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Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) formulated the question :
Or more because there simply wasn't any room under the bonnet. Mini vans
had it behind the driver's seat.

Wasn't it under the overhang of the load deck?

Yup. You had to move the driver's seat to get at it.


But away from engine heat is actually the most sensible place for a
battery.

Very true, especially for the older open vented batteries.

Longest lasting battery I had ever - 11 years - was situated in the boot
of a BMW. But that was a modern semi-sealed type.

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