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Too big to fail

FROM MORRIS TO AUSTIN TO MORRIS

roduced for a remarkably long time, between 1948 and 1971, the Morris Minor lived through a significant portion of the post-war upheaval of the British car industry. It started very much as a Morris, a stalwart rival to the Austin A40/A30. Its packaging and road holding advantages set it apart from many other contemporaries, making up for a somewhat lethargic side-valve engine. But in

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