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.
[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 | Limousine, Phaeton Cabriolet | 1907 | 1911 |
| Austin 40 | Defiance | 1908 | 1913 |
| Austin 60 | 1908 | 1910 | |
| Austin 7 (1910) | 1910 | 1911 | |
| Austin 15 | Town Carriage, Lancaster 3⁄4 Landaulettte, Light Van | 1909 | 1913 |
| Austin 10 (1911) | 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 12/4 "Low Loader" Taxi | Vincent Body Standard Fitment, Jones Body £5 extra | 1934 | 1939 |
| 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 18/6 | Norfolk, Windsor and Iver saloons, Chalfont limousine | 1938 | 1939 |
| Austin 8 | 2-door and 4-door 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 16 hp | 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) | 1951 | 1953 |
| A30 | 2-door saloon, 4-door saloon, estate | 1951 | 1956 |
[edit] BMC era
1952 onwards
| Model Name | Type | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| A40 Somerset | 4-door saloon, Convertible | 1952 | 1954 |
| Nash/Austin Metropolitan | 2-door coupe/convertible | 1954 | 1961 |
| A40/A50/A55 Cambridge | 4-door saloon | 1954 | 1958 |
| A90 Six Westminster | 4-door saloon | 1954 | 1956 |
| A35 | 2-door and 4-door saloon, Countryman, van, pickup | 1956 | 1959 |
| Princess IV | limousine | 1956 | 1959 |
| A95 | 4-door saloon, Countryman | 1956 | 1959 |
| A105 | 4-door saloon | 1956 | 1959 |
| A105 Vanden Plas | 4-door saloon | 1958 | 1959 |
| A40 Farina Mk I | 2-door saloon, Countryman | 1958 | 1961 |
| A55 Cambridge | 4-door saloon, Countryman | 1959 | 1961 |
| A99 Westminster | 4-door saloon | 1959 | 1961 |
| Austin Gipsy | 4wd 2-door | 1959 | 1967 |
| Austin Seven (Mini) | 2-door saloon, Countryman, Moke | 1959 | 1969 |
| A40 Farina Mk II | 2-door saloon, Countryman | 1962 | 1967 |
| A110 Westminster | 4-door saloon | 1961 | 1968 |
| A60 Cambridge | 4-door saloon, Countryman | 1961 | 1969 |
| Austin 1100 | 2-door and 4-door saloon, Countryman | 1963 | 1974 |
| Austin 1800 | 4-door saloon | 1964 | 1975 |
[edit] British Leyland (BL)
(Austin Morris, Leyland Cars, Austin Morris (reformed)) 1967–1982
| Model Name | Type | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Litre | 4-door saloon | 1967 | 1971 |
| Austin 1300 | 4-door saloon, estate car | 1963 | 1974 |
| Austin Allegro | 4-door Saloon | 1969 | 1983 |
| Austin Maxi | 4-door hatchback | 1969 | 1981 |
| Austin 1800/2200 | 4-door 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 | 2-door or 4-door hatchback | 1980 | 1990 |
| Austin Ambassador | 4-door hatchback | 1982 | 1984 |
| Maestro | 4-door hatchback | 1983 | 1994 |
| Montego | 4-door 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
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This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
- 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
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This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
- Austin Champ, 1947-56
[edit] References
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| Riley | Riley | Nuffield Organisation | BMC | BMH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MG | Morris Garages (MG) | Rover Group (BMW) |
MG Rover Group (PVH) | SAIC & NAC |
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| Morris | Morris | Morris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mini | BMW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin-Healey | Austin (BMC) & Donald Healey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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