THE MINI CAR

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The Mini is a small car that was (1) __________ by the British Motor Corporation(BMC) and its successorsfrom 1959 until 2000. That was the first(2) __________ of the car. The (3) __________ Mini is considered to be an (4) __________ of the 1960s. The vehicle is in some ways considered to be the British equivalent to its German competitor, the Volkswagen Beetle, which enjoyed similar popularity in North America. In 1999 the Mini was voted the second most influential car of the 20th Century, behind the Ford Model T. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s the British (5) __________ enjoyed numerous "special editions" of the Mini, which shifted the car from a mass-market item into a (6) __________ icon. It was even popular in Japan. The ERA Mini Turbo was particularly popular with Japanese (7) __________ . In 1994 BMW took control of the Rover Group, which included the Mini. The (8) __________ of the next generation had been done between 1995 and 2001 by two competitors - Rover Group in Gaydon, United Kingdom and BMW AG in Munich, Germany. Rover wanted an economy car, whilst BMW supported a small (9) __________ (or sport) car. After the last of the Mini production had been sold, the 'Mini' name reverted to BMW ownership. Now the name of the car's brand, MINI, is all-capitalized, that means is all written in capital letters. The new 'BMW' MINI is technically unrelated to the old car but retains the classic transverse 4-cylinder, front-wheel-drive configuration and iconic "bulldog" stance of the original. The 2001 - 2006 years included four hatchback (10) __________ : the basic "Mini One", the diesel-engined "Mini One/D", the sportier "Mini Cooper" and the supercharged "Mini Cooper S". In 2005 a convertible roof option was added. In November 2006 BMW released a re-engineered (11) __________ of the Mini which is unofficially known as the "Mk II Mini". The Mk II is currently^[update] available as a hatchback and a wagon (Clubman). The convertible was still based on the MK 1 until January 2009. Now, it is based on the MK 2. At its peak, the Mini was a strong (12) __________ in most of the (13) __________of the world where it was sold. A total of 1,581,887 Minis were (14) __________ in Britain only after the start of production in (15) __________ .
3. THE MORGAN CAR

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The Morgan Motor(1)__________(MMC) is a British motor car (2) __________ . The company was (3) __________ in 1909 by H.F.S. Morgan and was run by him until 1959. Peter Morgan, son of H.F.S., ran the company until a few years before his death in 2003. The company is currently run by Charles Morgan, the son of Peter Morgan. H.F.S. Morgan's first car (4) __________was a single-seat three-wheeled vehicle which was (5) __________for his personal use in 1909. Interest in his vehicle led him to patent his design and begin (6) __________ . He initially showed single-cylinder and twin-cylinder versions of his vehicle at the 1911 Olympia Motor Exhibition. At this exhibition he was convinced that there would be greater demand for a two-seat model. H.F.S. Morgan built his cars' reputation by taking part in competitions. One of his racing cars won the 1913 Cyclecar Grand Prix at Amiens in France. This became the basis for the Grand Prix model of 1913 to 1926, from which the Aero, Super Sports, and Sports models appeared. These models used air-cooled or liquid-cooled variations of motorcycle (7) __________ . The engine was placed ahead of the axis of the front wheels in a chassis made of steel tubes. Beginning in 1932, a new series of Morgan three-wheelers began with the “F-4”. The “F-4”, and the “F-Super” used a pressed-steel chassis and the four-cylinder Ford Sidevalve engine that was used in the Model Y. (8) __________ of the Ford-engined three-wheelers would continue until 1952. Morgan's first four-wheeler was the “4-4” model (with four-cylinder engine and four wheels). The first 4-wheeled Morgan (9) __________ made in 1936 and is known as the Morgan “4-4 Series 1”. Three-wheeler production continued alongside the “4-4” model until (10) __________ .

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The “Morgan +4” was (11) __________ to the public in 1950 as a larger-engined ("plus") car (than the “4-4”). Later the “+4+” was made in the (12) __________ of the 60-s with a contemporary fibreglass coupe body. The light weight and reduced drag characteristics improved the performance of the “+4+” over the regular “+4” in every aspect. However, the (13) __________ Morgan was loved by people more. So, only 26 “+4+” cars were built. Also a number of other models were designed. For example, Morgan (14) __________ can be found in many areas of motorsport, including the Le Mans 24h race. Another (15) __________ Morgan race-car was the “Aero 8 GT” that took part in 2008 Britcar 24h races at Silverstone. Morgan is based in Malvern Link, an area of Malvern, Worcestershire. Only 163 (16) __________ employees work for the company. All the cars are still (17) __________. The (18) __________ do their best to prove the quality of the car. The waiting (19) __________ for a car is approximately one to two years, although it has been as high as (20) __________ years in the past. Only 640 cars were produced by the company in 2007.

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