List of Austin motor vehicles

The Austin marque started with the Austin Motor Company, and survived a merger with the Nuffield Organization 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.

Model listing

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

Pre World War I

data source[1]

Model Type of body Cyl. Disp. Sold From To
25/30 hp Open tourer Clément-Gladiator motorcar assembled for financier Du Cros with different ("Austin") radiator 4 5,182 67 1906 1907
15/20 hp 4 4,151 4 1906 1906
18/24 hp Limousine, Phaeton, Cabriolet, s.w.b. Ranelagh 2-seater with dickey seat 4 4,399 1,575 1907 1913
40 hp Endcliffe, York 4 5,843 152 1907 1913
60 hp 6 8,764 14 1908 1910
15 hp Open tourer, 2-seater Ascot, 2-seater Harrogate with dickey seat, Town Carriage, Lancaster, Landaulettte 4 2,539 213 1908 1910
7 hp built by Swift Motor Company: sold as Austin 162; Swift 868 1 1,099 162 1910 1911
50 hp 6 7,374 24 1910 1913
10 hp Sirdar 4-seater phaeton 4 1,145 367 1911 1912
15 hp as 15 hp above 4 2,838 688 1911 1915
18/24 hp 4 4,916 ? 1911 1913
30 hp Vitesse Phaeton 4 5884 425 1912 1916
40 hp Vitesse 4 6,236 1912 1913
10 or 10/12 hp Sirdar 4-seater phaeton 4 1,615 1,879 1913 1915
20 hp 4 3160 1,291 1913 1917

Inter-war

Model Name Type of body Cyl. Disp. Sold From To
Twenty saloon, tourer, sports 4 3,610 15,287 1919 1930
Seven saloon, fabric saloon, tourer, sports, coupé, 4 747 290,000 1922 1939
Twelve Tourers: 5-str Clifton, Open Road, Harley All-Weather
2-str Open Road, sports coupé
Saloons: Burnham, Berkeley, Westminster, Windsor or fabric 		4 1,660 1922 1926
Twelve; then from 1931—
(Heavy) Twelve-Four 		Tourers: 5-str Clifton, Open Road
2-str Open Road, sports coupé
Saloons: Burnham, Berkeley, Westminster, Windsor or fabric 		4 1,861 1926 1939
Twenty Carlton and Whitehall saloons (SWB)
Ranelagh and Mayfair limousine and landaulette (LWB) 		6 3,397 1927 1939
Sixteen
Light Six 		Harrow two-seat tourer, Open Road tourer
Saloons: Burnham, Berkeley, Westminster, fabric 		6 2,249 1927 1936
London High Lot Taxicab standard body built by Vincent or Strachan
Jones Bros £5 extra 		4 1,861 1929 1934
Light Twelve-Six Eton Two Seater, Open Road Tourer, Saloons: Harley, Ascot
Sports saloons: Kempton, Greyhound; sports tourer Newberry 		6 1,496
or

1,711

1931 1937
Ten-Four Clifton tourer, Lichfield, Sherborne and Cambridge saloons
Colwyn cabriolet, sports tourer 		4 1,125 290,000 1932 1947
Light Twelve-Four Eton Two Seater, Open Road Tourer, Harley and Ascot saloons, 4 1,535 71,654 1933 1939
Sixteen 16 or 18 h.p. Harrow two-seat tourer, Open Road tourer
Saloons: Carlton, Iver, Berkeley, Westminster, York 		6 2,249
or
2,510 		1933 1938
London Low Loading Taxicab standard body built by Vincent or Strachan
Jones Bros £5 extra 		4 1,861 1934 1939
Fourteen Goodwood saloon, cabriolet 6 1,711 1936 1939
Eighteen Norfolk, Windsor and Iver saloons, Chalfont limousine 6 2,510 2,953 1938 1939
Eight 2-door and 4-door saloon, tourer 4 900 56,103 1939 1947
Twelve saloon 4 1,535 8,600 1939 1947
Sixteen saloon 4 2,199 1939 1947
London Flash Lot Taxicab standard body built by Vincent or Strachan
Jones Bros £5 extra 		4 1,861 1939 1939
Twenty Eight Ranelagh saloon or limousine 6 4,016 300 1939 1939

Post World War II

Model Name Type of body Cyl. Disp. Sold From To
Austin 16 hp 4-door Saloon, Shooting Brake 4 2,199 35,434 1945 1949
A110 Sheerline Saloon 6 3,460 1947 1947
A120 Princess Saloon 6 3,460 1947 1947
A40 Devon/Dorset 2-door saloon, 4-door saloon, estate, van, pick-up 4 1,197 456,544 1947 1952
A125 Sheerline Saloon, Touring Limousine 6 3,995 1947 1954
A135 Princess Saloon, Touring Limousine 6 3,995 1947 1956
A90 Atlantic Convertible 4-seat convertible 4 2,660 7,981 1948 1950
A70 Hampshire Saloon, estate 4 2,199 85,682 1948 1950
A90 Atlantic Saloon 2-door saloon 4 2,660 1949 1952
A70 Hereford Saloon, estate, convertible 4 2,199 1950 1954
A40 Sports 4-seat convertible (Body by Jensen) 4 1,197 4011 1951 1953
A30 2-door saloon, 4-door saloon, estate 4 803 223,264 1951 1956

