The Austin Ant was a small four-wheel drive vehicle designed by Sir Alec Issigonis for the motor manufacturer British Motor Corporation (BMC). Although the Ant is widely regarded as a military vehicle, some sources suggest it was conceived with civilian use in mind as well. [1] In its military rôle it was a potential successor to the military version of an earlier Issigonis design, the Mini Moke. This article is missing citation of sources. ... The machine factory (shown here in a company letter of 1910) founded by Demosthenis Issigonis, Alecs grandfather, was one of the thriving Greek businesses in Smyrna (now Izmir). ... BMC rosette logo old BMC share A preserved BMC ambulance. ... The Mini Moke is a vehicle based on the Mini and designed for the British Motor Corporation (BMC) by Sir Alec Issigonis. ...
The Ant was cancelled in 1968 before full-scale production began, during the period when BMC became part of the British Leyland (BL) conglomerate; the merger caused several overlaps in model ranges, and the Ant was regarded as too close a competitor for the Land Rover range. [2] The British Leyland Motor Corporation (often abbreviated to simply BL), was a Britain in 1968. ... Land Rover was the name of one of the first British civilian all-terrain utility vehicles, first produced by Rover in 1947. ...
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^ Article "Ant Hill Mob" in Classic and Sports Car magazine, March 2007, published by Haymarket Publishing Ltd., United Kingdom
^ The unofficial Austin-Rover web resource; Austin Drawing Office numbers
The Mini Moke is a vehicle based on the Mini and designed for the British Motor Corporation (BMC) by Sir Alec Issigonis. ... The Nuffield Guppy was a small military vehicle designed by Sir Alec Issigonis while he worked for the Nuffield Organisation in the early 1940s. ...
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