#Cars

The Morris Minor

Alec Issigonis' small car: cheap, honest, endlessly repairable, and still on the road seventy years later.

The Mini

Issigonis turned the engine sideways, put the wheels at the corners, and changed small car design permanently.

The Ford Cortina Mk3

Britain's best-selling car, parked outside half the houses on every new estate in the country.

The Ford Escort Mk5 And The Furry Dice

The Escort was everywhere, and the modification culture around it (dice, spoilers, sub-woofer) defined a certain kind of British car park.

The Ford Focus Replacing The Escort

Ford replaced Britain's most familiar car with something genuinely modern and it worked immediately.