Editing Alec Issigonis (section)

{{Short description|British car designer}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix   = [[Sir]]
| name               = Alec Issigonis
| honorific_suffix   = {{postnom|country=GBR|size=100|CBE|FRS|RDI}}
| image              = Thinktank Birmingham - Issigonis A.jpg
| birth_name         = Alexander Arnold Constantine Issigonis
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|df=yes|1906|11|18}}
| birth_place        = [[Smyrna]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1988|10|2|1906|11|18}}
| death_place        = [[Edgbaston]], [[Birmingham]], England
| nationality        = British-Greek
| occupation         = [[Automotive design]]er and engineer
| known_for          = Designer of the [[Morris Minor]], [[Austin Mini]], and the [[Mini Moke]]
| honours            = [[Knight Bachelor]]<br>[[Commander of the British Empire]]<br>[[Fellow of the Royal Society]]<br>[[Royal Designer for Industry]]
}}
'''Sir Alexander Arnold Constantine Issigonis''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Αλέξανδρος Άρνολντ Κωνσταντίνος Ισηγόνης) {{postnom|country=GBR|CBE|FRS|RDI}} (18 November 1906 – 2 October 1988) was a British-Greek [[automotive design]]er.  He designed the [[Mini]], launched by the [[British Motor Corporation]] in 1959, and voted the second [[Car of the Century|most influential car of the 20th century]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cobb |first=James G. |date=24 December 1999 |title=This Just In: Model T Gets Award |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/24/automobiles/this-just-in-model-t-gets-award.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Strickland|first=Jonathan |date=21 March 2007 |url=https://auto.howstuffworks.com/mini-cooper.htm/printable|title=How the MINI Cooper Works |website=[[HowStuffWorks]] |access-date=20 July 2010}}</ref>