List of Austin motor vehicles
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 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 sourceModel | Type of body | Cyl. | Disp. | Sold | From | To | ||
25/30 hp | Open tourer Clément-Gladiator motorcar assembled for financier Du Cros with different radiator | 5,182 | 1906 | 1907 | ||||
15/20 hp | 4,151 | 1906 | 1906 | |||||
18/24 hp | Limousine, Phaeton, Cabriolet, s.w.b. Ranelagh 2-seater with dickey seat | 4,399 | 1907 | 1913 | ||||
40 hp | Endcliffe, York | 5,843 | 1907 | 1913 | ||||
60 hp | 8,764 | 1908 | 1910 | |||||
15 hp | Open tourer, 2-seater Ascot, 2-seater Harrogate with dickey seat, Town Carriage, Lancaster, Landaulettte | 2,539 | 1908 | 1910 | ||||
7 hp | built by Swift Motor Company: sold as Austin 162; Swift 868 | 1,099 | 1910 | 1911 | ||||
50 hp | 7,374 | 1910 | 1913 | |||||
10 hp | Sirdar 4-seater phaeton | 1,145 | 1911 | 1912 | ||||
15 hp | as 15 hp above | 2,838 | 1911 | 1915 | ||||
18/24 hp | 4,916 | 1911 | 1913 | |||||
30 hp | Vitesse Phaeton | 5884 | 1912 | 1916 | ||||
40 hp | Vitesse | 6,236 | 1912 | 1913 | ||||
10 or 10/12 hp | Sirdar 4-seater phaeton | 1,615 | 1913 | 1915 | ||||
20 hp | 3160 | 1913 | 1917 |
Post World War I
Post World War II
BMC era
1952 onwardsModel Name | Type of body | Cyl. | Disp. | Sold | From | To | ||
A40 Somerset | 4-door saloon, Convertible | 1,197 | 1952 | 1954 | ||||
Nash/Hudson/American/Austin Metropolitan | 2-door coupe/convertible | 1,197 | 13,825 | 1954 | 1955 | |||
Nash/Hudson/American/Austin Metropolitan | 2-door coupe/convertible | 1,489 | 1956 | 1961 | ||||
A40 Cambridge | 4-door saloon | 1,197 | 1954 | 1956 | ||||
A50 Cambridge | 4-door saloon | 1,489 | 1954 | 1957 | ||||
A55 Cambridge Mk I | 4-door saloon | 1,489 | 1957 | 1958 | ||||
A90 Six Westminster | 4-door saloon | 2,639 | 1954 | 1956 | ||||
A35 | 2-door and 4-door saloon, Countryman, van, pickup | 1,098 | 1956 | 1959 | ||||
Princess IV | limousine | 3,995 | 1956 | 1959 | ||||
A95 | 4-door saloon, Countryman | 2,639 | 1956 | 1959 | ||||
A105 | 4-door saloon | 2,639 | 1956 | 1959 | ||||
A40 Farina Mk I | 2-door saloon, Countryman | 1958 | 1961 | |||||
Lancer | 4-door saloon | 1,489 | 1958 | 1962 | ||||
A55 Cambridge Mk II | 4-door saloon, Countryman | 1,489 | 1959 | 1961 | ||||
A99 Westminster | 4-door saloon | 2,912 | 1959 | 1961 | ||||
Austin Gipsy | 4wd 2-door | 2,199 | 1959 | 1967 | ||||
A60 Cambridge | 4-door saloon, 5-door "Countryman" wagon | 1,622 | 1959 | 1962 | ||||
Seven | 2-door saloon, Countryman | 1959 | 1961 | |||||
Mini | 2-door saloon, Countryman | 997 998 1,071 1,275 | 1961 | 1969 | ||||
A40 Farina Mk II | 2-door saloon, Countryman | 1,098 | 1962 | 1967 | ||||
A110 Westminster | 4-door saloon | 2,912 | 1961 | 1968 | ||||
A60 Cambridge | 4-door saloon, Countryman | 1,622 | 1961 | 1969 | ||||
Freeway | 4-door saloon, 5-door station wagon | 2,433 | 1962 | 1965 | ||||
1100 | 2-door and 4-door saloon, Countryman | 1,098 | 1963 | 1974 | ||||
1800 | 4-door saloon | 1,798 | 1964 | 1975 | ||||
Mini Moke | 4 seat convertible | 1964 | 1968 |
British Leyland (BL)
1967–1982Model Name | Type of body | Cyl. | Disp. | Sold | From | To | ||
1300 | 4-door saloon, 2-door estate car | 1,275 | 1967 | 1974 | ||||
3-Litre | 4-door saloon | 2,912 | 1967 | 1971 | ||||
