Editing Alec Issigonis (section)

=== Acclaim as an engineer ===
Issigonis was nicknamed "the Greek god" by his contemporaries.<ref name="Wood"/> Whilst he is most famous for his creation of the Mini, he was most proud of his participation in the design of the Morris Minor. {{Citation needed|reason=reliable source needed, doesn't match information in Issigonis biography by Bardsley, G on p277|date=January 2013}} He considered it to be a vehicle that combined many of the luxuries and conveniences of a good motor car with a price suitable for the working classes; in contrast to the Mini which was a spartan design. {{Citation needed|reason=reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date=January 2013}} Issigonis often commented to friends and colleagues that the Austin 1800 (ADO17) was the design he was most proud of, even though it never was as commercially successful as his three preceding designs.<ref name="Bardsley"/>{{rp|277}}

Issigonis officially retired from the motor industry in 1971. <ref>{{Cite web|title=The Motor Museum in Miniature|url=https://www.themotormuseuminminiature.co.uk/inv-alec-issigonis.php|publisher=themotormuseuminminiature.co.uk}}</ref> He continued working until shortly before his own death in 1988 at his house in [[Edgbaston]], Birmingham.<ref>{{cite news |title=Père de l'Austin "Mini" Alec Issigonis est mort |trans-title=Father of the Austin "Mini" Alec Issigonis is dead |last=Lamotte |first=Claude |newspaper=[[Le Monde]] |date=6 October 1988 |language=fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1988/10/06/pere-de-l-austin-mini-alec-issigonis-est-mort_4092249_1819218.html |access-date=21 June 2020}}</ref> He was cremated at the [[Lodge Hill Cemetery]] in nearby [[Selly Oak]].