![]() The first prototype, named for the color of «The Orange Box», was ready by 1957, but testing and completion took almost two more years. As a result, interior began to occupy at least 80% of the projection area of the vehicle. Them under the gearbox, integrated with the oil sump. The most important in solving these problems was the idea of cross-linking four-cylinder in-line engine, water-cooled, and placing ![]() Second goal was to place it in four adults and their luggage. Options outside dimensions have been defined. Number 15, Russian United Project Design Bureau number 15) has been set a clear task - to create a car as tiny as possible. People (2 designers, 2 engineering students and 4 draftsman), which was headed by engineer and designer Alec Issigonis. In 1956 Leonard Lord led them to the corporation established a working group of 8 Before engineers in many countries there was a question about the need to develop ultra-low car. At a time of gasoline for sale to consumers in the UK it has been ![]() Occurred in 1956-1957, the Suez crisis has demonstrated the reality of oil supply disruptions. British Motor Corporation - As a result of the In 1952, the director of the Austin Motor Company has made Leonard Lord had long planned merger with Morris Motors, which he led in the early 1930s.
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