Austin Motor Company

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Austin Motor Company

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legal form Company
founding 1905
resolution 1952
Reason for dissolution Merger with Morris Motor Company to form British Motor Corporation (BMC)
Seat Birmingham , UK
management Herbert Austin (founder)
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Austin Seven, built around 1935
Austin 8, manufactured around 1948

The Austin Motor Company was a British automaker.

history

Austin Motors showroom, Long Acre , London, circa 1910

The Austin Motor Company was founded in 1905 in Birmingham by Herbert Austin . He had previously been the manager of Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company . In the 1920s, the company produced the Austin 7 , an inexpensive, small and simple car and one of the first cars designed for the mass market.

The Austin Seven was also manufactured under license in Germany from 1927, first as the Dixi A1 at the Eisenach vehicle factory , then, when this company was taken over by BMW in 1929 , as the BMW Dixi. From 1919 tractors were produced. However, production came to a standstill due to the Second World War and was never resumed.

In the early 1950s, the Austins enjoyed a reputation for solid utility vehicles. The company's independence ended in 1952 when it was merged with its biggest competitor, Morris, under the umbrella of the British Motor Corporation . In the future, Austin models had largely identical sister models that were sold under the names of other brands belonging to the parent company. In 1959, the Mini (ADO 15) first appeared as the Austin Seven together with the practically identical Morris Mini Minor. As a variant with an attached rear, the model was offered by Wolseley as "Hornet" and by Riley as "Elf". The process of selling largely identical cars under different names was given the slightly derisive name “Badge Engineering” (“badge construction”). Austin emerged in the development of the gas turbine engine for cars, so in 1955 a sheerline limousine equipped in this way was demonstrated.

From the 1970s, Austin's image suffered considerably from poor production quality in the British Leyland umbrella company . The Austin Allegro was particularly hard hit . The brand name Austin also fell victim to the numerous and extensive restructuring of the model policy of the parent company. The last Austin was built in 1994.

Models

Models from 1915

Austin 10/4 (1933)
Austin 10/4 (1933)
Type Construction period
Austin 7 1922-1939
Austin Big 7 1937-1940
Austin 8 1939-1947
Austin 10 1939-1947
Austin 10/4 1932-1936
Austin 12 "Heavy 12" 1921-1940
Austin 12/4 "Light 12" 1932-1936, 1939-1947
Austin 12/6 1930-1936, 1938-1939
Austin 14 1937-1939
Austin 9/15 1935-1937
Austin 16 1927-1936, 1945-1949
Austin 18th 1938-1939
Austin 20th 1915-1938
Austin 28 1938-1940

Models from 1947

Austin A 40, 1948 to 1954
Austin Mini Moke Mark II (1967)
Type designation Construction period
Austin A30 Baby Austin 1951-1956
Austin A35 Baby Austin 1956-1952
Austin A40 Dorset / Devon / Sports / Somerset / Cambridge / Farina 1947-1968
Austin A50 Cambridge 1954-1957
Austin A55 Cambridge 1957-1961
Austin A60 Cambridge 1961-1969
Austin A70 Hampshire / Hereford 1948-1954
Austin A90 Atlantic / Westminster 1949-1952, 1954-1956
Austin A95 1956-1959
Austin A99 1959-1961
Austin A105 1956-1959
Austin A110 1961-1968
Austin A125 Sheerline 1947-1953
Austin A135 Princess 1947-1959
Austin 1100 1963-1971
Austin 1300 1967-1971
Austin 1800 1964-1975
Austin 2200 1972-1976
Austin 3-liter 1967-1971
Austin Allegro 1973-1982
Austin Ambassador 1982-1984
Austin Maestro 1983-1994
Austin Maxi 1969-1980
Austin Metro 1981-1994
Austin Metropolitan 1957-1961
Austin Mini Until 1962 under the name Austin Seven 1959-2000
Austin Mini Cooper 1961-1996
Austin Cooper S 1963-1971
Austin Mini Moke 08 / 1964-10 / 1968
Austin Montego 1984-1994
Princess 1975-1982

