she could have arrived in this. austin had come to mean quality and value. - and the advertising was unashamedly aspirational. the exhibition moves up through the decades, and charts the boom and the bust of the british motor. it s not about the fastest or the most expensive it s about the everyday, and the cars that everyone drove with the dawning of the transport revolution that was mass ownership. and thejourney, really, is the history of popular motoring and popular car manufacturing in the uk. so our hero cars are not exotic, they are right in front of me the mini, the most popular car ever made in britain. big day for the little un. this is the two millionth mini i in company with some of those who helped make the pint sized people car into an international achievement. these are the cars that ordinary people drove. you know, they re not the supercars that survived. these cars have disappeared. ithink, you know, even the ford cortina when i was, you know, in my 30s, ever
so small that comedians make jokes about it. i made jokes about it. the great british car journey starts here in the 19205 with the austin 7 a scaled down version of the company s normal cars, it was affordable and very drivable. this one belonged to a nurse in the home counties. if you called the midwife, she could have arrived in this. austin had come to mean quality and value. - and the advertising was unashamedly aspirational. the exhibition moves up through the decades, and charts the boom and the bust of the british motor. it s not about the fastest or the most expensive it s about the everyday, and the cars that everyone drove with the dawning of the transport revolution that was mass ownership. and thejourney, really, is the history of popular motoring and popular car manufacturing in the uk. so our hero cars are not exotic, they are right in front of me the mini, the most popular car ever made in britain. big day for the little un. this is the two millionth mini i