AN INDIVIDUALIST OUT OF TRADITION: THE NEW MINI SEVEN (BMW of North America LLC)

Edit Public Technologies 10 May 2016
(Source. BMW of North America LLC). The special edition will be available in both Cooper and Cooper S variants of the MINI Hardtop 2 Door and 4 Door models ... Pricing will be announced closer to the vehicle's arrival in market ... The first specimen of the legendary 4-seater created by designer Alec Issigonis and known today as the classic Mini came off the production line as the Austin Seven ... The new MINI Seven ... Unique in the segment ... Its name....

Mini Cooper S Convertible car review: Exclusivity on four-wheels

Edit Yahoo Daily News 25 Mar 2016
In adversity lies opportunity. The now-iconic small car, the Mini, was born out of an energy crisis. In 1956, with the Egyptian blockade of the Suez Canal, fuel prices shot up ... (Interestingly, during the design stage, the Mini was called the New Market.) The compact design was created by Sir Alec Issigonis. By 1959, the car landed on British roads ... In 1994, BMW took control of Rover Group, which included the Mini ... Exterior ... Interior ... Engine....

​Gobsmacked again by John Cooper’s amazing Mini hatch (Video)

Edit Business Journal 15 Feb 2016
There have been a multitude of Minis since the cheeky Brit ventured back across the pond in 2002. But none are better than the original hatchback, especially now that the powered-up John Cooper Works is back. Nearly 60 years ago amid a post-war gas crunch Sir Leonard Lord of the Morris Co. challenged engineer Alec Issigonis to create a small, affordable fuel-efficient car ... ....

197 Coolest things in the world this year

Edit GQ Magazine 27 Nov 2015
Entertainment / Editor's Picks 197 Coolest things in the world this year. By GQ 27 November 15 ... Enjoy. Range Rover Evoque Convertible ... You've probably not had many restless nights lamenting the loss the original Moke - a lightweight version of Sir Alec Issigonis' quintessentially British Mini - but Caribbean island owners/Bond Villains will be thrilled to learned that Australian firm, Moke International, has reprised the model ... ....

Latest (maxi) Mini drops its top

Edit Independent online (SA) 23 Oct 2015
Third-generation Mini Convertible remains true to the cheeky persona of Alec Issigonis' original shoebox on wheels ... ....

10 Coolest things in the world this week

Edit GQ Magazine 01 Sep 2015
Entertainment 10 Coolest things in the world this week. By 01 September 15 ...  . Former spy ship La Sultana superyacht  ...   ... You've probably not had many restless nights lamenting the loss the original Moke - a lightweight version of Sir Alec Issigonis' quintessentially British Mini - but Caribbean island owners/Bond Villains will be thrilled to learned that Australian firm, Moke International, has reprised the model ... ....

MINI reinvents itself (BMW - Bayerische Motoren Werke AG)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Jun 2015
(Source. BMW - Bayerische Motoren Werke AG). Munich/Berlin. The BMW Group unveiled the MINI brand's new product and brand strategy at the MINI Clubman world premiere yesterday in Berlin ... Sebastian Mackensen, head of MINI, emphasised ... Brand strategy ... The motivation of Sir Alec Issigonis, the creator of the MINI, was to build a small, economical city car that took up as little space and used as little petrol as possible ... MINI logo and font....

MINI reinvents itself (BMW (UK) Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Jun 2015
(Source. BMW (UK) Ltd). The BMW Group unveiled the MINI brand's new product and brand strategy at the MINI Clubman world premiere in Berlin this week ... The brand will also explore new approaches to communications in the launch campaign for the new MINI Clubman ... The motivation of Sir Alec Issigonis, the creator of the MINI, was to build a small, economical city car that took up as little space and used as little petrol as possible ... Ends....

Proxy form (26 May 2015, view PDF) (Publishing Technology plc)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Jun 2015
(Source. Publishing Technology plc). Proof 2. 26/05/2015 ATTENDANCE CARD. PUBLISHING TECHNOLOGY PLC - GENERAL MEETING. (Registered in England No 00837205). If not already registered for The Share Portal, you will need your Investor Code below. To be held at. 8100 Alec Issigonis Way, Oxford OX4 2HU on 12 June 2015 at 10.00 a.m ... Barcode. ... Meeting of the Company to be held at 8100 Alec Issigonis Way, Oxford, OX4 2HU on 12 June 2015 at 10.00 a.m....

Q. and A. with Patrick le Quement, EyesOn Design honoree

Edit Detroit news 17 Jun 2015
By Jenny King comments. Patrick le Quement, the former head of design for Renault, is the co-founder of the Sustainable Design School in France. Jenny King Tweet ... Before joining Renault, he designed for Volkswagen, Audi and Ford Europe ... He has chosen to lead rather than follow ... Raymond Loewy’s 1953 Studebaker Starliner – so far ahead of its time; Sir Alec Issigonis’s Mini, it was a giant step forward in miniaturization ... 11 billion ... ....

Sterling design an overlooked, but vital ingredient in business

Edit South China Morning Post 03 Jun 2015
Apple recently promoted Jony Ive to be its chief design officer ... Designers, in other words, rarely get the acknowledgement they deserve. Alec Issigonis, the man who conceived and designed British Leyland’s iconic Mini car, for example, was heartily disliked by the company’s chairman Lord Stokes who even demoted him to put him in his place ... Yet design is a tricky business and, almost by definition, a highly subjective one ... ....

Wolfgang Hatz honoured with 'Issigonis Trophy' (Porsche Automobil Holding SE)

Edit noodls 19 May 2015
Wolfgang Hatz honoured with 'Issigonis Trophy'British motoring magazine Autocar gives two awards to Porsche ... Hatz received the honorary 'Issigonis Trophy' from the oldest automotive magazine in the world in recognition of his long career as an engineer, but in particular for the successful development of outstanding Porsche sports and racing cars ... The 'Issigonis Trophy' is named after the British automotive engineer Sir Alec Issigonis....

Major bodyman for the mighty Mini

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 14 May 2015
As the body draughtsman, he laid out the construction of the British Motor Corporation's revolutionary small car in the late 1950s, under the direction of the mercurial Alec Issigonis ... It was joked that these were exactly the right size to carry the gin and vermouth bottles needed for Issigonis's dry martinis ... With his cheery willingness, Sheppard had an easy rapport with the eccentric but inspirational Issigonis....
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