Editing Austin Maxi (section)

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{{Infobox automobile
| sp = uk
| name = Austin Maxi
| aka = {{Unbulleted list |Maxi<ref name=austinmemories/> |Leyland Maxi<ref>[http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/others3/maxi/maxi.html Scandinavian Leyland Maxi sales brochure, www.lov2xlr8.no] Retrieved 26 October 2017</ref>}}
| image = 1980 Maxi 2 1750 HLS Front.jpg
| caption = 1980 BL Maxi MkII 1750 HLS
| manufacturer = [[Austin Motor Company|Austin]] ([[British Leyland]])
| production = 1969–1981
| assembly = United Kingdom: [[Plant Oxford|Cowley]], [[Oxford]], [[England]] <br /> Yugoslavia: [[Novo Mesto]] ([[Industrija Motornih Vozil|IMV]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/cars/bmc-cars/11001300/11001300-international-variations/around-the-world-yugoslavia/|title=Around the World : Yugoslavia|date=May 2016}}</ref> <br /> New Zealand: [[Petone]] (AMI) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/around-the-world/around-the-world-new-zealand/|title=Around the World : New Zealand|date=30 April 2016}}</ref>
| body_style = 5-door [[hatchback]]
| engine = [[BMC E-Series engine|E-Series]]<br />{{cvt|1485|cc|abbr=on}}, 74 bhp and <br />{{cvt|1748|cc|abbr=on}}, 84 or 95 bhp<ref name=BritishCars>{{cite book |last=Culshaw |author2=Horrobin |title=Complete Catalogue of British Cars |year=1974 |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |isbn=0-333-16689-2}}</ref>
| transmission = 5-speed [[Manual transmission|manual]] all-synchromesh<ref name=Autocar1969>{{cite magazine |title = Autotest: Austin Maxi | series = 130|magazine=[[Autocar (magazine)|Autocar]] | volume =  (nbr 3821) | pages =8–13| date = 8 May 1969}}</ref><br />4-speed automatic optional from 1974
| length = {{convert|159|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| width = {{convert|64|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| height = {{convert|54.5|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|2156|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
| wheelbase = {{convert|104.75|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}<ref name=BritishCars/>
| designer = [[Alec Issigonis|Sir Alec Issigonis]]
| predecessor = [[Austin Cambridge A60|Austin A60 Cambridge]]
| successor = [[Austin Maestro]]
}}
The '''Austin Maxi''' is a medium-sized, 5-door [[hatchback]] [[family car]] that was produced by [[Austin Motor Company|Austin]] and later [[British Leyland]] between 1969 and 1981.

Despite its practical design and remarkable space efficiency (it is shorter, narrower and lower than the sixth generation [[Ford Fiesta]]),<ref>{{cite web|title=1972 Austin Maxi HL technical specifications|url=http://www.carfolio.com/specifications/models/car/?car=41305|work=Carfolio database|publisher=Carfolio.com|access-date=15 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Ford Fiesta 1.6 Hatchback technical specifications|url=http://www.carfolio.com/specifications/models/car/?car=259622|work=Carfolio database|publisher=Carfolio.com|access-date=15 May 2012}}</ref> the Maxi never came close to reaching its projected sales targets. Just under half a million were built over a 12 year period. BL management decisions involving the Maxi had significant knock-on effects to the rest of the car line-up. BL marketing decreed that the Maxi should be the only car in the range to feature a [[hatchback]]. This stance prevented the [[Austin Allegro]] and Princess models gaining hatchbacks despite those designs being capable of receiving them.