Austin A135

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Austin A135
Production period: 1947-1959
Class : Upper class
Body versions : Limousine , Pullman limousine
Previous model: Austin 28
Austin A125 Sheerline
Successor: Vanden Plas Princess 4 liter limousine

The Austin A135 Princess is a 4-door sedan or Pullman sedan made by Austin Motor Cie. that it brought out in 1947 along with the much smaller A40 Dorset and Austin A125 Sheerline. They replaced the pre-war Austin 28 model . There were four generations.

Austin A135 Princess I / II / III (1947–1957)

A135 Princess I / II / III
Austin A135 Princess II (1950-1953)

Austin A135 Princess II (1950-1953)
Production period: 1947-1957
Engines: Otto engine :
4.0 liters (96 kW)
Length: 4890-5461 mm
Width: 1892 mm
Height: 1780 mm
Wheelbase : 3029-3353 mm
Empty weight : 1930-2121 kg

The Austin A135 Princess I was equipped with a 6-cylinder in-line engine with 3993 cm³ displacement, which passed on its output of 130 bhp (96 kW) to the rear wheels. Its body was more modern than that of the Austin A125 and had headlights integrated into the front fenders and a silhouette in the style of the Rolls-Royce Phantom IV . In addition to the Pullman limousine (limousine) there was also a normal limousine (saloon) with a shorter wheelbase. The sedan reached a top speed of 143 km / h.

In 1950 the Austin A135 Princess II appeared with minor changes, which was manufactured until 1953. The Austin A135 Princess III , which was then introduced , also showed no major differences from its predecessors and was manufactured until 1957. A total of 1910 copies were made from the first three generations.

All three generations of the A135 were manufactured by the coachbuilder Vanden Plas , which Austin bought shortly after the end of the war.

Princess IV (1956-1959)

Princess IV
Princess IV Pullman sedan (1956-1959)

Princess IV Pullman sedan (1956-1959)
Production period: 1956-1959
Engines: Otto engine :
4.0 liters (110 kW)
Length: 5105 mm
Width: 1861 mm
Height: 1850 mm
Wheelbase : 3092 mm
Empty weight : 2019 kg

The Princess IV from 1956 had a new body and a significantly more powerful engine (3993 cm³, 150 bhp / 110 kW). It reached a top speed of 158 km / h. The car was no longer called Austin, but formed the basis for a new automobile brand within the BMC group.

Around 200 of the Princess IV were built. From 1959 Vanden Plas continued to build the Princess models individually.

Web links

Commons : Austin Princess  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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