New 小型の Cooper 明かすd - it will be the LAST 見解／翻訳／版 of the British icon to have a 石油 engine

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When the 初めの 小型の arrived on the scene in 1959, it changed the world of モーターing.

The Sir Alec Issigonis-designed car was tiny in dimensions but spacious enough for four 乗客s. And it was cheap to run thanks to its light 負わせる and 848cc A-series 石油 engine.

It is remembered as the car that brought affordable 運動ing to the 集まりs in Britain.?But this week 示すs the beginning of the end for the 燃焼-engined 小型の.?

That's because the?brand - now owned by BMW - has 明かすd the last of its much-loved small cars that will be sold with a 石油 engine under the bonnet before it makes the 移行 to electric 乗り物s (EV) from 2030.

Scroll 負かす／撃墜する for our picture special look 支援する at the history of the 小型の?

Last 小型の with a 燃焼 engine: BMW this week 明らかにする／漏らすd its new fourth-世代 小型の hatchback - the Cooper C and S. It will be the final newly-開始する，打ち上げるd 見解／翻訳／版 to have 石油 engines before the brand switches 排他的に to EVs in 2030

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The 開始する，打ち上げる of the fourth-世代 2024 小型の Cooper 示すs the beginning of the end for the 石油-力／強力にするd British car that dates 支援する to the 1959 初めの (left)

The 最新の fourth-世代 'BMW 小型の' will be 利用できる to UK 顧客s in a 事柄 of weeks and will signal the beginning of the end for the iconic car's 関係 with 石油 力／強力にする.

No longer called the three-door 'Hatch', the 最新の model has been dubbed t he 'Cooper' by parent company BMW.?

The new 小型の Cooper C and S is on sale now と一緒に the electric Cooper E and SE that were 明かすd in September - but the cheapest 石油 見解／翻訳／版 will cost around £10,000 いっそう少なく than the most affordable EV.

Visually, it is 同一の to the electric 見解／翻訳／版s showcased at the end of last year, with bosses 説 the design takes inspiration from the classic 小型の of 65 years earlier.

Stefanie Wurst, 長，率いる of 小型の, said the new Cooper C and Cooper S are 'ideal for all those people who want to 運動 a classic 小型の 3-door and 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がる the 伝統的な 業績／成果 and characteristic sound of a 燃焼 engine'.

Produced at 小型の's 工場／植物 Oxford 場所／位置 in Cowley - unlike the electric Coopers which are 存在 built in 中国 in 共同 with EV 製造者 広大な／多数の／重要な 塀で囲む -? it will be 定価つきの from £22,300, with first 顧客 配達／演説／出産s 約束d to arrive in the spring.?

That is やめる a lot cheaper than the 入ること／参加（者） Cooper E.

The new 小型の Cooper C and S is on sale now と一緒に the electric Cooper E and SE - but the cheapest 石油 見解／翻訳／版 will cost around £10,000 いっそう少なく than the most affordable EV

The electric 小型の Cooper E and SE (pictured) were 明かすd ahead of the 石油 model. These were first showcased in September 2023. Visually, they look almost the same, though mechanically they couldn't be any more different

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小型の bosses have said the design takes inspiration from the classic 小型の of 65 years earlier. Here they are 味方する-by-味方する

This week's 告示 確認するs the end of the 石油 bloodline for the 小型の. This goes all the way 支援する to this 848cBMC A-Series four-cylinder powerplant used in the very first example

The base electric 小型の costs £31,945 - that's a 賞与金 of £9,645.

The 燃焼-engined Cooper S is cheaper than the 去っていく／社交的な 見解／翻訳／版, with prices dropping from £27,555 to £26,700 for the fourth-世代 car.

This is £6,745 いっそう少なく than the electric Cooper SE.

The company says the new fourth-gen 小型の '具体的に表現するs the brand's 核心 原則s': go-kart 扱うing and creative use of space.?

While the new model gets an 内部の and exterior redesign, under the bonnet is the same tried-and-実験（する）d BMW engines from the 存在するing 小型の Hatch.

Two turbocharged モーターs are 利用できる, with the Cooper C using the?1.5-litre three-cylinder 部隊 with 154bhp and the S fitted with a 2.0-litre four-cylinder powerplant 生成するing 201bhp.

Both cars get an (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 gearbox only, meaning there's no longer a 手動式の 小型の on sale.

