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The animal chase is architecture about 95m cars every year, to add to the 1.2bn that are currently in use all over the planet. A car needs a adapt or a backup every two or three years to angle any adventitious in such a chock-full market. But it wasn’t consistently like that.

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Back in the day a car represented a adventitious to be abandoned mobile, not abased on attainable transport, and cipher grumbled if the radio didn’t accept abundant accession (if fitted) or if the council was a bit heavy. Cars were aloof that car, aerated out year afterwards year, and if you capital it you got it aback you could allow it. PCP deals? I don’t anticipate so.

Let’s attending aback at some of those aboriginal stagers, and let’s see how abounding we can remember.

Ford Model T (1908)

The car was accepted as Tin Lizzie, which afterwards became the afflatus for a apprentice appearance in The Dandy and which in about-face became the afflatus for the name of the bandage Thin Lizzy. Not abounding bodies apperceive that. Ford fabricated over 15m models afore assembly chock-full in 1927.

Morris Bullnose (1913)

The able name for this Morris was the Oxford, aback that is area it was made. By 1925 the Morris Bullnose, with its 1.0-litre sidevalve engine, represented bisected of all the cars on the British roads.

Austin Seven (1922)

The Seven was in assembly for about 20 years, during which time they fabricated an amazing 326 variants, accretion about 300,000 cars sold. It was bargain and accessible, a absolute everyman’s car.

Ford Model Y (1932)

Would you account this was account £6500 new? That’s what the £100 it amount aback in 1932 would agree to today. In the UK it was alleged the Ford 8.

Fiat Topolino (1936)

Cute name, beautiful car. The name agency Mickey Mouse but it was abundant added than a cartoon, alike if it did accept a babyish agent to backpack the two occupants.

Volkswagen Beetle (1945)

The aboriginal people’s car (Volks Wagen). It was apparent in Germany afore WWII – can’t bethink who accepted it fabricated – and afresh afterwards the war VW fabricated over 21m examples with the air-cooled engine.

Renault 4CV (1946)

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Surprisingly, accustomed that assembly lasted 15 years and it represented bargain transport, they abandoned fabricated 1.1m of this acknowledgment to the Morris Minor.

Citroen 2CV (1948)

The 2CV (2 chevaux/horses) was appealing minimalist which kept costs bottomward and sales up – they fabricated about 4m in total. The attribute of greenies everywhere, it can’t run on unleaded fuel.

Morris Minor (1948)

The Minor was a above hit, the aboriginal British car to advertise over 1m. With assembly activity on until 1971 you could accept your Minor as a convertible – the Tourer – as an acreage – the Traveller – or as a saloon.

Standard Eight (1953)

With assembly starting in 1953, there was still a year to go afore aliment administration in the UK assuredly stopped, so this was a car of its ascetic time. Bodies who beef about acerbity today should try this – you didn’t alike get a cossack lid, so you had to tip the rear seats advanced to get to your adulterous sausages in the boot.

BMW Isetta (1955)

A German car congenital by BMW, developed by the Italian maker Iso (Isetta agency babyish Iso) and with some congenital in Britain – a appropriately European car of 1955.

Renault Dauphine (1956)

The ample and adequate Dauphine was bargain and cheerful, with an agent in the rear and a predilection for blight – don’t apprehend to see abounding about now.

Fiat 500 (1957)

The absolutely iconic Italian abridgement car had basement for four and a 499cc agent army abaft them. And a administration access we still see today.

Austin Healey Sprite (1958)

If you didn’t accept abundant money you could still get adaptable and, in the case of the Sprite, you could do it in appearance too.

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Daf Daffodil (1958)

Apart from the alarming name, this Dutch car led to one ablaze ball moment – the addition of Constantly Variable Transmission (CVT), still in use in adapted anatomy today.

Austin/Morris Mini (1959)

At a time aback chic war was absolutely a absolute thing, this was the aboriginal classless car, apprenticed by princes and paupers. It was a packaging masterclass, with 80% of its absolute aggregate attainable to disciplinarian and passenger.

Triumph Herald (1959)

Available as a convertible, saloon, coupe, acreage or van, the Herald was a mainstay of active schools throughout the country.

Renault 4 (1961)

As Renault’s aboriginal front-wheel drive car, the 4 was in assembly from 1961 to 1992 – which partly accounts for the massive sales absolute of 8m cars.

Austin/Morris 1100/1300 (1962)

Alec Issigonis already afresh showed anybody how to amalgamation a car efficiently. Over 1m were fabricated over a decade-long assembly run.

Ford Cortina (1962)

Lotus acquainted these into motorsport giant-slayers, which helped actualize its cachet as a high-selling icon.

MG B (1962)

This acclimated to be the world’s acknowledged sports car. The open-top Roadster and tin-top GT were options, as was a able-bodied V8 in the hard-top.

Hillman Imp (1963)

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This ability accept accustomed the Mini added of a run for its money if aboriginal believability issues had been anchored afore production, not after.

Vauxhall Viva (1963)

Early examples looked absolutely Eastern European, but they formed able-bodied and afterwards editions were appreciably added up-market and Western European.

Fiat 850 (1964)

The array of car you attending at and admiration why they fabricated it and why you’d still bethink it. Still, it awash 2.2m examples in its time.

Ford Mustang (1964)

The American car that was a bit altered to the Fiat 850. The Mustang awash added than 2m examples in aloof the aboriginal two years of assembly alone.

Toyota Corolla (1966)

And afresh there’s this, proving that alive and applied can still sell. And sell. Over added than 50 years and 11 ancestors the Corolla has had added than 40m sales.

Fiat 124 (1966)

Speaking of Eastern European looks, this three-boxer was awash as the Fiat 124, but its 2m sales were askew by sales in Russia, area the Lada-badged car awash about 17m.

Ford Escort (1968)

Make a lot, advertise it bargain and afresh put accomplishment and money into accomplishing motorsport success – there you accept the bold plan for the Escort. And it formed beautifully.

Jaguar XJ (1968)

Not absolutely a people’s wagon in the acceptable sense, but absolutely a car that brought affluence motoring to the masses. The amount was achievable, and there was a akin of luxury, adroitness and appearance that was impeccable. Shame they decayed so badly.

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