Morris

The Austin 1800 scaled Issigonis packaging up to family-Rover size, earned the Landcrab nickname for its wide stance, won Car of the Year and then astonished everyone by thriving in marathon rallies. A guide to the Austin, Morris and Wolseley versions, the S and the rally cars, buying checks and values.

The one classic whose value has hardly moved in twenty years. Morris Minor prices across 948 recorded auction sales, why a Traveller sells for double a saloon, what the convertibles and the Minor Million make, and what the sills and the wood do to the figure.

The Morris Minor was the first British car to sell a million, Issigonis's people's car built for twenty-three years as saloon, convertible, wood-framed Traveller and van. A guide to the Series MM, Series II and Minor 1000, the bodies decoded, why it remains the easiest classic to own, and what to check before buying one.

The Morris Oxford name spanned the whole life of its maker, from the 1913 Bullnose that founded the company to the Farina saloons that became India's Hindustan Ambassador. A guide to the Bullnose, the MO, the Series cars and the Farinas, what to look for when buying, and what an Oxford costs today.

The BMC 1100 and 1300 outsold every other car in Britain for most of a decade, wearing Austin, Morris, MG, Riley, Wolseley and Vanden Plas badges, then vanished from the roads and from memory. A guide to the ADO16 family, the badges decoded, the Hydrolastic ride, what survives, buying checks and values.

The Morris Eight was Cowley's answer to Ford's Model Y and became Britain's best-selling car of the late 1930s, running from the Series I to the post-war Series E. A guide to the series, the tourers and vans, what to check when buying, and what a Morris Eight costs today.

Morris built cars at Cowley from 1913, grew into Britain's biggest carmaker on the Bullnose and the Eight, gave the country the Minor, and gathered Riley, Wolseley and MG into the Nuffield empire along the way. A guide to the classic Morrises and Rileys we cover and what became of the marque.

Riley used the Kestrel name twice, first on the streamlined fastback saloons of the 1930s with their twin-cam engines, then on the walnut-trimmed 1965 version of the BMC 1100/1300. A guide to both Kestrels, the sporting pre-war cars, the badge-engineered finale, and what each costs today.

The Riley RM series, RMA to RMF, was the final flowering of the true Riley, a twin-cam sports saloon with torsion-bar suspension and coachbuilt elegance, plus the rare RMC roadster and RMD drophead. A guide to every RM model, how to tell them apart, buying checks and values.

The life and cars of Sir Alec Issigonis, the engineer who designed the Morris Minor and the 1959 Mini, pioneered the transverse-engine front-wheel-drive layout, and was knighted for reshaping the small car.

The Morris Minor van was the small delivery van of post-war Britain and the face of the Post Office fleet. Its history, the famous GPO vans with their rubber wings, the variants and engines, and what a clean original is worth today.

The Princess was Harris Mann's other wedge, a front-drive Hydragas-suspended family car that BL forgot to give a hatchback. A guide to the 18-22 launch confusion, the Princess 2, the Ambassador handover, what to look for, and what they're worth.

The Morris Marina sold over a million cars, finished last in nearly every road test, ran on a front suspension dating from 1948, and survived in such small numbers that finding a clean one today is a real search. A guide to the lineage, the Ital handover, what to look for, and what they're worth.