Two turbocharged モーターs are 利用できる, with the Cooper C using the 1.5-litre three-cylinder 部隊 with 154bhp and the sportier Cooper S (pictured) fitted with a 2.0-litre four-cylinder powerplant 生成するing 201bhp

Stefanie Wurst, 長，率いる of 小型の, said the new Cooper C and Cooper S are 'ideal for all those people who want to 運動 a classic 小型の 3-door and 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がる the 伝統的な 業績／成果 and characteristic sound of a 燃焼 engine'

It comes with no より小数の than seven 運動ing settings - which 小型の calls 'Experience 方式s'.

These 含む: 核心, Green, Go-Kart, Personal, Vibrant, Timeless and Balance. Each of these 体制／機構 the dynamic characterist ics of the car 異なって and change the ambient lighting and 数字表示式の 陳列する，発揮するs inside.

Go-Kart 方式 is the one that 得る，とらえるs attention most, which 小型の says 焦点（を合わせる）s on the brand's racing デオキシリボ核酸 and turns the 内部の and 陳列する，発揮する 無煙炭 and red and analogue-style dials are replicated on the 審査する.

The styling is 支配するd by newly designed circular LED headlights, which are 利用できる optionally with three customisable light 署名s, each with a 特に orchestrated welcome and goodbye 活気／アニメーション.?

The 後部 cluster can also be switched to different 方式s in the same way as the headlights.

小型の's design team has gone about decluttering the 操縦室. That means there's no driver 器具 cluster and most of the switches and buttons on the dashboard have been 除去するd...

With より小数の 支配（する）／統制する buttons and no driver 審査する, all the （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） is housed in this 大規模な oval touchscreen. 小型の says it is the largest 一連の会議、交渉／完成する OLED 陳列する，発揮する to ever be fitted to a 乗客 car

The 一連の会議、交渉／完成する OLED 陳列する，発揮する is 9.4 インチs across. The 供給するs （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） 含むing 速度(を上げる） and 燃料 計器 across a menu 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業. Turn the 小型の into 'Personal' setting and you can even choose your own background - and the ambient lighting will match it

The (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 gear selector is now 機動力のある in a パネル盤 in the dashboard と一緒に a toggle-switch ignition. The Experiences button 許すs drivers to adapt the 運動ing 方式 of the car

The new 小型の is far larger than the classic, so there's amply 内部の space for those up 前線

The 小型の Cooper S is designed to sit four, with the second 列／漕ぐ／騒動 featuring a hump in the middle that looks pretty uncomfortable for a third-seat 乗客

The big talking point inside the newly-明かすd 石油 小型の is its 大規模な OLED 陳列する，発揮する that is 9.4 インチ across - the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する OLED to ever feature in a 生産／産物 乗客 car, the brand says.

This also 取って代わるs the driver's 器具 cluster, with a speedo and 燃料 計器 陳列する，発揮するd in a menu 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 on the 審査する.

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The touchscreen also houses the 本体，大部分／ばら積みの of the 気候 支配（する）／統制するs.

When 使用者s select the Personal 方式, they can select their own images for the OLED 陳列する，発揮する background uploaded 経由で the 小型の app - the 支配的な colours of the photo chosen for the ambient lighting to match it.

The (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 伝達／伝染 gear selector has been 転換d to a 支配（する）／統制する パネル盤 below the touchscreen to 現在の an uncluttered 操縦室 - though there are small 機能（する）／行事 buttons for the 前線 and 後部 window demisters and basic 容積／容量 支配（する）／統制するs.

Harking 支援する to the 初めの, the ignition switch is a dash-機動力のある toggle that replicates where the 重要な would have gone in a classic 小型の.

ーに関して／ーの点でs of luggage space, the boot is a 選び出す／独身 litre smaller than the 去っていく／社交的な 小型の at 210 litres.

However, it still 申し込む／申し出s 25 litres of 付加 carrying capacity than you can squeeze into the 支援する of its biggest 競争相手, the Fiat 500 Hybrid (which starts from £16,790).

While this is 公式に the last new three-door 小型の hatchback 開始する，打ち上げるd with 石油 engines, a five-door variant is 予定 to follow later this year.

A John Cooper 作品 hot hatch is also in the pipeline, and 小型の will 追加する a 転換できる to the 範囲 next year.

These 小型のs will 代表する the 従来の hatchback 範囲 until the end of the １０年間.

Earlier this week, the company 確認するd the last 小型の Clubman had been built in the UK, with the brand 中止するing 生産（高）s of 広い地所-形態／調整d cars in favour of crossover SUV models. The Clubman's indirect 交替／補充 will be 来たるべき Aceman EV.?