BMC era

1952 onwards

Model Name Type of body Cyl. Disp. Sold From To
A40 Somerset 4-door saloon, Convertible 4 1,197 173,306 1952 1954
Nash/Hudson/American/Austin Metropolitan 2-door coupe/convertible 4 1,197 13,825 1954 1955
Nash/Hudson/American/Austin Metropolitan 2-door coupe/convertible 4 1,489 1956 1961
A40 Cambridge 4-door saloon 4 1,197 1954 1956
A50 Cambridge 4-door saloon 4 1,489 1954 1957
A55 Cambridge Mk I 4-door saloon 4 1,489 1957 1958
A90 Six Westminster 4-door saloon 6 2,639 25,532 1954 1956
A35 2-door and 4-door saloon, Countryman, van, pickup 4 1,098 280,897 1956 1959
Princess IV limousine 6 3,995 200 1956 1959
A95 4-door saloon, Countryman 6 2,639 28,065 1956 1959
A105 4-door saloon 6 2,639 6,770 1956 1959
A40 Farina Mk I 2-door saloon, Countryman 4 948 169,612 1958 1961
Lancer 4-door saloon (A product of BMC Australia) 4 1,489 1958 1962
A55 Cambridge Mk II 4-door saloon, Countryman 4 1,489 149,994 1959 1961
A99 Westminster 4-door saloon 6 2,912 15,162 1959 1961
Austin Gipsy 4wd 2-door 4 2,199 21,208 1959 1967
A60 Cambridge (Australia) 4-door saloon, 5-door "Countryman" wagon (A product of BMC Australia - re-engined A55 Cambridge Mk II) 4 1,622 1959 1962
Seven (Mini) 2-door saloon, Countryman (name changed from Austin Seven to Austin Mini in 1961) 4 848 1959 1961
Mini 2-door saloon, Countryman (name changed from Austin Seven to Austin Mini in 1961 and then sold under the Mini marque from 1969) 4 848
997
998
1,071
1,275 		1961 1969
A40 Farina Mk II 2-door saloon, Countryman 4 1,098 172,550 1962 1967
A110 Westminster 4-door saloon 6 2,912 26,105 1961 1968
A60 Cambridge 4-door saloon, Countryman 4 1,622 276,534 1961 1969
Freeway 4-door saloon, 5-door station wagon (A product of BMC Australia) 6 2,433 1962 1965
1100 2-door and 4-door saloon, Countryman 4 1,098 1963 1974
1800 (ADO17) 4-door saloon (Austin Balanza in Belgium and the Netherlands) 4 1,798 221,000 1964 1975
Mini Moke 4 seat convertible 4 1964 1968

British Leyland (BL)

(Austin Morris, Leyland Cars, Austin Morris (reformed)) 1967–1982

Model Name Type of body Cyl. Disp. Sold From To
1300 4-door saloon, 2-door estate car 4 1,275 1967 1974
3-Litre 4-door saloon 6 2,912 9,992 1967 1971
11/55 4-door saloon (South African market variant of Austin 1100) [2] 4 1,100 1968 [3] ?
Maxi 4-door hatchback 4 1,485 1969 1981
Maxi 4-door hatchback 4 1,748 1969 1981
1500[4] 4-door saloon (Export name for Australian Morris 1500) [4] 4 1,485 1969?
Nomad[4] 5-door hatchback (Export name for Australian Morris Nomad) [4] 4 1,485 1969?
Tasman/Kimberley 4-door saloon (Australia and New Zealand only) 6 2,227 1970 1974
Apache 4-door saloon (Produced by British Leyland Motor Corporation's South African subsidiary, Leykor) 4 1,275 21,655 1971 1978
2200 (ADO17) 4-door saloon (Austin Balanza in Belgium and the Netherlands) 6 2,227 1972 1975
Allegro 4-door saloon, 2-door estate 4 998 1981 1982
Allegro 4-door saloon, 2-door estate 4 1,098 1973 1981
Allegro 4-door saloon, 2-door estate 4 1,275 1973 1982
Allegro 4-door saloon, 2-door estate 4 1,485 1973 1982
Allegro 4-door saloon, 2-door estate 4 1,748 1973 1982
Marina 4-door saloon,[5] 2-door coupe [5] (The Morris Marina was sold as the Austin Marina in certain export markets) [5] 4 [6]
6 [6] 		1,275 [6]
1,748 [6]
1,798 [5][6]
2,622 [6] 		1973 [5] 1979 [6]
1800 (ADO71) 4-door saloon. Sold as the Austin 1800 from March to September 1975 and then as the Princess 1800 through to 1978 4 1,798 1975 1975
2200 (ADO71) 4-door saloon. Sold as the Austin 2200 from March to September 1975 and then as the Princess 2200 through to 1981 4 2,226 1975 1975

