1958 Austin Seven Prototype MkI [XC9003]

1958 Austin Seven Prototype MkI [XC9003] in Great Cars, Non-fiction TV, 2003-2005 Ep. 1.11

Typ: Pkw, Prototyp — Herkunftsland:

00:04:11 Fahrzeug mit geringer Beteiligung oder nur in einer Szene sichtbar

Autor	Mitteilung
coopey ◊ 2006-09-25 19:16	i thought it would admitt "BMC" as make but what should it be then? All the name (British Motor Corporation)? Because this is the prototype, it wasn't an Austin nor a Morris yet (no logo)
Sunbar ◊ 2006-09-25 19:24	......But the covered badge is definitely the shape for Austin and not the 'wingled-disc' shape for Morris.
Alexander ◊ 2006-09-25 20:16	This is a pre-production car of 1958 with the grille that Issigonis wanted for the Austin Se7en. At that time the code was XC9003. The ADO15 code was used for the production cars.
chris40 ◊ 2007-09-12 15:53	[quote=Alexander]... with the grille that Issigonis wanted for the Austin Se7en... /[quote] ... and got for the vans and pickups. And a right nuisance it was; there were some jobs it was much easier to do with the grille off.
chris40 ◊ 2007-09-15 10:05	Pre-production is right, XC9003 is not: note the different grille. http://www.maggie31.com/images/xc9003-1957.jpg
Alexander ◊ 2007-09-15 23:36	chris40 wrote Pre-production is right, XC9003 is not: note the different grille. http://www.maggie31.com/images/xc9003-1957.jpg Your picture shows how it looked like in 1957. In 1958 it was modified to the above look.
dsl ◊ 2015-07-04 20:16	Reused from /vehicle.php?id=826714 . This is not the famous XC9003, but XC9003 seems best description - see comments on that page and other entries in that film.