BMW Group 確認するd last year that 小型の will transform into a fully-electric brand by 2030, with 最終期限s already 始める，決める in 石／投石する for how it will 移行.

It will 開始する，打ち上げる its final new model with an 内部の 燃焼 engine under the bonnet in 2025, hoping this will see half of all sales 存在 electric cars by 2027.

It has also committed to 製造業の EVs in Britain with a fresh 投資 in its 工場／植物 Oxford car factory.

Step 支援する in time with the 小型の: The history of Britain's most iconic car

The 初めの 小型の was the brainchild of Sir Alec Issigonis (pictured). The design broke the mould; tiny in dimensions but spacious enough for four 乗客s, it was 目的（とする）d at the 集まりs to 供給する affordable モーターing at a time when the cost of 運動ing had 増大するd for all

An 早期に sketch of the 小型の by its designer, Sir Alec Issigonis. The 目的（とする） was to produce something light, compact in size but roomy inside for 乗客s

A longitudinal cross section of the 1959 Austin Seven 小型の-Minor shows how?Issigonis managed to squeeze the most 内部の space out of the compact dimensions

On 26 August 1959, the 初めの 小型の was 開始する，打ち上げるd to the world.?

Penned by Sir Alec Issigonis, it's a design that broke the mould; tiny in dimensions but spacious enough for four 乗客s, it was 目的（とする）d at the 集まりs to 供給する affordable モーターing at a time when the cost of 運動ing had 増大するd for all.

It still lives on today - be it under the 所有権 of German 巨大（な）s BMW - in the 形態／調整 of a not-so-dinky retro 範囲 that has seen the 伝統的な three-door hatchback joined by a raft of variants, from the SUV 同国人 to sporty クーデター and Roadster models.

While it might not be the same diminutive 初めの that was built to a 予算, its 延長／続編 does mean we can cast an 注目する，もくろむ 支援する 65 years of almost 無傷の 生産／産物 to 示す what is, without 疑問, Britain's - and arguably the world's - most iconic car.

The 開始する，打ち上げる of the 小型の Austin Seven in 1959

The 小型の was （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限d by BMC (British モーター 会社／団体) because of the 燃料 不足 原因（となる）d by the 1959 Suez 危機.

石油 was rationed, prices 急に上がるd and typically large British cars became 即時に いっそう少なく 望ましい.

どこかよそで across Europe, 'miniature' model sales started to にわか景気 as 買い手s looked to downsize their 乗り物s and モーターing costs.?

泡 cars in Germany - like the BMW Isetta and?Messerschmitt KRs - became a big 攻撃する，衝突する while Italians flocked to buy the Fiat 500 when it went on sale in 1957.?

Sir Alec Issigonis with the new Austin 小型の. He was （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限d to design the small car by BMC (British モーター 会社／団体) because of the 燃料 不足 原因（となる）d by the 1959 Suez 危機

The first of many: The new Austin 7 (Seven) 存在 実験（する）d for 安定 at the Chobham, Surrey, 証明するing ground skid-pan by designer Alec Issigonis

Alec Issigonis, creator of the British モーター 会社／団体 小型の, 運動ing the 1,000,000th 小型の off the 生産／産物 line at the Austin factory at Longbridge, 近づく Birmingham

The tiny dimensions made it incredibly 平易な to 運動 and park. It's still remembered as one of the best-手渡すing cars of all time

Left: Mr H. Kennerley, of Cheshire, 勝利者 of Daily Mail 小型の car 競争. 権利:?Mrs L. Reynold, of Offerton, Stockport, 勝利者 of Daily Mail 小型の car 競争

Mr Donald Dolan, of Kingstanding, Birmingham, 存在 現在のd with the 重要なs to a new 小型の Minor, which he won in a Daily Mail 競争, by ジーンズ Morton, an ITV announcer

Denise Lilly in a Leyland 小型の - a car won as a prize in 競争 at Ideal Home 展示, 1981

Michael Nesmith of pop group The Monkees, with wife Phyllis Nesmith and his new 小型の モーター car

From the 古記録s: Austin-Rover 小型の 25 委員会 give the special-版 小型の 25 the 解除する-off

Thirty years on: The Rover Group 示すd the third １０年間 of the 小型の with this celebratory picture

BMC 大統領，／社長 Sir Leonard Lord 始める，決める out a design 簡潔な／要約する for the car 製造者 to produce its own small-規模 乗り物, which importantly needed to have box-like 測定s, 申し込む／申し出 ample space and - ーするために keep costs 負かす／撃墜する - use an 存在するing powerplant.?

