Alec Issigonis Quotes

Sir Alexander Arnold Constantine Issigonis, was a British-Greek designer of cars, widely noted for the groundbreaking and influential development of the Mini, launched by the British Motor Corporation in 1959.

✵ 18. November 1906 – 2. October 1988

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Alec Issigonis Quotes

“I've always felt that stylists such as you have in America are ashamed of a car and are preoccupied with making it look like something else, like a submarine or an airship…As an engineer, I revolt against this.”

Alec Issigonis

The New York Times http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEEDB1231F936A35753C1A96E948260&scp=1&sq=mini+issigonis&st=nyt.

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