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[axmini]

passionate about this one arnt you

[Ethel]

It will say on the VIN plate what alias the Brummie spanner monkeys were using for the week they botched your Mini together.

Edited by Ethel, 27 November 2007 - 09:42 PM.

[taffy1967]

Well it's true to say that Austin Rover (as it became known for the best part of the 1980's) put "Austin" badges on Minis again from the start of the 1980's and up to around 1988?

The steering wheel usually had an Austin badge on it, or the corporate Austin Rover type of motif and many of the grilles also wore an Austin badge too.

When the Austin name was dropped because it was feared that younger drivers wouldn't want to own an Austin and so the company became known simply as Rover. Cars like the Metro, Maestro and Montego then wore Rover badges instead, but the Mini didn't, or at least those sold in the UK didn't. I believe at least a few Japanese export models had Rover badges on their boot lids? Either way the Mini was then generally registered as a Rover Mini on the V5's.

But then the Mini had become a registered product name in its own right from late 1969 with the MKIII range and that was when the Austin and Morris badges were originally dropped.

Just to add to the confusion my first Mini which was a 1975 MKIII Mini 1000 was registered as a Morris on the V5. So yes the old names were still in use on the paperwork, even if it wasn't always correct.

Edited by taffy1967, 28 November 2007 - 12:55 AM.

[Aria Aradhea]

Cars like the Metro, Maestro and Montego then wore Rover badges instead, but the Mini didn't, or at least those sold in the UK didn't. I believe at least a few Japanese export models had Rover badges on their boot lids?

Yes, they had the "Rover" badges in the boot lids and the Rover Viking ship shield badges on the bonnet too, as they're sold as the Rover Mini from I think around 86 onwards. All Japanese Minis wore the Rover badges except the 90s Coopers and the 96on MPi model which had the wing badges, but still with the text "Rover" badges on the boot lid...

[bigciaran]

i think i drive a Austin

my log book says Austin mini and so does my insurance

mines a 1988

same her ty

[bigciaran]

Well it's true to say that Austin Rover (as it became known for the best part of the 1980's) put "Austin" badges on Minis again from the start of the 1980's and up to around 1988?

The steering wheel usually had an Austin badge on it, or the corporate Austin Rover type of motif and many of the grilles also wore an Austin badge too.

When the Austin name was dropped because it was feared that younger drivers wouldn't want to own an Austin and so the company became known simply as Rover. Cars like the Metro, Maestro and Montego then wore Rover badges instead, but the Mini didn't, or at least those sold in the UK didn't. I believe at least a few Japanese export models had Rover badges on their boot lids? Either way the Mini was then generally registered as a Rover Mini on the V5's.

But then the Mini had become a registered product name in its own right from late 1969 with the MKIII range and that was when the Austin and Morris badges were originally dropped.

Just to add to the confusion my first Mini which was a 1975 MKIII Mini 1000 was registered as a Morris on the V5. So yes the old names were still in use on the paperwork, even if it wasn't always correct.

My bonnet and steering wheel both say asutin on

[bigciaran]

You certainly don't if it's the one in the picture! Austin-Rover is a codename for British Leyland, Austin themselves died years before your car was made.

Just done DVLA check, defienetly a austin mini.

[Timtom]

Did you not read what Taffy said?..

He just explained why the v5 says its austin..

[THE ANORAK]

You certainly don't if it's the one in the picture! Austin-Rover is a codename for British Leyland, Austin themselves died years before your car was made.

Just done DVLA check, defienetly a austin mini.

oh for god sake how can it be an Austin mini if the company wasn't called Austin at the time it was made

at the very least its an Austin rover mini.

its not about what the badge or the V5 says its about what the company was called

its like when people come up and say "whats the advantage of buying a rover mini instead of a British leyland one"

its the same company and the cars were made on the same production line, usually by the very same people.

[THE ANORAK]

look, Austin Mini Mayfair made by ..... Austin Rover

now please.... stop it

Edited by THE ANORAK, 28 November 2007 - 06:24 PM.

[paulrockliffe]

Love your work.

[krippy31]

hmm interesting ive got an 82 mayfair supposedly made by austin but i beleive from what the majority of you are sayin is that its atcherly made by austin rover ?

[s_robinson91]

I dont care what mine is log says its a 1989 Austin Mini City E but dont care if it is wrong.

[THE ANORAK]

well it is wrong because they stopped calling them "City E" in august 1998

what you have is a "Mini City"

Edited by THE ANORAK, 28 November 2007 - 07:08 PM.

[sazal]

But you dont know when that brochure was made?? Ive got a mini brochure that says Austin Morris...