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John Sheppard (24 February 1922 – 29 March 2015) was a car designer who worked with
Alec Issigonis
Sir Alexander Arnold Constantine Issigonis (18 November 1906 – 2 October 1988) was a British-Greek automotive designer. He designed the Mini, launched by the British Motor Corporation in 1959, and voted the second most influential car of t ...
on the
Austin Mini
The Mini is a small, two-door, four-seat car, developed as ADO15, and produced by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors, from 1959 through 2000. Minus a brief hiatus, original Minis were built for four decades and sold during ...
and later on British Leyland's
Metro
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Geography
* Metro (city), a city in Indonesia
* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
Public transport
* Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urb ...
,
Maestro
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and
Montego. He also designed the body for the
Mini Moke
The Mini Moke (styled "MOKE") is a small, front-wheel-drive utility and recreational convertible, conceived and manufactured as a lightweight military vehicle by British Motor Corporation (BMC), and subsequently marketed for civilian use under ...
.
References
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20141021124608/http://www.miniworld.co.uk/features/miniworld-features/436-issigonis-and-the-9x-projects
*http://oxfordbusinesspark.com/news/legendary-car-designer-honoured-oxford-business-park
1922 births
2015 deaths
British automobile designers
People from Birmingham, West Midlands
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