Cowley, Oxford, England IMV, Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia [3] AMI, Petone New Zealand [4]
Designer
Sir Alec Issigonis
Body and chassis
Body style
5-door hatchback
Powertrain
Engine
E-Series 1,485 cc (90.6 cu in), 74 bhp and 1,748 cc (106.7 cu in), 84 or 95 bhp[5]
Transmission
5-speed manual all-synchromesh[6] 4-speed automatic optional from 1974
Dimensions
Wheelbase
104.75 in (2,661 mm)[5]
Length
159 in (4,039 mm)
Width
64 in (1,626 mm)
Height
54.5 in (1,384 mm)
Kerb weight
2,156 lb (978 kg)
Chronology
Predecessor
Austin A60 Cambridge
Successor
Austin Maestro
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.
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^Scandinavian Leyland Maxi sales brochure, www.lov2xlr8.no Retrieved 26 October 2017
^"Around the World : Yugoslavia". May 2016.
^"Around the World : New Zealand". 30 April 2016.
^ abCulshaw; Horrobin (1974). Complete Catalogue of British Cars. London: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-16689-2.
^"Autotest: Austin Maxi". Autocar. 130. Vol. (nbr 3821). 8 May 1969. pp. 8–13.
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