The 1950's Morris Cowley was a four-cylinder midsize car from the Morris Motor Company produced from 1954 to 1959. It was essentially a budget version of the Morris Oxford with less chrome, no heater, no opening front quarter lights and a simplified dashboard. It re-used a name first seen from 1915 to 1931 and revived again, briefly, in 1932. Automakers or automobile manufacturers are companies that design and manufacture automobiles. ... Morris Motor logo, from a UK Royal Mail van 1927 Morris Cowley 1928 Morris Minor Saloon 1946 Morris Ten Series M 1953 Morris Minor Series 2 1971 Morris 1000 Traveller The Morris Motor Company was a former British car manufacturing company. ... BMC rosette logo old BMC share A preserved BMC ambulance. ... Categories: Automobile stubs | Austin vehicles ... It has been suggested that Vehicle size class be merged into this article or section. ... A mid-size car, frequently referred to as an intermediate, is an automobile with a size between that of a compact and a full-size or standard-size car. ... This article is about the type of car. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Curb weight or kerb weight is the total weight of an automobile with standard equipment, oil, lubricants, coolant, a full tank of fuel and not loaded with either passengers or cargo. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Internal combustion engine. ... The BMC B-Series was a straight-4 automobile engine family created as a larger alternative to the companys A-Series. ... The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ... The Oxford name was used by the Morris Motor Company on a number of models, beginning with the 1913 Bullnose Oxford, and ending with the 1961–1971 Oxford VI. This page covers the post-war Oxford MO through the Oxford VI. // Oxford MO After World War II, the Oxford MO... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Internal combustion engine. ... The BMC B-Series was a straight-4 automobile engine family created as a larger alternative to the companys A-Series. ... The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ... The Oxford name was used by the Morris Motor Company on a number of models, beginning with the 1913 Bullnose Oxford, and ending with the 1961–1971 Oxford VI. This page covers the post-war Oxford MO through the Oxford VI. // Oxford MO After World War II, the Oxford MO... A mid-size car, frequently referred to as an intermediate, is an automobile with a size between that of a compact and a full-size or standard-size car. ... Morris Motor logo, from a UK Royal Mail van 1927 Morris Cowley 1928 Morris Minor Saloon 1946 Morris Ten Series M 1953 Morris Minor Series 2 1971 Morris 1000 Traveller The Morris Motor Company was a former British car manufacturing company. ... The Oxford name was used by the Morris Motor Company on a number of models, beginning with the 1913 Bullnose Oxford, and ending with the 1961–1971 Oxford VI. This page covers the post-war Oxford MO through the Oxford VI. // Oxford MO After World War II, the Oxford MO...
Series I
The Series I Cowley was torsion beam front suspension and live rear axle but with smaller 8 inch brake drums on early models. It had a top speed of just over 70mph. Torsion beam suspension, also known as a torsion bar, is a vehicle suspension system. ...
It has been said that the Morris Minor is the car that typifies "Englishness" and yet the designer was the son of a Greek father and a German mother, and the style was based on current American cars.
Morris Motors unquestionably had the finest small car in the world with the Minor, it was one of the first cars in its field to handle well.
The Morris Minor was the brainchild of Alec Issigonis, born in Smyrna Turkey in 1906.
The light cars produced at Cowley during the early nineteen thirties were a second MINOR model made between 1931 and 1934, further COWLEY models, 1931,1932 to 33,1934 to 35, the TEN-Four 1933 to 35, and the TEN-SIX Morris's contribution to the 1930's fashion for small six cylinder cars.
The Morris MINI MINOR was produced at Cowley and the Austin SE7EN was produced at Longbridge, Birmingham.
The Morris versions of the 1100 and 1300 were produced until 1971.The Austin MAXI was also produced at Cowley from 1969 until 1979.
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