Taxis

Type Construction period
Austin FX3 1948-1959
Austin FX4 1958-1997
TX1 1997 – today

Trucks

Austin table top (1956)
Austin 301 (1960)
Austin FH
Type designation Construction period
7 HP Van B9C, AVH, AVJ, AVK 1933-1939
8 HP Van AV, AVI 1939-1948
10 HP Van GV, GVA, GVE, GVI 1932-1947
Light 12 Van HV, HVB, Truck HVV 1933-1938
Heavy 12 Van FV 1931-1935
2 tone K2 1939-1949
5 tone K4 1939-1950
Coach K4 / CXB, K4 / CXD 1947-1950
3-tone truck 3K 1955
4-tone truck 4K 1955-1956
5-tone truck 5K truck, 5K tipper 1955
Prime movers 5K 1955
7-tone truck 7K 1955-1956
A30 AV4 van 1954
A35 AV5 van 1956
A40 Van GV2, GV3, GV4, GV5 Pick-Up GQU2, GQU3, GQU4, GQ4, GQR4, GQU5, GQ5, GVR5 1948-1954
A70 Pick-Up BQU2, BK3, BQ3, BQR3, 152 Omnivan / Omnitruck / Omnicoach, FX3, FX3D , A125, A135 1949-1955
5 CWT. 4X4 Champ. 1952
4X4 Gipsy 1957-1958
25 CWT. K8 1947
1 1/2 ton truck 4X4 1952
1 1/2 ton truck 301 1956-1957
FG 1959-1968

Timeline

Timeline of the Rover models from 1945 to 2005
1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
5 6th 7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 0 1 2 3 4th 5
Austin Seven Mini
Morris Mini
Riley Elf
Wolseley Hornet
Mini Moke
Austin Metro metro Rover Metro Rover 100 City Rover
MG Metro MG ZR
Standard Ten Triumph 1300 Triumph 1500 Triumph Acclaim Rover 200 Rover 200 Rover 200 Rover 25
Standard Pennant Triumph Toledo
Standard 8hp Standard Eight Triumph Herald Triumph Dolomite Rover 400 Rover 400 Rover 45
Austin A30 Austin A35 Austin Allegro Austin Maestro maestro
Austin A40 Farina Mark I Austin 1100/1300
Morris 1100/1300
Vanden Plas Princess 1100/1300 Vanden Plas 1500/1750
MG 1100/1300 MG Maestro MG ZS
Riley 1.5 Riley Kestrel Rover Streetwise
Wolseley 1500 Wolseley 1100/1300
Morris Cowley Austin Maxi Leyland Maxi
MG Magnette MG Magnette MG Montego MG ZT
Morris Eight Morris Minor Morris Marina Morris Ital Austin Montego Montego Rover 600 Rover 75
Morris Ten Morris Oxford MO Morris Oxford II / III / IV Morris Oxford V / VI Morris 1800/2200 Austin
18-22 		Princess Austin Ambassador
Morris Six MS Morris Isis
Austin 10 Austin A40 Austin A40 / A50 / A55 Cambridge Austin A55 / A60 Cambridge Austin 1800/2200
Wolseley Twelve Wolseley 4/50 Wolseley 4/44 Wolseley 15/50 Wolseley 15/60 Wolseley 16/60 Wolseley 18/85 Wolseley Six Wolseley 2200
Standard Vanguard Standard Vanguard Triumph 2000/2500 / 2.5 PI Rover SD1 Rover 800 Rover 800
Rover 16 Rover P3 Rover P4 Rover P6
Rover P5
Austin 16 Austin A70 Austin A90 / A95 / A105 Westminster Austin A99 Westminster Austin A110 Westminster Austin 3-liter
Wolseley Eighteen Wolseley 6/80 Wolseley 6/90 Wolseley 6/99 Wolseley 6/110
Austin A125 Sheerline Princess IV Vanden Plas Princess Vanden Plas Princess 4 Liter R
Austin A135 Princess

Literature (selection)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Austin Motor Vehicle Turbine . In: Motor Vehicle Technology 12/1959, pp. 494–495.