List of Austin motor cars
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The Austin marque started with the Austin Motor Company
Austin Motor Company
The Austin Motor Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles. The company was founded in 1905 and merged in 1952 into the British Motor Corporation Ltd. The marque Austin was used until 1987...

, and survived a merger with the Nuffield Organisation
Nuffield Organisation
The Nuffield Organisation was a vehicle manufacturing company in the United Kingdom. Named after its founder, William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, it was formed in 1938 as the merger of Nuffield's Morris Motor Company , another of Nuffield's companies the MG Car Company and Riley.Morris Motors...

 to form the British Motor Corporation
British Motor Corporation
The British Motor Corporation, or commonly known as BMC was a vehicle manufacturer from United Kingdom, formed by the merger of the Austin Motor Company and the Nuffield Organisation in 1952...

, incorporation into the British Leyland Motor Corporation
British Leyland Motor Corporation
British Leyland was a vehicle manufacturing company formed in the United Kingdom in 1968 as British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd . It was partly nationalised in 1975 with the government creating a new holding company called British Leyland Ltd which became BL Ltd in 1978...

, nationalisation as British Leyland (BL) forming part of its volume car division Austin Morris later Austin Rover
Austin Rover Group
The Austin Rover Group was a British motor manufacturer. It was formed in 1981 as the mass-market car manufacturing subsidiary of British Leyland...

, and later privatisation as part of the Rover Group
Rover Group
The Rover Group plc was the name given in 1986 to the British state-owned vehicle manufacturer previously known as British Leyland or BL. Owned by British Aerospace from 1988 to 1994, when it was sold to BMW, the Group was broken up in 2000 with the Rover and MG marques being acquired by the MG...

 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

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 ¾ 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

Post World War I

Model Name Type From To
Austin 20/4
Austin Twenty
The Austin Twenty was introduced by the Austin Motor Company in 1919 continuing in production until 1930. After the 20/6 model was introduced in 1927, the car was known as the Austin 20/4....

saloon, tourer, sports 1919 1930
Austin 7
Austin 7
The Austin 7 was a car produced from 1922 through to 1939 in the United Kingdom by the Austin Motor Company. Nicknamed the "Baby Austin", it was one of the most popular cars ever produced for the British market, and sold well abroad...

saloon, fabric saloon, tourer, sports, coupé, 1922 1939
Austin "Heavy" 12
Austin 12 hp
The Austin 12/4 was introduced by the Austin Motor Company in 1921. It was the second of Herbert Austin's post World War I models and was in many ways a scaled-down version of the 20/4, introduced in 1919...

Burnham saloon, Berkeley saloon, Westminster saloon, Windsor saloon, fabric saloon, tourer, sports coupé 1922 1935
Austin 12/4 "Low Loader" Taxi
Austin 12/4 "Low Loader" Taxi
The car dealer Mann and Overton Director Will Overton who had been selling cabs in London since 1906 approached Herbert Austin about modifying the 12/4 chassis so that it would comply with the London 'Conditions of Fitness'...

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
Austin 16
The Austin 16 was a British car made by the Austin Motor Company between 1927 and 1936. The "16" name was re-used in the post war Austin 16 hp....

Burnham saloon, Berkeley saloon, fabric saloon, Harrow two seat tourer, Open Road tourer, Westminster Saloon 1927 1936
Austin "Light" 12/6
Austin 12/6
The Austin 12/6 was introduced by the Austin Motor Company in 1931 continuing in production until 1937. To separate it from the earlier, four-cylinder, Austin 12, it has become known as the 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
Austin 12/4
The Austin 12/4 was a car produced by the Austin Motor Company from 1933 until 1939. To distinguish it from the earlier four-cylinder Austin 12 it has become known as the Austin Light 12/4. It was replaced in 1939 by a new model also called the Austin 12 keeping the same engine...

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
Austin 8
The Austin 8 was a small car made by the Austin Motor Company. Launched in 1939 and produced into the war , about 9,000 of the wartime Austin 8 models were two-seater tourers produced for the military and government, and the rest were saloons...

2dr and 4dr saloon, tourer 1939 1947
Austin 12 saloon 1940 1947
Austin 28 limousine 1939 1939

Post World War II

Model Name Type From To
Austin 16HP
Austin 16 hp
thumb|right|280px|1946 Austin Sixteen BS1, The 1 millionth Austin producedThe Austin 16HP was the first 'new' car to be produced by the Austin Motor Company following the Second World War...

4 door Saloon, Shooting Brake 1945 1949
A120 Princess
Austin Princess
The Princess was a distinctive series of large luxury cars made by Austin and its subsidiary Vanden Plas from 1947 to 1968. However:The Princess name was later also used as follows:...