11/55 | 4-door saloon | 1,100 | 1968 | ? | ||||
Maxi | 4-door hatchback | 1,485 | 1969 | 1981 | ||||
Maxi | 4-door hatchback | 1,748 | 1969 | 1981 | ||||
1500 | 4-door saloon | 1,485 | 1969? | |||||
Nomad | 5-door hatchback | 1,485 | 1969? | |||||
Tasman/Kimberley | 4-door saloon | 2,227 | 1970 | 1974 | ||||
Apache | 4-door saloon | 1,275 | 1971 | 1978 | ||||
2200 | 4-door saloon | 2,227 | 1972 | 1975 | ||||
Allegro | 4-door saloon, 2-door estate | 1981 | 1982 | |||||
Allegro | 4-door saloon, 2-door estate | 1,098 | 1973 | 1981 | ||||
Allegro | 4-door saloon, 2-door estate | 1,275 | 1973 | 1982 | ||||
Allegro | 4-door saloon, 2-door estate | 1,485 | 1973 | 1982 | ||||
Allegro | 4-door saloon, 2-door estate | 1,748 | 1973 | 1982 | ||||
Marina | 4-door saloon, 2-door coupe | 6 | 1,275 1,748 1,798 2,622 | 1973 | 1979 | |||
1800 | 4-door saloon. Sold as the Austin 1800 from March to September 1975 and then as the Princess 1800 through to 1978 | 1,798 | 1975 | 1975 | ||||
2200 | 4-door saloon. Sold as the Austin 2200 from March to September 1975 and then as the Princess 2200 through to 1981 | 2,226 | 1975 | 1975 |
BL / Rover Group
1982 to 1988Model 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 regulationsalso non-compliant hire car variants.
Model name | Type of body | Cyl. | Disp. | Sold | From | To | ||
London High Lot Taxicab | Heavy Twelve-Four hire-car chassis amended to comply Reg.s Coachwork arranged to suit customer by Mann & Overton | 1,861 | 1930 | 1935 | ||||
London Low Loading Taxicab | as above but using dropped cross-braced chassis of new Light Twelve-Six but still using Heavy Twelve engine etc | 1,861 | 1934 | 1939 | ||||
London Flash Lot Taxicab | as above but with raked windscreen and rounded radiator of rest of Austin range first introduced in 1934 | 1,861 | 1939 | 1939 | ||||
Metropolitan Taxicab FX3 or FX3D | as above but new all-steel body built by Carbodies in Birmingham and using the Sixteen or A70 petrol engine soon replaced by diesel | 2,199 | 1948 | 1958 | ||||
FL1 hire car | Private hire version of FX3 | 2,199 | 1949 | 1958 | ||||
London Taxicab FX4 | The classic Black cab Entirely manufactured by Carbodies from 1982. | 2,178 | 1958 | 1997 | ||||
FL2 hire car | Private hire version of FX4 | 2,178 | 1959 | 1987 |
Car-based commercials
- Austin 6cwt/8cwt 1953–1971
- Austin A30 van 1954–1956
- Austin A35 van 1956–1968
- 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 Utility 1968–1971
- Austin Metro van 1982–1990
- Austin Maestro van 1985–1994
Light commercials
- Austin K8 "Three Way" 1947–1954
- :commons:File:Austin aka BMC LD van registered September 1968 with water bowl for dog.jpg|Austin LD 1954-1967
- Austin 152/J2 1956-1967
- Austin 101 1957–1961 "badge engineered" version of Morris JB
- Austin J4 1960-1968
- Austin Morris 250 JU 1967-1974
- Austin Morris EA 1968-1984
Lorries
- Austin 2 ton
- Austin 702 7 ton
- Austin K4 Loadstar 1949-56
- Austin 301 1953-57
- Austin WE 303/304, 403, 503
- Austin WF
- Austin FG 1960-
- Austin FV Series II
- Austin FE Series III
- Austin FF 1958-61
- Austin FH
- Austin FJ
Military
- Austin K2/Y 1939-1945 Ambulance
- Austin K3 1939-1945 3-ton
- Austin K4 Tanker, Dropside, Fire
- Austin K5 1941-1945
- Austin K6 1942-1945
- Austin Champ 1947–56
- Austin K9 1952-1955