BL / Rover Group

(Austin Rover) 1982 to 1988

Model Name Type of body Cyl. Disp. Sold From To
Metro 2-door or 4-door hatchback 4 1.0/1.3 2,078,218 1980 1990
Ambassador 4-door hatchback 4 1.7/2.0 43,427 1982 1984
Maestro 4-door hatchback 4 1.3 - 2.0 1983 1994
Montego 4-door saloon, estate 4 1.3 - 2.0 569,000 1984 1994

Commercial vehicles

London Taxicabs

Complying with London Metropolitan Police Area (and Heathrow) regulations
also non-compliant hire car variants.

Model name Type of body Cyl. Disp. Sold From To
London HL "High Lot" Taxicab Heavy Twelve-Four hire-car chassis amended to comply Reg.s
Coachwork arranged to suit customer by Mann & Overton 		4 1,861 1930 1935
London LL "Low Loading" Taxicab as above but using dropped cross-braced chassis of new Light Twelve-Six but still using Heavy Twelve engine etc 4 1,861 1934 1939
London FL "Flash Lot" Taxicab as above but with raked windscreen and rounded radiator of rest of Austin range first introduced in 1934 4 1,861 1939 1940
Metropolitan Taxicab FX3
or FX3D 		as above but new all-steel body built by Carbodies in Coventry and using the A70 petrol engine
From 1954 an Austin diesel engine was available alongside the petrol engine 		4 2,199 (petrol) 2,178 (diesel) 1948 1958
Austin FL1 hire car Private hire version of FX3 4 2,199 (petrol) 2,178 (diesel) 1948 1958
London Taxicab FX4 The classic Black cab (Hackney carriage)
All steel body made by Carbodies on a chassis supplied by Austin in Adderley Park, Birmingham. Powered by a 2.2 litre diesel or 2.2 litre petrol, until 1972, when the petrol engine was dropped and the diesel engine capacity increased to 2.5 litres. Chassis plant moved to Carbodies in 1972. Carbodies acquired the intellectual rights to the vehicle in 1982, from which time it was sold as the Carbodies FX4. 		4 2,199 (petrol) 2,178 or 2,520 (diesel) 1958 1982
FL2 hire car Private hire version of FX4 4 2,199 (petrol) 2,178 or 2,520 (diesel) 1958 1978

Car-based commercials

Light commercials

Lorries

  • Austin 2 ton (1913)
  • Austin 702 7 ton
  • Austin K30 30cwt truck (1939-1941)
  • Austin K2 (Jan 1939 to 1949) 2 ton short wheelbase and long wheelbase
  • Austin K3 (1939 to 1945) 3 ton long wheelbase
  • Austin K4 (1939 to 1949) 5 ton
  • Austin K2 Series II Loadstar (1949-1955) 2 ton
  • Austin K4 Series II Loadstar (1949-1956) 5 ton

After formation of BMC in 1952 vehicles based on both Austin and Morris designs were largely available with either Austin or Morris badges, the exception being the largest truck (the 7 tonner) which was badged BMC. The forward control trucks being based on the Morris trucks that came before, and the normal control vehicles being based on the Loadstar design, (see also Morris WE).

  • Austin 301 (rebadged Morris Commercial LC5) 1953-57
  • Morris WE/Austin S203/S403/S503 (1955-1964) 2ton/4ton/5ton
  • Morris WF/Austin S303/S403/S503 (1964–1968) 3ton/4ton/5ton
  • Austin FV Series II (1954-1955) Morris forward control truck badged Austin
  • Austin FE Series III (1955-1959) Morris forward control truck badged Austin
  • Austin FF (also sold as Austin 45 and Morris FF) 1958-61
  • Austin FG (also sold as 404 and S200) 1960-1968
  • Austin FH (1961–64)
  • Austin FJ (1964–68)

Military

References

  1. ^ R J Wyatt, The Austin 1905-1952. David & Charles, Newton Abbott, 1981, ISBN 0 7153 7948 8
  2. ^ Austin 11/55, www.aronline.co.uk Retrieved on 26 September 2013
  3. ^ Timeline 1968, www.ado16.info Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 26 September 2013
  4. ^ a b c d Export markets, www.elevenhundred.com Retrieved on 29 September 2013
  5. ^ a b c d e Austin Marina GT, www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au Retrieved on 7 May 2013
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Austin in South Africa 1962-1979 Timeline and Literature, moby302.co.za Retrieved via web.archive.org on 2 June 2013