The Austin Maxi is a medium-sized, 5-door hatchback family car that was produced by Austin and later British Leyland between 1969 and 1981. It was the first British car to feature a hatchback body style.

The Austin Maxi has the honourable distinction of being Sir Alec Issigonis’ final production car – and just like the Mini and 1100 before it, the Maxi boasted an extremely advanced spec sheet. Keith Adams takes a look at this oft-misunderstood car and highlights the good… and the bad.

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It was essentially a good car with some innovative ideas, but the finer details, lack of quality, and poor execution let the Maxi down – traits that would later go on to characterise BL. It was Britain’s first genuinely family-sized hatchback had plenty of space and seats that folded down into a lumpy double bed, yet taking the passenger ...

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2023年8月11日 · The Austin Maxi 1750 is powered by an 84bhp sohc 1748cc ‘four’, with a single carburettor

2023年2月25日 · The general apathy is perhaps best summarised by two contemporary reviews. At its launch in 1969, Motor Sport said: ‘The Austin Maxi is the best-yet of the transverse-engine BMC models, but it is not sufficiently revolutionary to merit all the ballyhoo that preceded it’.

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Developed by the British Motor Corporation (BMC), under the guise ADO14, the Maxi was the last of Sir Alec Issigonis’ designs to be put into production. It was the first British hatchback and one of the first family cars to be fitted with a five speed gearbox.

2013年2月28日 · The Maxi is a front wheel drive saloon (sedan) automobile with a front located engine, manufactured by Austin. Its 1.7 litre engine is a naturally aspirated, single overhead camshaft, 4 cylinder unit that has an output of 80 bhp (81 PS/60 kW) of power at 5000 rpm, and maximum torque of 143 N·m (105 lb·ft/14.6 kgm) at 3000 rpm.