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 34 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

[edit] Military vehicles

[edit] References

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