Austin Gipsy

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1959 Austin Gipsy series 1 at the Whitton Museum.jpg
Gipsy
Production period: 1958-1969
Class : Off-road vehicle
Body versions : Station wagon , flatbed truck
Engines: Otto engine :
2.2 liters (49 kW)
Diesel engine :
2.2 liters (46 kW)
Length: 3531-4064 mm
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2286-2819 mm
Empty weight :
Previous model Austin Champ

The Austin Gipsy (" Gypsy ") is an all-terrain vehicle manufactured by the Austin Motor Company in the 1950s and 1960s. It was launched as a competitor for the Land Rover .

The Gipsy is similar in appearance to the Land Rover, but unlike the Land Rover, it does not have a body made of aluminum, but rather, as usual, of steel, and was initially provided with an unusual chassis that was gradually designed more conventionally.

The original independent suspension all around was made by swinging with torsion springs made of rubber . That is why this suspension is called Flexitor . Younger Gipsy have at least partially conventional rigid axles with leaf springs . This change significantly improved the driving characteristics in difficult terrain. One of the engines used was the inline four-cylinder gasoline engine with 2199 cc, which was also used in the Austin A70 . In the 1960s, this engine had an unusually low compression ratio , which made it suitable for particularly low octane gasoline . But there was also an in-line four-cylinder diesel engine with a displacement of 2178 cm³.

At first the car was available with a wheelbase of 2286 mm, later a version with 2819 mm was added, which is why a distinction is made between SWB (Short Wheel Base) and LWB (Long Wheel Base). The last series of the Gipsy received a redesigned and two-part grille.

When Austin was absorbed by the British Motor Corporation in the British Leyland Motor Corporation , Austin Gipsy and Land Rover belonged to the same group, so that the production of the Gipsy was ended after 21,208 copies.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gipsy . In: Beolingus . Chemnitz University of Technology . Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b c Austin Gipsy . In: Austin Memories . John Baker. Archived from the original on October 18, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
  3. ^ A b c Geoffrey Howard: Market Select: Another Look at the British Cars Tested since last Spring , Autocar, Issue 126 (nbr 3718), May 18, 1967, pages 4-14

literature

  • Graham Robson: AZ British Cars 1945-1980 . Herridge & Sons, Devon 2006, ISBN 0-9541063-9-3 .

Web links

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