the car to take before it on the streets.
Monday, May 10, 2010
Mini Mark III
The Mark III Mini had a modified body with enough to see change, to change the code to ADO15 ADO20 (the joint plant with the Clubman). The most obvious changes were larger doors with concealed hinges. Customer demand has led the sliding window that replaces the Windows liquidation, although some Australian built Mark I of this device Ministers adopted in 1965 (with opening rear window). The suspension is returned to hydrolastic cone rubber [41] as a measure of reducing costs.(The 1275 GT and Clubman retains the system hydrolastic to June 1971, and opted for the rubber cone suspension of the original Minis.
Production at the Cowley factory was finished, and the simple name of Mini completely replaced the separate Austin and Morris brands.
In the late 1970s, Innocenti introduced the Innocenti 90 and 120, Bertone designed hatchback based on the Mini platform. Bertone also created a Mini Cooper equivalent, christened the Innocenti De Tomaso, who wore a similar engine of 1275 cc engine MG metro, but with a bolt head 11, a special entrance for access to and use of the "A" instead of coupling Verto-type . The most important feature was the use of CV trees, avoidance of rubber fittings.
Production at the Cowley factory was finished, and the simple name of Mini completely replaced the separate Austin and Morris brands.
In the late 1970s, Innocenti introduced the Innocenti 90 and 120, Bertone designed hatchback based on the Mini platform. Bertone also created a Mini Cooper equivalent, christened the Innocenti De Tomaso, who wore a similar engine of 1275 cc engine MG metro, but with a bolt head 11, a special entrance for access to and use of the "A" instead of coupling Verto-type . The most important feature was the use of CV trees, avoidance of rubber fittings.
Mini Clubman History
In 1969, under the control of British Leyland, the Mini a facelift by stylist Roy Haynes, who had previously worked for Ford has undergone. The redesigned version called the Mini Clubman, and has a square frontal look with the same characteristics Assembly window or the Austin Maxi. The Mini Clubman was replaced to cover the upper Riley and Wolseley versions. A new model, called the 1275GT was expected that the 998 cc Mini Cooper (1275 cc Mini Cooper S continued alongside the 1275GT substitute for two years until 1971). The Clubman Estate took over where the Countryman and Traveller left off.
The production of the Clubman and 1275GT has had a slow start because the car a lot of changes in production, "were, including the relocation of the tool manufacturer's plant in Cowley plant in Longbridge: incorporated very few cars to existing customers until the first months of 1970 delivered [35].
were early on the market Clubmans delivered on a conventional tire, despite the fact that in 1970, the standard was radial to the main competitors of the car [35]. In 1973, new minis that come standard with radials, although the transverse folds can be specified by special order, which buyers a price for the UK economy £ 8 [36].
The 1275GT is often mistaken as the "Mini Clubman 1275GT". The official name was always just the "Mini 1275GT", and was separate and distinct model Clubman (if it shared the same frontal treatment as the Mini Clubman, and was launched at the same time).
In 1971, the 1275 cc Mini Cooper S sold in the UK, so the Mini 1275GT that sport Mini for sale for the rest of the decade. to make Innocenti, Italy, however, continue their own version of the Mini Cooper for some time. While the UK built 1275GT was not as quick as a Mini Cooper S 1275, it is cheaper to buy, manage and secure. It was the first Mini to be equipped with a tachometer. He also set a standard close-ratio transmission FIT. Performance of the 1275GT was lively for the time, achieving 0-60 mph (97 KMH) provides in 12.9 seconds and an excellent mid-range 30-50 mph (48-80 kmh) in time, the maximum speed of only nine seconds . The rock wall means, but that the model reached 90 miles an hour (140 mph) is difficult. could be the 1275 cc A-series to hear cheap and easy, even if the stripes of the purchase price at low prices and top "Sidewinder door" means that this model developed a reputation as a "boy-racer special" during the 1970s and 1980s.
The Mini Clubman and 1275GT were responsible for two drivers "firsts": they were the first vehicles to use a flexible printed circuit behind the aircraft instruments (universal nowadays, but technically advanced for 1969). Secondly, the 1275GT was the first vehicle with run-flat tires, could be ordered from the year 1974, this model will be offered optional Dunlop Denovo 12-inch (300 mm) diameter wheels. In the case of a flat tire, the Dunlop Denovo would not burst and quickly emptied, but could still be used safely at speeds up to 50 mph (80 kmh) be. It was a useful safety device, although the road noise and mean better grip on a relatively low tire that many 1275GT buyers ignored this option.
