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==Honours== Issigonis was appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[1964 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=43343 |date=5 June 1964 |pages=4947 |supp=y}}</ref> In 1964 Issigonis was appointed a [[Royal Designer for Industry]] (RDI).<ref>{{cite web |date=March 2015 |title=Past Royal Designers |url=https://www.thersa.org/about-us/royal-designers-for-industry/past-royal-designers/ |access-date=21 April 2016 |website=Royal Society of Arts}}</ref> He was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] (FRS) in 1967.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Downs |first=Diarmuid |author-link=Diarmuid Downs |year=1994 |title=Alexander Arnold Constantine Issigonis. 18 November 1906 β 2 October 1988 |journal=[[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] |volume=39 |pages=200β226 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1994.0012 |doi-access=free}}</ref> He was granted the rank of [[Knight Bachelor]] in the [[1969 Birthday Honours]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=44863 |date=6 June 1969 |pages=5962 |supp=y}}</ref> and was knighted by [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] during an investiture ceremony at [[Buckingham Palace]] on 22 July of the same year.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=44904 |date=25 July 1969 |page=7689}}</ref> In 2003 he was inducted into the [[Automotive Hall of Fame]] in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Β» Alec Issigonis {{!}} Automotive Hall of Fame |url=https://www.automotivehalloffame.org/honoree/alec-issigonis/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=www.automotivehalloffame.org}}</ref> The Weeny Issi, a car based on Mini in 2013 video game [[Grand Theft Auto V]] named in his honour.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IGCD.net: MINI Cooper S Cabrio in Grand Theft Auto V|url=https://igcd.net/vehicle.php?id=59327|website=igcd.net}}</ref>
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