Ford UK designed the Comuta in 1967 as a non-polluting car for urban and suburban motoring. Powered by four 12-volt 85 amp lead batteries, when fully charged the car had a range of 60 kilometers (37 mi) at a speed of 40 kilometers per hour (25 mph), and was capable of a maximum speed of 60 kilometers per hour (37 mph). As an experimental car only two Comutas were made, designed and built at Ford’s Dunton Technical Centre, near Laindon. Below are some vintage images of Twiggy promoting the Ford Comuta:
Born Lesley Hornby in Neasden, London, on September 19, 1949, Twiggy shot to fame after a photo of her sporting a trendy new crop haircut was spotted hanging in a fashionable London hairdresser.
A few weeks later, she was hailed as “The Face of ’66,” and just one year later she was the toast of America – her arrival in New York was covered in Life and Newsweek magazines, while the New Yorker devoted 100 pages to the Twiggy “phenomenon.”
Twiggy’s status as a cultural icon cannot be understated – she appeared with David Bowie on the cover of his seventh album, Pin Ups, had her own TV shows, and endorsed a series of products including Twiggy pens, Twiggy lunch boxes, Twiggy lashes, and an assortment of Twiggy cosmetics.
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