Saloon, Touring Limousine 1947 1956
A40 Devon/Dorset
Austin A40 Devon
The A40 Devon were automobiles marketed by the Austin Motor Company from 1947 to 1952 – the first post-war saloons to be produced by Austin – featuring a mix of old and new technologies...

2 door saloon, 4 door saloon, estate, van, pick-up 1947 1952
A110/A125 Sheerline
Austin Sheerline
The Austin Sheerline was a luxury car produced by Austin Motor Company from 1947 to 1954.The Sheerline was designed by Austin during World War Two but production did not begin until 1947 because of the commitment to war production...

Saloon, Touring Limousine 1947 1954
A135 Princess
Austin Princess
The Princess was a distinctive series of large luxury cars made by Austin and its subsidiary Vanden Plas from 1947 to 1968. However:The Princess name was later also used as follows:...

Saloon, Touring Limousine 1947 1956
A90 Atlantic Convertible
Austin Atlantic
The Austin A90 Atlantic was a British car produced by the Austin Motor Company, launched initially as a sporting four seat convertible. It made its début at the 1948 Earls Court Motor Show in London, with production models built between spring 1949 and late 1950...

4 seat convertible 1948 1950
A70 Hampshire
Austin A70
The Austin A70 Hampshire and later Austin A70 Hereford are large cars which were produced by the Austin Motor Company of Britain from 1948 until 1954...

Saloon, estate 1948 1950
A90 Atlantic Saloon
Austin Atlantic
The Austin A90 Atlantic was a British car produced by the Austin Motor Company, launched initially as a sporting four seat convertible. It made its début at the 1948 Earls Court Motor Show in London, with production models built between spring 1949 and late 1950...

2 door saloon 1949 1952
A70 Hereford
Austin A70
The Austin A70 Hampshire and later Austin A70 Hereford are large cars which were produced by the Austin Motor Company of Britain from 1948 until 1954...

Saloon, estate, convertible 1950 1954
A40 Sports
Austin A40 Sports
See Austin A40 for other A40 models.The Austin A40 Sports debuted at the 1949 London Motor Show as a four-passenger, aluminium-bodied convertible version of the Austin A40 — carrying an Austin of England nameplate, bearing the marque's Flying A hood ornament, and designed and manufactured in...

4 seat convertible (Body by Jensen
Jensen Motors
Jensen Motors Ltd was a British manufacturer of sports cars and commercial vehicles, based in the Lyng – West Bromwich...

)
1951 1953
A30
Austin A30
The A30 was a compact car produced by Austin Motor Company in the 1950s. Introduced in 1951 as the "New Austin Seven", it was Austin's answer to the Morris Minor...

2 door saloon, 4 door saloon, estate 1951 1956

BMC era

1952 onwards
Model Name Type From To
A40 Somerset
Austin A40 Somerset
The A40 Somerset is an automobile sold by the Austin Motor Company from 1952 until 1954. It replaced the A40 Devon and was quite similar to that body-on-frame car, including using the same 1.2 L straight-4 pushrod engine...

4 dr saloon, Convertible 1952 1954
Nash/Austin Metropolitan
Nash Metropolitan
The Nash Metropolitan is a car that was sold, initially only in the United States and Canada, from 1954–1962.It conforms to two classes of vehicle: economy car and subcompact car. In today’s terminology the Metropolitan is a “subcompact”, but this category had not yet come into use when the car was...

2 dr coupe/convertible 1954 1961
A40/A50/A55 Cambridge
Austin Cambridge
The Austin Cambridge is a motor car range sold by the Austin Motor Company in several generations from September 1954 through to 1969 as cars and 1971 as light commercials. It replaced the A40 Somerset but was entirely new with modern unibody construction...

4 dr saloon 1954 1958
A90 Six Westminster
Austin Westminster
The Westminster series were large saloon and estate cars sold by the British Austin Motor Company from 1954, replacing the A70 Hereford. The Westminster line was produced as the A90, A95, A99, A105, and A110 until 1968 when the new Austin 3-Litre took its place...

4 dr saloon 1954 1956
A35
Austin A35
The A35 was a small car sold by the British Motor Corporation under the Austin marque in the 1950s.-Design:Introduced in 1956, it replaced the highly successful Austin A30...

2 and 4 dr saloon, Countryman, van, pickup 1956 1959
Princess IV
Austin Princess
The Princess was a distinctive series of large luxury cars made by Austin and its subsidiary Vanden Plas from 1947 to 1968. However:The Princess name was later also used as follows:...

limousine 1956 1959
A95
Austin
Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas.Austin may also refer to:-In the United States:*Austin, Arkansas*Austin, Colorado*Austin, Chicago, Illinois*Austin, Indiana*Austin, Minnesota*Austin, Nevada*Austin, Oregon...

