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MorrisMinor

1948–1971 United Kingdom commercial vehicle 24 production years
Production1948–1971
Recorded originUnited Kingdom
Classcommercial vehicle
Also known asMoggie Minor
Built1,368,291 units
Background

The Morris Minor is an economy car produced by British marque Morris Motors between 1948 and 1971. It made its debut at the Earls Court Motor Show, London, in October 1948. Designed under the leadership of Alec Issigonis, more than 1.6 million were manufactured in three series: the Series MM, the Series II, and the 1000 series.

Text adapted from “Morris Minor” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07

Chronology ledger

Dates with their meaning intact

Production chronology1948–1971

Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.

Wikipedia lead ↗24 years
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1930–1971

First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.

Netherlands RDW ↗42 years