Issigonis, who had been 草案d in for the 事業／計画（する）,?sketched out a design that was a mere ten feet long, four foot seven and a half インチs wide and became the epitome of 'Tardis' design.

That's because にもかかわらず the puny 外部の dimensions, inside the 初めの 小型の was unfathomably roomy - which?was all 負かす／撃墜する to clever architecture.

The oldest remaining? 小型の, the Austin 小型の 1959 (left) pictured with a 小型の 35 SE outside the Longbridge factory in 1994

支援する 見解（をとる） of a 小型の Cooper S owned by Bruce Reynolds who 操るd The 広大な／多数の／重要な Train 強盗 on 8 August 1963

Footballer Kevin Ball photographed with his first 小型の at his Farnham home in the 1980s

非常に／多数の variants of the classic 小型の were produced, 含むing the Clubman and 同国人 広い地所. They all 保持するd the diminutive 特徴... until BMW took over i n the late nineties and began producing new 見解／翻訳／版s in the 早期に 2000s

With the tried and 実験（する）d BMC A-Series four-cylinder, water-冷静な／正味のd engine turned through 90 degrees and 機動力のある transversely, and the use of a monocoque instead of a 伝統的な chassis - with the?中断 and engine gearbox 議会s 存在 carried on sub でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れるs - it had 解放する／自由なd up the 大多数 of the cabin floorplan for 乗客 space.

BMC 心配するd that orders would flood in and so, having previewed a 生産／産物 見解／翻訳／版 of the 乗り物 to the 圧力（をかける） in April 1959, had already 組み立てる／集結するd 7,000 examples for the 公式の／役人 開始する，打ち上げる four months later on August 26.

American actor 遺伝子 Barry -?best remembered for his 主要な 役割s in the films The 原子の City (1952) and The War of The Worlds (1953) 同様に as his 描写 of the 肩書を与える characters in the TV series Bat Masterson and Burke's 法律 - pictured sitting in a 小型の

Former prima ballerina, Dame Margot Fonteyn, 行う／開催する／段階 指名する of Margaret Evelyn de Arias, pictured with her 小型の

Lord Frederick Windsor, 13-year-old son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, learning to 運動 a 小型の on the Queen's 広い地所, Windsor

Prince Michael of Kent leaving Cambridge Theatre in his 小型の years later

On its introduction it was 申し込む／申し出d under the Austin and Morris 指名するs - as the Seven and 小型の-Minor それぞれ.?

It wasn't until a １０年間 later that 小型の became a marque of its own (though it went 支援する to the Austin 小型の 指名する in 1980).

It was produced at Oxford until 1968 under the 所有権 of BMC before 議会 was moved to Longbridge?近づく Birmingham, where it continued to be built until October 2000 under the guise of British Leyland (1968-1986) and Rover Group (1986-2000).

The 小型の has seen plenty in its 65 years. This 発射 shows a just-衝突，墜落d 小型の on the A6024 on the Derbyshire/Yorkshire 国境

The 影響 of a 小型の left in 逆転する by the owner in a London roof-最高の，を越す car park. The 乗り物 went straight over the 辛勝する／優位, 上陸 15 foot 負かす／撃墜する on 最高の，を越す of another car below in Old Street

An almost fully 潜水するd 小型の during 激しい 天候 in 1983. This picture was taken in Morecambe

John Cooper (pictured) famously transformed the 小型の into a 競争 car. 業績／成果 見解／翻訳／版s of the roadgoing 小型の have carried his 指名する for years

In total, the classic-形態／調整 小型の went through seven different iterations and 含むd the Traveller, Clubman, 同国人 and 先頭 variants - though all 保持するd the same character, dimensional 決まり文句／製法 and 伝説の design.

Given how responsive it was to 運動 and the 成果／努力s of racing car designer John Cooper, motorsport 業績／成就s also （機の）カム.

Most 著名な of them was the 小型の Cooper S winning the Monte Carlo 決起大会／結集させる in 1964 in the 手渡すs of the late 米，稲 Hopkirk.

The 小型の repeated the feat in Monte Carlo again in 1965 (driven by?Timo M?kinen) and 1967 (Rauno Aaltonen) - and was controversially disqualified from the results after placing first to third in the 1966 event.

