Austin 8
Austin | |
---|---|
8th | |
Sales designation: | Eight |
Production period: | 1939-1947 |
Class : | Small car |
Body versions : | limousine |
Engines: |
Otto engine : 0.9 liters (18 kW) |
Length: | 3785 mm |
Width: | 1486 mm |
Height: | |
Wheelbase : | 2248 mm |
Empty weight : | 775 kg |
Previous model | Austin Big 7 |
successor | Austin A30 |
The Austin 8 was a small car that Austin Motor Cie. Released in 1939 as the successor to the Austin Big 7 .
Like its predecessor, it had a 4-cylinder engine with a displacement of 900 cm³, but only 24 bhp (17.6 kW) instead of the 25 bhp (18.4 kW) of its predecessor. The two-door body with free-standing fenders and headlights was also adopted. In 1947, production of the model ceased. Austin only offered a real small car four years later with the A30 model .
Web links
Commons : Austin 8 - 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 .