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50 years ago this week the Austin Mini went on sale. It had been designed in reaction to the fuel shortages caused by the Suez crisis of 1956; little German bubblecars were selling like hotcakes, and the head of the British Motor Company said “God damn these bloody awful Bubble Cars. We must drive them off the road by designing a proper miniature car”. Three designers, two engineering students and four draughtsmen pulled it together in a y…Read the full story on TreeHugger
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