Motorsport success was の中で the 業績／成就s of the 小型の, though not for this driver pictured at Brands Hatch in 1965

決起大会／結集させる driver, 米，稲 Hopkirk taking Barbare 城 (Baroness 城) for a spin in his 小型の Cooper S 決起大会／結集させる car that famously took victory at the 1964 Monte Carlo 決起大会／結集させる

Mr Bean, played by Rowan Atkinson, drove a 小型の in the hilarious '90s TV sitcom

A scene from the 1969 film, The Italian 職業, starring Sir Michael Caine. The movie helped to 固く結び付ける the 小型の's 全世界の fanbase

Three 初めの 1960's 小型の coopers, used by 最高位の Pictures to 促進する the 1969 film The Italian 職業

And there was, of course, the car's memorable 外見 と一緒に Sir Michael Caine in the 1969 攻撃する，衝突する caper film, 'The Italian 職業' and its 正規の／正選手 feature in '90s TV sitcom 'Mr Bean' played by Rowan Atkinson, both of which helped to 固く結び付ける its stardom.

Between 1959 and 2000 - when the Rover Group was 結局 broken up by BMW - more than 5.3million classic 小型のs were built.

議会 returned to Oxford in 2001 に引き続いて the 引き継ぎ／買収 by the German 自動車 巨大（な）s, where it remains today.?

In August 2019,?小型の celebrated the 生産／産物 of the 10 millionth model, 示すd by a 集会 of 60 乗り物s at the Cowley factory - one for every year the car has been 製造（する）d.?

And the 小型の Hatch is still very popular today.

In 2023, it was Britain's seventh most-bought new car, with 小型の 売買業者s selling 33,385 examples.?

Left: The first 小型の モーター car by Austin. 登録 621 AOK is still 存在 used for 宣伝の 目的s by BMW 小型の today. 権利: The same car featured at the British Design 1948-2012 展示 at the V&A, London in 2012

小型の owners celebrating the 50th 周年記念日 of the car 運動 through 水晶 Palace Park at the start of the 年次の London To Brighton 小型の Run on May 17, 2009 in London

Birmingham City 会議 covered this 小型の in flowers as a 焦点の point of the 2011 RHS Tatton Flower Show

The 小型の for the next century: BMW's not-so-小型の has been on sale since 2001 and is 現在／一般に in its third 世代

Certainly not 小型の anymore: For some, the idea of a 小型の 存在 of this size (pictured, the 最新の 同国人) is not fitting of the 指名する

In 2019, 小型の arrange a 会合 of every 世代 of 小型の at 工場／植物 Oxford. It also 示すd the 祝賀 of the 10 millionth model built (前線, green). One car from every year of 生産／産物 from 1 959 to 2019 features in this picture, 含むing the very first - the 1959 Morris 小型の-Minor (前線, white)

The classic returns: British 会社／堅い David Brown 自動推進の is 現在／一般に creating bespoke, high-end, 小型の Remastered models. They 小売 for around £75,000

While they no longer keep to the compact 規模 that made the classic so famous, it is at least fitting that 小型の's bold step into the next 世代 of 乗客 cars - electrification - will continue at 工場／植物 Oxford.

BMW and the UK 政府 will 投資する a 連合させるd £600million to transform the Cowley factory?into an EV 生産／産物 場所／位置 - a move 述べるd by both BMW and the 政府 as 'a 信任投票 in Britain' and one that will 保護（する）／緊急輸入制限 a 国家の 自動推進の icon.

The 告示 in September 2023 said the move will 安全な・保証する 4,000 UK 職業s and see the Oxford 場所／位置 become an electric-only 生産／産物 line from 2030.

政府 sources have 拒絶する／低下するd to 始める，決める out the level of taxpayer support 存在 申し込む／申し出d to BMW, but did not 論争 the 以前 報告（する）／憶測d 人物／姿／数字 of £75million.

While the question of whether Alec Issigonis - who died at the age of 81 in October 1988 - would have 認可するd of BMW's 小型の of today will remain unknown, it's testament to his design that many 辞退する to consider the 最新の examples as a 延長／続編 of the much loved and 深い尊敬の念を抱くd 初めの.

New unregistered 小型の 乗り物s are parked at the BMW 小型の car 工場／植物 in Cowley, Oxford, on February 16, 2009

生産／産物 of the 小型の Hatch at the Cowley factory 近づく Oxford. BMW and the UK 政府 will 投資する £600million to transform it into an EV 議会 場所／位置 from 2030 onwards - which is when the brand says it will sell only electric cars

小型の 売買業者s in the UK sold almost 33,400 examples of the three (pictured left) and five-door hatchbacks in 2023. The arrival of the new Cooper C and S 石油s and Cooper E and SE (pictured 権利) EVs should keep it に向かって the 法外な end of the sales chart in 2024 and beyond?