 Morris Motor logo, from a UK Royal Mail van
 1953 Morris Minor Series 2
 1971 Morris 1000 Traveller The Morris Motor Company was a former British car manufacturing company. After the incorporation of the company into larger corporations the Morris name remained as a marque (vehicle brand). Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1535 KB)Morris Motor Company Logo, from red Royal Mail truck. ...
Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1535 KB)Morris Motor Company Logo, from red Royal Mail truck. ...
Download high resolution version (1393x1122, 198 KB)1927 Morris Cowley at The Great West Road Run, Aust, Bristol, England. ...
Download high resolution version (1393x1122, 198 KB)1927 Morris Cowley at The Great West Road Run, Aust, Bristol, England. ...
Image File history File links 1928 Morris Minor Saloon photographed by Malcolm Asquith and released into the public domain. ...
Image File history File links 1928 Morris Minor Saloon photographed by Malcolm Asquith and released into the public domain. ...
Download high resolution version (1668x1114, 242 KB)1946 Morris Ten Series M at the Great Western Road Run rally at Aust Services, Aust, Bristol, England. ...
Download high resolution version (1668x1114, 242 KB)1946 Morris Ten Series M at the Great Western Road Run rally at Aust Services, Aust, Bristol, England. ...
1953 Morris Minor Series 2, at a Classics Rally, Bristol, England, in October 2003. ...
1953 Morris Minor Series 2, at a Classics Rally, Bristol, England, in October 2003. ...
Download high resolution version (1833x1314, 320 KB)1971 Morris 1000 Traveller at Bristol Car Show, The Downs, Bristol, England. ...
Download high resolution version (1833x1314, 320 KB)1971 Morris 1000 Traveller at Bristol Car Show, The Downs, Bristol, England. ...
A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ...
A marque (French for brand and pronounced as mark) is a brand name, most commonly used for automobile brands. ...
History
Morris was started in 1913 when bicycle manufacturer William Morris (1877-1963) turned his attention to car manufacturing. A factory was opened in Oxford and the company's first car the "Bullnose" Oxford was introduced. 1913 (MCMXIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
This racing bicycle is built using lightweight, shaped aluminium tubing and carbon fiber stays and forks. ...
William Richard Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield (10 October 1877 - 22 August 1963) was the founder of the Morris Motor Company and a philanthropist. ...
1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ...
During the 1920s Morris established a reputation for producing high quality cars. In 1924 Morris overtook Ford to become Britain's biggest car manufacturer, holding a 51% share of the home market. Also in 1924 the head of the Morris sales agency in Oxford, Cecil Kimber, started building sporting versions of Morris cars called MG after the agency Morris Garages. Referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America and in Australia as the Roaring Twenties . In Europe it is sometimes refered to as the Golden Twenties. ...
A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ...
Ford may mean a number of things: A ford is a river crossing. ...
Mg or mg or MG may stand for: machine gun Madagascar, ISO country code Malagasy language, in ISO 639 magnesium (Mg) MG (car), the car company milligram (mg) megagram (Mg) or Tonne MG stands for Minas Gerais, one of the states from Brazil Metal Gear or Metal Gear Solid This...
Throughout the 1930s and 1940s the company produced mainly simple but reliable family cars. The most famous Morris car was the Morris Minor introduced in 1948 reusing a name from 1928. The Morris Oxford of 1948 was the basis for the design of India's famous state-produced Ambassador automobile. // Events and trends World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atomic bomb. ...
The revolutionary Morris Minor was launched at the Earls Court Motor Show on 20 September 1948, and attracted immediate attention. ...
1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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...
1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Hindustan Ambassador is a model of car manufactured by Hindustan Motors of India. ...
In the early 1950s Morris merged with its old rival Austin to form the British Motor Corporation. In 1968, the Morris brand became part of British Leyland. // Events and trends This map shows two essential global spheres during the Cold War in 1959. ...
The Austin Motor Company was founded in Longbridge, Birmingham by Herbert Austin, the former manager of the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company in 1905. ...
The British Motor Corporation (BMC) was a car company, formed by the merger of the Austin and Morris companies in 1952. ...
1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
The British Leyland Motor Corporation (often abbreviated to simply BL), was a Britain in 1968. ...
The Morris brand name was used until the early 1980s on cars such as the Morris Marina. The facelifted Marina, the Morris Ital was the last Morris-badged passenger car until its demise in 1984. (The last Morris was a van based on the Austin Metro.) The Morris assembly plant in Cowley was turned over in the early 1980s for the production of Austin and Rover badged vehicles. The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ...
The Marina was a model of car manufactured by the Morris division of British Leyland throughout the 1970s, a period of great turbulence and difficulty for the British car industry. ...
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1989 MG Metro Turbo The Rover Metro was a hatchback automobile of supermini size, originally launched in 1980 as the Austin Mini Metro (miniMETRO to give the official badging), intended to replace the Mini. ...
Cowley in Oxfordshire is a residential and industrial area within the city of Oxford, originating with the former villages of Cowley, Temple Cowley and Cowley St John. ...
The Austin Motor Company was British manufacturer of automobiles that rose to be a major motorcar brand, the dominant partner after merger with Morris in the 50s but declining after absorption into British Leyland. ...
1936 Rover 10 1962 Rover 80 Rover 2000 1995 Rover 200 Rover (the MG Rover Group) is a manufacturer of automobiles in the United Kingdom, based at the famous Longbridge plant in Birmingham. ...
The rights to the Morris badge is currently owned by MG Rover, who have inherited the remains of and BMC and BL. The Cowley assembly plant is now owned by BMW, who use it to assemble the New MINI. With MG Rover currently in receivership, it is not clear who will buy the Morris badge. MG Rover are the largest independent manufacturer of cars in the British motor industry. ...
BMW AG (an abbreviation for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works), is a German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ...
The Mini is the name of a rather petite car produced from 1959 to 2000, and the name of a newer one known as New MINI launched in 2001. ...
Models The revolutionary Morris Minor was launched at the Earls Court Motor Show on 20 September 1948, and attracted immediate attention. ...
The revolutionary Morris Minor was launched at the Earls Court Motor Show on 20 September 1948, and attracted immediate attention. ...
The revolutionary Morris Minor was launched at the Earls Court Motor Show on 20 September 1948, and attracted immediate attention. ...
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...
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...
The Isis was a six-cylinder midsize car from the Morris Motor Company in the 1950s. ...
The Mini is the name of a small car produced from 1959 to 2000, and the name of its replacement (known as New MINI) launched in 2001. ...
Photo from original press release of Austin 1100 The Morris 1100 was a small family car built by the British Motor Corporation and, later, British Leyland, from August 15, 1962 to June 1974, developed under the ADO16 codename. ...
Photo from original press release of Austin 1100 The Morris 1100 was a small family car built by the British Motor Corporation and, later, British Leyland, from August 15, 1962 to June 1974, developed under the ADO16 codename. ...
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The Marina was a model of car manufactured by the Morris division of British Leyland throughout the 1970s, a period of great turbulence and difficulty for the British car industry. ...
The Morris Ital was launched in 1980. ...
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