Morris Minor 1000 Tourer - British Volkswagen with a sympathy bonus
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Between 1948 and 1971, the Morris Minor was built, a small car with a modern design, constructed by Alec Issigonis. Over 1.6 million units and a large fan community confirm the quality of the design. As a saloon, convertible, estate and van/pickup, the small car shaped the street scene in England, but was also a great success on the export market. This report tells the story of the cuddly Brit, portrays the last convertible delivered to Switzerland and illustrates the development of the model with historical pictures and brochures.
This article contains the following chapters
- Test drive at the factory
- The beginning - from Mosquito to Minor
- Too narrow?
- Modern design
- Enthusiastic reception
- Continuous gentle improvements
- Successful millions of times over
- The end came after 23 years
- In first ownership
- With a sympathy bonus
- Inexpensive to this day
- Further information
Estimated reading time: 9min
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The route from Basel to Engelberg is around 130 km long. Nowadays, a modern passenger car can cover the distance in around one hour and 40 minutes. In the early 1950s, however, this journey was a day's drive, there were neither highways nor expressways, countless villages had to be passed through and a number of inclines had to be conquered. The Gubser family's little Morris Minor held its own, but a break had to be taken at Hauenstein to cool down the Minor, which had become hot from the climb and the large number of passengers. The father sat at the front on the left and the mother on the right with the pressure cooker on her lap. In the back sat little Hans-Ueli with his two siblings and an au pair.
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