List of Austin motor cars

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The Austin marque started with the Austin Motor Company, and survived a merger with the Nuffield Organisation to form the British Motor Corporation, incorporation into the British Leyland Motor Corporation, nationalisation as British Leyland (BL) forming part of its volume car division Austin Morris later Austin Rover, and later privatisation as part of the Rover Group and was finally phased out as a brand in 1989.

Contents 1 Model Listing 1.1 Pre World War I 1.2 Post World War I 1.3 Post World War II 1.4 BMC Era 1.5 British Leyland/BL (Austin Morris, Leyland Cars, Austin Morris (reformed)) 1.6 BL/Rover Group (Austin Rover) 1.7 Commercial Vehicles 1.7.1 Taxicabs 1.7.2 Lorries and vans 1.8 Military Vehicles

[edit] Model Listing

Models are placed according to which era they were first produced, some models carried over between eras of the marque.

[edit] Pre World War I

Model Name	Type	From	To
Austin 15/20		1906	1906
Austin 25/30	Longbridge Limousine	1906	1907
Austin 18/24		1907	1909
Austin 40	Defiance	1908	1913
Austin 60		1908	1910
Austin 7		1910	1911
Austin 15	Town Carriage, Lancaster ¾ Landaulettte, Light Van	1909	1913
Austin 10		1911	1912
Austin 50		1910	1913
Austin 18/24	Cabriolet	1911	1913
Austin 10 & 12/14	Courier	1913	1916
Austin 15/20		1913	1914
Austin 30	Vitesse Phaeton	1914	1916

[edit] Post World War I

Model Name	Type	From	To
Austin 20/4	saloon, tourer, sports	1919	1930
Austin 7	saloon, fabric saloon, tourer, sports, coupé,	1922	1939
Austin "Heavy" 12	Burnham saloon, Berkeley saloon, Westminster saloon, Windsor saloon, fabric saloon, tourer, sports coupé	1922	1935
Austin 20/6	Carlton and Whitehall saloons, Ranelagh limousine and landaulette	1927	1939
Austin 16	Burnham saloon, Berkeley saloon, fabric saloon, Harrow two seat tourer, Open Road tourer, Westminster Saloon	1927	1936
Austin "Light" 12/6	Harley and Ascot saloons, Two Seater, Open Road Tourer, Kempton sports saloon and Newberry sports tourer	1931	1937
Austin "Light" 12/4	Harley and Ascot saloons, Two Seater, Tourer	1933	1939
Austin 10/4	Clifton tourer, Lichfield , Sherborne and Cambridge saloons, cabriolet, sports	1932	1947
Austin 14/6	Goodwood saloon, cabriolet, estate car	1937	1939
Austin 18	Norfolk, Windsor and Iver saloons, limousine	1938	1939
Austin 8	2dr and 4dr saloon, tourer	1939	1947
Austin 12	saloon	1940	1947
Austin 28	limousine	1939	1939

[edit] Post World War II

Model Name	Type	From	To
Austin 16HP	4 door Saloon, Shooting Brake	1945	1949
A120 Princess	Saloon, Touring Limousine	1947	1956
A40 Devon/Dorset	2 door saloon, 4 door saloon, estate, van, pick-up	1947	1952
A110/A125 Sheerline	Saloon, Touring Limousine	1947	1954
A135 Princess	Saloon, Touring Limousine	1947	1956
A90 Atlantic Convertible	4 seat convertible	1948	1950
A70 Hampshire	Saloon, estate	1948	1950
A90 Atlantic Saloon	2 door saloon	1949	1952
A70 Hereford	Saloon, estate, convertible	1950	1954
A40 Sports	4 seat convertible (Body by Jensen)	1950	1953
A30	2 door saloon, 4 door saloon, estate	1951	1956

[edit] BMC Era

1952 onwards

Model Name	Type	From	To
A40 Somerset	4 dr saloon, Convertible	1952	1954
Nash/Austin Metropolitan	2 dr coupe/convertible	1954	1961
A40/A50/A55 Cambridge	4 dr saloon	1954	1958
A90 Six Westminster	4 dr saloon	1954	1956
A35	2 and 4 dr saloon, Countryman, van, pickup	1956	1959
Princess IV	limousine	1956	1959
A95	4 dr saloon, Countryman	1956	1959
A105	4 dr saloon	1956	1959
A105 Vanden Plas	4 dr saloon	1958	1959
A40 Farina Mk I	2 dr saloon, Countryman	1958	1961
A55 Cambridge	4 dr saloon, Countryman	1959	1961
A99 Westminster	4 door saloon	1959	1961
Austin Gipsy	4wd 2dr	1959	1967
Austin Seven (Mini)	2 dr saloon, Countryman, Moke	1959	1969
A40 Farina Mk II	2 dr saloon, Countryman	1962	1967
A110 Westminster	4 dr saloon	1961	1968
A60 Cambridge	4 dr saloon, Countryman	1961	1969
Austin 1100	2 dr and 4dr saloon, Countryman	1963	1974
Austin 1800	4 dr saloon	1964	1975

[edit] British Leyland/BL (Austin Morris, Leyland Cars, Austin Morris (reformed))

1967-1982

Model Name	Type	From	To
3-Litre	4dr saloon	1967	1971
Austin 1300	4 dr saloon, estate car	1963	1974
Austin Allegro	4 dr Saloon	1969	1983
Austin Maxi	4 dr hatchback	1969	1981
Austin 1800/2200	4 dr saloon. Sold as the Austin Balanza in Belgium and the Netherlands.	1964	1975
Austin Tasman/Kimberley	4 door saloon. Tasman was the base version. (Australia and New Zealand only)	1970	1974
18-22/Princess	4 door saloon	1975	1981

[edit] BL/Rover Group (Austin Rover)

1982 to 1988

Model Name	Type	From	To
Metro	2dr or 4dr hatchback	1980	1990
Austin Ambassador	4 dr hatchback	1982	1984
Maestro	4 dr hatchback	1983	1994
Montego	4 dr saloon, estate	1984	1994

[edit] Commercial Vehicles

[edit] Taxicabs

Model Name	Type	From	To
Austin High Lot Taxi	Based on Austin Heavy 12/4	1930	1935
Austin 12/4 Low Loader	Low floor version of High Lot	1934	1939
FX3/FX3D		1948	1958
FL1	Private hire version of FX3	1949	1958
FX4	The classic Black cab (Hackney carriage). Production taken over by Carbodies in 1982.	1959	1997
FL2	Private hire version of FX4	1959

[edit] Lorries and vans

• Austin 702 7 ton
• Austin Series III
• Austin K2 'Katy' Ambulance (star of Ice-Cold in Alex)
• Austin K4
• Austin K5
• Austin K6
• Austin K8 1947-1954
• Austin K9
• Austin 6cwt (re-badged Morris Minor) 1953-1971
• Austin A30 van 1954-1956
• Austin A35 van 1956-1968
• Austin 101 1957-1961 "badge engineered" version of Morris JB
• Austin A55 and A60 van 1958-1972
• Austin A40 van and pick-up
• Austin Mini van 1960-1982 and pick-up 1961-1982
• Austin 1800 pick-up (Australia only) 1968-1971
• Austin Metro van 1982-1990
• Austin Maestro van 1985-1994

[edit] Military Vehicles

Note - this listing is incomplete

• Austin Champ, 1947-56