Austin 16

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Austin 9/15/16
Production period: 1932-1937
1945-1949
Class : Middle class
Body versions : Limousine , station wagon
Successor: Austin 14
Austin 18
Austin A70 Hampshire

The Austin 16 was released as a new mid-range car by the Austin Motor Company in 1932 . In the late 1930s there was also the smaller Austin 15.9 model . After the Second World War, the 16 reappeared with a new engine, but the pre-war body. It served as a stopgap until completely redesigned models were introduced.

Year by year

Austin 16 hp (1932-1936)

16 hp (1932-1936)
Austin 16 Berkeley (1934)

Austin 16 Berkeley (1934)
Production period: 1932-1936
Body versions : limousine
Engines: Otto engine :
2.25 liters
Length: 4191 mm
Width: 1689 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 2845 mm
Empty weight :

The Austin 16 hp , a four-door sedan , had a side-controlled six-cylinder in-line engine with 2,249 cc and drove at 96 km / h. The Austin 16 thus filled the gap between the Austin 12 and the Austin 20 . From the Austin 20 he had taken over the engine design with a chain-driven camshaft at the rear end of the engine block, from the Austin 12 the chassis.

The car was of a modern design for its time and had a four-speed gearbox flanged to the engine and wheel suspensions on semi-elliptical springs. Safety glass was introduced in 1929. From 1934, 3rd and 4th gear were synchronized. An early automatic transmission was also available, but it didn't sell very well.

Production stopped two years later. The successor was the Austin 18 .

Austin 15.9 hp (1935-1937)

15.9 hp (1935-1937)

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Production period: 1935-1937
Body versions : limousine
Engines: Gasoline engine :
1.7 liters
Length: 4013 mm
Width: 1562 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 2692 mm
Empty weight : 1181 kg

From 1935 there was a smaller brother, the Austin 15.9 (16), also with a side-controlled six-cylinder in-line engine, but only 1,711 cc. Due to its smaller size and weight, it reached a top speed of 99 km / h.

After only two years it was replaced by its successor, the Austin 14 .

Austin 16 (1945-1949)

16 (1945-1949)
Austin 16 sedan (1945)

Austin 16 sedan (1945)
Production period: 1945-1949
Body versions : Limousine , station wagon
Engines: Otto engine :
2.2 liters (49 kW)
Length: 4013 mm
Width: 1562 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 2692 mm
Empty weight : 1346 kg

Another Austin 16 appeared in 1945 , which only had the name in common with its predecessor. It was the first "new" car from Austin Motor Cie. after World War II . It had a brand new, overhead, four-cylinder in-line engine - the first ever used in an Austin - with a capacity of 2,199 cc, but it used the body of the Austin 12 , which - like the pre-war Austin 8 and Austin 10 - continued to be manufactured. The engine output was 67 bhp (49 kW) at 3800 min −1 and the vehicle drove at 120 km / h. In addition to the four-door sedan, there was also a station wagon.

In the cold winter of 1947, Alan Hess, then PR manager of the company, and his team took three Austin 16s on a promotional drive for Austin and visited seven northern European capitals in seven days. Despite the difficult traffic situation caused by heavy snowfall, the vehicles mastered the task successfully.

In 1949 production of the Austin 16 ceased. The successor was the Austin A70 Hampshire .

Web links

Commons : Austin 16  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

swell

  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing PLC, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1-874105-93-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alan C. Hess: Gullibles Travels: The Tale of a goodwill tour of Seven European Capitals in Seven Days. Motor Racing Publications, Abingdon 1948.