{"id":5040,"date":"2012-11-01T09:15:52","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T09:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/?p=5040"},"modified":"2012-10-26T15:37:51","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T14:37:51","slug":"which-british-car-was-voted-the-greatest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/2012\/11\/which-british-car-was-voted-the-greatest\/","title":{"rendered":"Which British Car was voted the Greatest?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/60s-Mini.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5041\" title=\"60's Mini\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/60s-Mini-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em>The iconic original <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mini\">Mini<\/a> has beaten off the Jaguar E-Type, Range Rover and the London black cab to be voted the greatest British car ever made. First launched in 1959 and made famous by wins in the Monte Carlo Rally and owners including\u00a0the Beatles, the Mini sold 5.4 million during its 41-year lifetime. The Mini was voted best car by readers of Autocar and editor-inchief Steve Cropley said: \u201cThe Mini\u00a0had many faults and was never profitable, but it rewrote the rules and had a bigger impact on Britain\u2019s car industry than any other car. \u201cIt was one of the most\u00a0remarkable cars ever built, with seating for four and a decent boot in its 10-foot length, revolutionary drivetrain and gearbox and ultra-compact suspension.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen there was the Mini Cooper and the enormous driving pleasure. The Mini\u2019s influence is highly visible in every VW Golf or Ford Focus today, and the legend will live forever. The poll coincided with news that Britain\u2019s car manufacturing output will reach its highest ever levels by 2015. More than two million cars are expected to be built in Britain in 2015, according to the SMMT, overtaking the 1970 record. Over 80% of the cars built in the UK in 2011 were exported.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Top 10 greatest\u00a0British\u00a0made cars:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.Mini<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>2. Range Rover<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>3. Jaguar E-Type<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>4. Land Rover<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>5. McLaren F1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>6. Range Rover Evoque<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>7. Caterham 7<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>8. Morris Minor<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>9. McLaren MPF-12C<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>10. London Taxi<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iconic original Mini has beaten off the Jaguar E-Type, Range Rover and the London black cab to be voted the greatest British car ever made. First launched in 1959 and made famous by wins in the Monte Carlo Rally and owners including\u00a0the Beatles, the Mini sold 5.4 million during its 41-year lifetime. The Mini [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[138,6],"tags":[282],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5040"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5043,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5040\/revisions\/5043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}