Years of manufacture: 1922-1939
Price when new: £135
Price now: £5,000-£25,000
Engine: 747cc 4cyl petrol, 10.5bhp
Top speed: 53mph
Long before the Mini came another tiny British car that was an engineering marvel and international success. The Austin Seven was conceived in the early twenties as a ‘proper car in miniature’ to supplant the motorcycle and sidecar combinations that were the choice of a whole generation of impecunious road users.
The model was a huge success, and was copied and modified all over the world. Production lasted from 1922 until 1939, and other automotive brands including Jaguar, Lotus, BMW and Datsun all began making derivatives of the Seven.
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