To celebrate the British International Motor Show this year we picked our 100 best British cars. Check out our selection to help you choose your favourite home-grown motor.
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28 Austin Seven (page 3 of 25)
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This was the most popular pre-World War II British car: 290,000 were built between 1922 and 1939. Sir Herbert Austin wanted to make a car even smaller, lighter and more fuel-efficient than the Model T Ford, and 18-year-old draughtsman Stanley Edge designed for him a 748cc, 360kg lightweight which was quicker, roomier and more comfortable than any of the light 'cycle cars' on offer at that time of economic depression. Offered in saloon, van, open tourer and roadster body styles, built under licence under various names all over the world, the Seven got millions of people on the road for the first time, and as a bonus made a decent cheap racer too.
