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==Mark II: 1967β1970== {{Infobox automobile | name = Mark II | image = Morris Cooper, 1969.jpg | aka = {{plainlist| *Morris Mini Minor *Austin Mini *Austin Seven (Netherlands)<ref>[http://www.brochuremuseum.nl/blfolders/austin/austinseven85010001966nlfold.html Austin Seven 850 1000 sales brochure β 1967 β Dutch, www.brochuremuseum.nl] Retrieved 18 April 2020</ref>}} | production = 1967β1970 | assembly = {{unbulleted list|[[Longbridge plant]], Birmingham, United Kingdom|[[Seneffe]], Belgium | [[Arica, Chile]] | [[Petone]], New Zealand | [[SetΓΊbal]], Portugal | [[Cape Town]], South Africa | [[Pamplona]], Spain| [[Novo Mesto]], Yugoslavia | [[Shah Alam]], Malaysia}} | body_style = {{unbulleted list|2-door [[sedan (car)|saloon]]|2-door [[Station wagon|estate]]|2-door van|2-door [[Pickup truck|pickup]]}} | engine = {{unbulleted list | {{cvt|848|cc|L|1}} [[Straight-four engine|I4]] | {{cvt|998|cc|L|1}} I4 | {{cvt|1275|cc|L|1}} I4 }} | related = | designer = }} The Mark II Mini was launched at the 1967 [[British Motor Show]],<ref>{{cite web|title=The cars : Mini development history|url=http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/cars/mini-classic/the-cars-mini-development-history-part-1/|website=AR Online|access-date=22 August 2014|date=5 August 2011}}</ref> and featured a redesigned grille, a larger rear window and numerous cosmetic changes.<ref name="sales">{{cite web |url=http://www.miniresource.com/prodmodel.php |title=Production numbers by model |publisher=Miniresource.com |access-date=11 October 2010}}</ref><ref name="mrtb4">{{cite book |last=Clarke |first=R. M. |title=Mini Road Test Book: Mini Gold Portfolio 1969β80 |year=1995 |publisher=Brooklands Books |isbn=978-1-85520-301-3}}</ref><ref name="mrtb6">{{cite book |last=Clarke |first=R. M. |title=Mini Road Test Book: High Performance Minis Gold Portfolio 1960β73 |isbn=978-1-85520-317-4 |year=2005 |publisher=Brooklands Books}}</ref> A total of 429,000 Mk II Minis were produced. A variety of Mini types were made in [[Pamplona]], Spain, by the [[Authi]] company from 1968 onwards, mostly under the Morris name. {{anchor|Chile}} In 1969, a fibreglass version of the Mini Mark II was developed for British Leyland's Chilean subsidiary (British Leyland Automotores de Chile, S.A., originally the independent assembler EMSSA). The bodyshell mould was created by the [[Peel Engineering Company]]. Production began in 1970 and continued for a few years; these fibreglass Minis can be recognised by the missing body seams and by larger panel gaps. The Chilean market was never very large and the Arica plant was closed in 1974.<ref name=ChiliMini>{{cite web | title = BMC in Chile: A potted history | work = Around the World: Chile | publisher = AROnline | first = Rodrigo | last = Toledo | date = 2011-09-03 | editor-first = Keith | editor-last = Adams | url = http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/around-the-world/around-the-world-chile/ | access-date = 2014-08-25 }}</ref> The reason for the fibreglass body was to enable Leyland to meet very strict requirements for local sourcing, increasing to 70.22% in 1971.<ref name=ChiliMini/> [[File:1969 Austin Mini - South American build with fiberglass body (3447765583).jpg|thumb|left|Chilean fibreglass-bodied Mini]] <gallery widths="220px" heights="150px"> File:1969 Morris Mini 1000 (Mk2) (8437745820).jpg|Morris Mini 1000 with larger windows and rear lights </gallery> {{Clear}}
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