4 dr saloon, Countryman 1956 1959
A105
Austin
Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas.Austin may also refer to:-In the United States:*Austin, Arkansas*Austin, Colorado*Austin, Chicago, Illinois*Austin, Indiana*Austin, Minnesota*Austin, Nevada*Austin, Oregon...

4 dr saloon 1956 1959
A105 Vanden Plas
Austin
Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas.Austin may also refer to:-In the United States:*Austin, Arkansas*Austin, Colorado*Austin, Chicago, Illinois*Austin, Indiana*Austin, Minnesota*Austin, Nevada*Austin, Oregon...

4 dr saloon 1958 1959
A40 Farina Mk I
Austin A40 Farina
The Austin A40 Farina was a compact car introduced by the British Motor Corporation in 1958, replacing the earlier A40 Devon.It combines many of the virtues of a saloon and estate car in one body. There is more headroom for the rear passengers because of the angular instead of curved lines of the...

2 dr saloon, Countryman 1958 1961
A55 Cambridge
Austin Cambridge
The Austin Cambridge is a motor car range sold by the Austin Motor Company in several generations from September 1954 through to 1969 as cars and 1971 as light commercials. It replaced the A40 Somerset but was entirely new with modern unibody construction...

4 dr saloon, Countryman 1959 1961
A99 Westminster
Austin Westminster
The Westminster series were large saloon and estate cars sold by the British Austin Motor Company from 1954, replacing the A70 Hereford. The Westminster line was produced as the A90, A95, A99, A105, and A110 until 1968 when the new Austin 3-Litre took its place...

4 door saloon 1959 1961
Austin Gipsy
Austin Gipsy
The Austin Gipsy was Austin's attempt at an off-road capable vehicle to compete with Rover's Land Rover.-History:Austin picked the name with an "I" spelling rather than gypsy....

4wd 2dr 1959 1967
Austin Seven (Mini)
Mini
The Mini is a small car that was made by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers...

2 dr saloon, Countryman, Moke 1959 1969
A40 Farina Mk II
Austin A40 Farina
The Austin A40 Farina was a compact car introduced by the British Motor Corporation in 1958, replacing the earlier A40 Devon.It combines many of the virtues of a saloon and estate car in one body. There is more headroom for the rear passengers because of the angular instead of curved lines of the...

2 dr saloon, Countryman 1962 1967
A110 Westminster
Austin Westminster
The Westminster series were large saloon and estate cars sold by the British Austin Motor Company from 1954, replacing the A70 Hereford. The Westminster line was produced as the A90, A95, A99, A105, and A110 until 1968 when the new Austin 3-Litre took its place...

4 dr saloon 1961 1968
A60 Cambridge
Austin Cambridge
The Austin Cambridge is a motor car range sold by the Austin Motor Company in several generations from September 1954 through to 1969 as cars and 1971 as light commercials. It replaced the A40 Somerset but was entirely new with modern unibody construction...

4 dr saloon, Countryman 1961 1969
Austin 1100 2 dr and 4dr saloon, Countryman 1963 1974
Austin 1800
Austin 1800
BMC ADO17 was the model code used by the British Motor Corporation for a range of cars produced from September 1964 to 1975 and sold initially under its Austin marque as the Austin 1800. The car was also sold as the Morris 1800 and Wolseley 18/85, and later as the Austin 2200, Morris 2200 and...

4 dr saloon 1964 1975

British Leyland (BL)

(Austin Morris, Leyland Cars, Austin Morris (reformed))
1967-1982
Model Name Type From To
3-Litre
Austin 3-Litre
The Austin 3-Litre was a British saloon car introduced by British Leyland at the London Motor Show in 1967. However, it subsequently became apparent that BMC were not geared up to producing the car: few or none seem to have been sold that year, but by July 1968 it was reported that the cars had...

4dr saloon 1967 1971
Austin 1300 4 dr saloon, estate car 1963 1974
Austin Allegro
Austin Allegro
The Austin Allegro is a small family car manufactured by British Leyland under the Austin name from 1973 until 1983. The same vehicle was built in Italy by Innocenti between 1974 and 1975 and sold as the Innocenti Regent...

4 dr Saloon 1969 1983
Austin Maxi
Austin Maxi
The Austin Maxi was a medium sized 5-door hatchback car from British Leyland for the 1970s. It was the first British five speed five-door hatchback.-History:...

4 dr hatchback 1969 1981
Austin 1800/2200
Austin 1800
BMC ADO17 was the model code used by the British Motor Corporation for a range of cars produced from September 1964 to 1975 and sold initially under its Austin marque as the Austin 1800. The car was also sold as the Morris 1800 and Wolseley 18/85, and later as the Austin 2200, Morris 2200 and...

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
Leyland Princess
The Princess is a family car that was produced in the United Kingdom by British Leyland from 1975 until 1981. The car inherited a front-wheel drive / transverse engine configuration from its predecessor, the BMC ADO17 range...