During the 1970s, British Leyland continued to produce the classic 1959 "round" design front, next to the new Clubman and 1275GT models. The long nose Clubman and 1275GT offers better crash safety, were better equipped and had significantly improved access under the hood, but they were more expensive and aerodynamically inferior to the original design of 1959. The Mini Clubman and 1275GT were replaced in 1980 by the new hatchback Austin Metro, while production of the original "mini-tower design before," continued for another 20 years. At the end of Clubman and 1275GT production, 275 583 Clubman saloons and Clubman Estate 197 606 110 673 1275 GTs have been [made 18].
The production of the Clubman and 1275GT has had a slow start because the car a lot of changes in production, "were, including the relocation of the tool manufacturer's plant in Cowley plant in Longbridge: incorporated very few cars to existing customers until the first months of 1970 delivered [35].
were early on the market Clubmans delivered on a conventional tire, despite the fact that in 1970, the standard was radial to the main competitors of the car [35]. In 1973, new minis that come standard with radials, although the transverse folds can be specified by special order, which buyers a price for the UK economy £ 8 [36].
The 1275GT is often mistaken as the "Mini Clubman 1275GT". The official name was always just the "Mini 1275GT", and was separate and distinct model Clubman (if it shared the same frontal treatment as the Mini Clubman, and was launched at the same time).
In 1971, the 1275 cc Mini Cooper S sold in the UK, so the Mini 1275GT that sport Mini for sale for the rest of the decade. to make Innocenti, Italy, however, continue their own version of the Mini Cooper for some time. While the UK built 1275GT was not as quick as a Mini Cooper S 1275, it is cheaper to buy, manage and secure. It was the first Mini to be equipped with a tachometer. He also set a standard close-ratio transmission FIT. Performance of the 1275GT was lively for the time, achieving 0-60 mph (97 KMH) provides in 12.9 seconds and an excellent mid-range 30-50 mph (48-80 kmh) in time, the maximum speed of only nine seconds . The rock wall means, but that the model reached 90 miles an hour (140 mph) is difficult. could be the 1275 cc A-series to hear cheap and easy, even if the stripes of the purchase price at low prices and top "Sidewinder door" means that this model developed a reputation as a "boy-racer special" during the 1970s and 1980s.
The Mini Clubman and 1275GT were responsible for two drivers "firsts": they were the first vehicles to use a flexible printed circuit behind the aircraft instruments (universal nowadays, but technically advanced for 1969). Secondly, the 1275GT was the first vehicle with run-flat tires, could be ordered from the year 1974, this model will be offered optional Dunlop Denovo 12-inch (300 mm) diameter wheels. In the case of a flat tire, the Dunlop Denovo would not burst and quickly emptied, but could still be used safely at speeds up to 50 mph (80 kmh) be. It was a useful safety device, although the road noise and mean better grip on a relatively low tire that many 1275GT buyers ignored this option.
During the 1970s, British Leyland continued to produce the classic 1959 "round" design front, next to the new Clubman and 1275GT models. The long nose Clubman and 1275GT offers better crash safety, were better equipped and had significantly improved access under the hood, but they were more expensive and aerodynamically inferior to the original design of 1959. The Mini Clubman and 1275GT were replaced in 1980 by the new hatchback Austin Metro, while production of the original "mini-tower design before," continued for another 20 years. At the end of Clubman and 1275GT production, 275 583 Clubman saloons and Clubman Estate 197 606 110 673 1275 GTs have been [made 18].
INTRODUCTION Mini Cooper
The Mini is a small car that was made by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors of 1959 and 2000. The original is considered an icon of the 1960s and its compact front-wheel drive (which enable 80% of the surface of the vehicle for you to be used for passengers and luggage) did not affect an entire generation of car manufacturers
The vehicle is somehow than the British equivalent of his German contemporary, the Volkswagen Beetle, which enjoyed similar popularity in North America. In 1999, the Mini was voted the second most influential car of the 20 Century, behind the Ford Model T.
This distinctive two-door car was designed for BMC by Sir Alec Issigonis. It was at the Long Bridge Cowley and plants produced in England, Victoria Park / Zetland British Motor Corporation (Australia) factory in Sydney, Australia, and later in Spain (AUTH), Belgium, Chile, Italy (Innocenti ), Portugal, South Africa, Uruguay, Venezuela and Yugoslavia. The Mini Mark I had three major upgrades in the United Kingdom Mark: the II, the Clubman and the Mark III.
Within this, a series of variants, including a station wagon, van, van and a Mini Moke, a jeep-like buggy. The Mini Cooper and Cooper "S" were sportier versions that were as successful rally cars, winning the Rally Monte Carlo was four times from 1964 to 1967, although in 1966 the Mini was disqualified after the six other British competitors, the The first four cars at the end, after a questionable decision that the cars had an illegal combination lamps and headlamps used included have a prime minister under the name of Austin and Morris, the Austin Seven and Morris Mini Minor was until Mini became a brand in its own right in 1969 on the market. The new Mini has been sold under the name of Austin in the 1980s.
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