Austin 18th

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Austin 18 1935 2510cc.JPG
18th
Sales designation: Eighteen
Production period: 1938-1939
Class : upper middle class
Body versions : limousine
Engines: Otto engine :
2.5 liters (48 kW)
Length: 4521-4801 mm
Width: 1803 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 2870-3124 mm
Empty weight : 1575 kg
Previous model Austin 16

The Austin 18 was an upper mid-range car manufactured by Austin Motor Cie. Released in 1938 as the successor to the Austin 16 .

He had a six-cylinder engine with 2510 cm³ displacement and 65 bhp (48 kW) power. There was a short (2870 mm wheelbase) and a long (3124 mm wheelbase) chassis, each with a four-door sedan body. The top speed was 105 km / h.

Production of the model was stopped after just one year. A successor appeared only in 1954 with the Austin A90 Westminster.

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  • David Culshaw & Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895–1975 . Veloce Publishing PLC, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1874105936 .