4 door saloon 1975 1981

BL / Rover Group

(Austin Rover)
1982 to 1988
Model Name Type From To
Metro 2dr or 4dr hatchback 1980 1990
Austin Ambassador
Austin Ambassador
The Austin Ambassador was a medium-to-large hatchback car model introduced by British Leyland in 1982. The vehicle was a heavily updated version of the Princess, an ageing model that had lacked a hatchback...

4 dr hatchback 1982 1984
Maestro
Austin Maestro
The Austin Maestro is a compact-sized 5-door hatchback car that was produced from 1983 to 1994, initially by the Austin Rover subsidiary of British Leyland , and from 1988 onwards by its successor, Rover Group. The car was produced at the former Morris plant in Cowley, Oxford. It was initially...

4 dr hatchback 1983 1994
Montego
Austin Montego
The Austin Montego is a British mid-size saloon car that was produced by the Austin Rover subsidiary of British Leyland , and its successors, from 1984 until 1994. The Montego was the replacement for the Morris Ital, to give British Leyland a modern competitor for the Ford Sierra and Vauxhall...

4 dr saloon, estate 1984 1994

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
Austin FX3
The Austin FX3 was a taxicab designed to comply with the Metropolitan Police Conditions of Fitness for London taxicabs, but was used in other towns and cities in the United Kingdom...

1948 1958
FL1 Private hire version of FX3 1949 1958
FX4
Austin FX4
The FX4 is the classic Black Cab. While the majority are black, there is in fact no requirement for them, or indeed any other make of London taxi to be black. Over the years, the FX4 has been sold under a number of different makers' names.-Design and launch:...

The classic Black cab (Hackney carriage
Hackney carriage
A hackney or hackney carriage is a carriage or automobile for hire...

). Production taken over by Carbodies
Carbodies
Carbodies LImited is a British company based at Holyhead Road, Coventry. It started business as a coachbuilder, and now, as The London Taxi Company is best known for its production of London taxicabs.-History:...

 in 1982.
1959 1997
FL2 Private hire version of FX4 1959

Lorries and vans

  • Austin 702 7 ton
  • Austin Series III
  • Austin K2
    Austin K2
    The Austin K2/Y was a British heavy military ambulance built by the Austin Motor Company for use during the Second World War.The rear body, built by Mann Egerton, could take ten casualties sitting or four stretcher cases...

     'Katy' Ambulance (star of Ice-Cold in Alex
    Ice-Cold in Alex
    Ice-Cold in Alex is a British film based on the novel of the same name by British author Christopher Landon. Directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring John Mills, the film was a prizewinner at the 8th Berlin International Film Festival...

    )
  • Austin K4
  • Austin K5
    Austin K5
    The Austin K5 was a British heavy military truck built by the Austin Motor Company for use during the Second World War.The K5 was used with open body and cab for carrying the QF 6 pounder anti-tank gun portee in the North African Campaign or with an enclosed cab for General Service . Enclosed body...

  • Austin K6
  • Austin K8 1947-1954
  • Austin K9
  • Austin 6cwt (re-badged Morris Minor
    Morris Minor
    The Morris Minor was a British economy car that debuted at the Earls Court Motor Show, London, on 20 September 1948. Designed under the leadership of Alec Issigonis, more than 1.3 million were manufactured between 1948 and 1971...

    ) 1953-1971
  • Austin A30
    Austin A30
    The A30 was a compact car produced by Austin Motor Company in the 1950s. Introduced in 1951 as the "New Austin Seven", it was Austin's answer to the Morris Minor...

     van 1954-1956
  • Austin A35
    Austin A35
    The A35 was a small car sold by the British Motor Corporation under the Austin marque in the 1950s.-Design:Introduced in 1956, it replaced the highly successful Austin A30...

     van 1956-1968
  • Austin 101 1957-1961 "badge engineered" version of Morris JB
  • Austin A55 and A60 van 1958-1972
  • Austin A40
    Austin A40
    A number of different automobiles were marketed under the Austin A40 name by the Austin Motor Company between 1947 and 1967.Austin's naming scheme at that time derived from the approximate engine output, in horsepower...

     van and pick-up
  • Austin Mini
    Mini
    The Mini is a small car that was made by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a British icon of the 1960s, and its space-saving front-wheel-drive layout influenced a generation of car-makers...

     van 1960-1982 and pick-up 1961-1982
  • Austin 1800 pick-up (Australia only) 1968-1971
  • Austin Metro van 1982-1990
  • Austin Maestro
    Austin Maestro
    The Austin Maestro is a compact-sized 5-door hatchback car that was produced from 1983 to 1994, initially by the Austin Rover subsidiary of British Leyland , and from 1988 onwards by its successor, Rover Group. The car was produced at the former Morris plant in Cowley, Oxford. It was initially...

    van 1985-1994
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