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Title: Solved - NEH 5138: Proposal for 1000 cc car on Minivan platform
Post by: Carnut on April 24, 2017, 06:30:01 AM
What's this, by whom - for 1 point?:

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Title: Re: NEH 5138
Post by: Carnut on May 09, 2017, 07:05:21 AM
Experts?
Title: Re: NEH 5138
Post by: thorax on May 09, 2017, 07:18:54 AM
a proposal for Mini by Pininfarina
Title: Re: NEH 5138
Post by: Carnut on May 09, 2017, 10:10:49 AM
Quote from: thorax on May 09, 2017, 07:18:54 AM
a proposal for Mini by Pininfarina

It's BL but neither Mini proposal nor by Pininfarina
Title: Re: NEH 5138
Post by: tobytwirl on May 09, 2017, 01:02:47 PM
Is it electric powered?
Title: Re: NEH 5138
Post by: thorax on May 09, 2017, 01:09:41 PM
Metro?
Title: Re: NEH 5138
Post by: el_monty on May 09, 2017, 01:17:43 PM
According to a well-known online source, it is not by Pininfarina but it IS based on the Mini...  :scratch: PM sent.
Title: Re: NEH 5138
Post by: Carnut on May 09, 2017, 02:00:26 PM
Quote from: tobytwirl on May 09, 2017, 01:02:47 PM
Is it electric powered?

No

Quote from: thorax on May 09, 2017, 01:09:41 PM
Metro?

I don't have an alternative name for it but it according to my info it wasn't going to be either a Mini nor a Metro but something similar-sized.  All I want is what it was actually based on and what cc it was going to be ..

Quote from: el_monty on May 09, 2017, 01:17:43 PM
According to a well-known online source, it is not by Pininfarina but it IS based on the Mini...  :scratch: PM sent.

Thanks; I've replied to your PM but I've actually given you the answer in my reply...!
Title: Re: NEH 5138
Post by: wingroad on May 09, 2017, 02:48:54 PM
As far as I know it was based on the Mini with a 4" longer wheelbase with an overall length nearly 12 foot. It was designed at Longbridge and not by Pininfarina, Leonardo Fioravanti,who designed the 1100 and 1800 prototypes denied anything to do with it.
I believe the cc was 1275.
Title: Re: NEH 5138
Post by: Carnut on May 09, 2017, 06:12:57 PM
Quote from: wingroad on May 09, 2017, 02:48:54 PM
As far as I know it was based on the Mini with a 4" longer wheelbase with an overall length nearly 12 foot. It was designed at Longbridge and not by Pininfarina, Leonardo Fioravanti,who designed the 1100 and 1800 prototypes denied anything to do with it.
I believe the cc was 1275.

It was a proposal for a 1*** cc car (not 1275).
What floorpan did they have which was 4" longer than the Mini?
Locked for you.
Title: Re: NEH 5138
Post by: wingroad on May 10, 2017, 03:00:09 PM
It was based on the Mini Van platform which had the 4" longer wheelbase.
998cc A-Series ?
Title: Re: NEH 5138
Post by: Carnut on May 10, 2017, 03:06:40 PM
Quote from: wingroad on May 10, 2017, 03:00:09 PM
It was based on the Mini Van platform which had the 4" longer wheelbase.
998cc A-Series ?

That's it, yes.
Although there are references to Minis it was never proposed as a Mini replacement as far as I'm aware, but was a slightly larger 1000 cc car, somewhere in between the Mini and the Austin 1100.
The influences of the Pininfarina BMC prototypes are plain to see.