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The Austin marque started with the Austin Motor Company, and survived a merger with the Nuffield Organization to form the British Motor Corporation, incorporation into the British Leyland Motor Corporation, nationalisation as British Leyland (BL) forming part of its volume car division Austin Morris later Austin Rover, and later privatisation as part of the Rover Group and was finally phased out as a brand in 1989.

## Model listing

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Models are placed according to which era they were first produced, some models carried over between eras of the marque.

### Pre World War I

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25/30 hp | Open tourer Clément-Gladiator motorcar assembled for financier Du Cros with different ("Austin") radiator | 4  | 5,182  |  | 67  |  | 1906  | 1907
15/20 hp |  | 4  | 4,151  |  | 4  |  | 1906  | 1906
18/24 hp | Limousine, Phaeton, Cabriolet, s.w.b. Ranelagh 2-seater with dickey seat  | 4  | 4,399  |  | 1,575  |  | 1907  | 1913
40 hp | Endcliffe, York  | 4  | 5,843  |  | 152  |  | 1907  | 1913
60 hp |  | 6  | 8,764  |  | 14  |  | 1908  | 1910
15 hp | Open tourer, 2-seater Ascot, 2-seater Harrogate with dickey seat, Town Carriage, Lancaster, Landaulettte  | 4  | 2,539  |  | 213  |  | 1908  | 1910
7 hp | built by Swift Motor Company: sold as Austin 162; Swift 868 | 1  | 1,099  |  | 162  |  | 1910  | 1911
50 hp |  | 6  | 7,374  |  | 24  |  | 1910  | 1913
10 hp | Sirdar 4-seater phaeton  | 4  | 1,145  |  | 367  |  | 1911  | 1912
15 hp | as 15 hp above  | 4  | 2,838  |  | 688  |  | 1911  | 1915
18/24 hp |  | 4  | 4,916  |  | ?  |  | 1911  | 1913
30 hp | Vitesse Phaeton  | 4  | 5884  |  | 425  |  | 1912  | 1916
40 hp | Vitesse  | 4  | 6,236  |  |  |  | 1912  | 1913
10 or 10/12 hp | Sirdar 4-seater phaeton  | 4  | 1,615  |  | 1,879  |  | 1913  | 1915
20 hp |  | 4  | 3160  |  | 1,291  |  | 1913  | 1917

### Inter-war

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Twenty | saloon, tourer, sports  | 4  | 3,610  |  | 15,287  |  | 1919  | 1930
Seven | saloon, fabric saloon, tourer, sports, coupé,  | 4  | 747  |  | 290,000  |  | 1922  | 1939
Twelve | Tourers: 5-str Clifton, Open Road, Harley All-Weather
2-str Open Road, sports coupé
Saloons: Burnham, Berkeley, Westminster, Windsor or fabric  | 4  | 1,660  |  |  |  | 1922  | 1926
Twelve; then from 1931—
(Heavy) Twelve-Four | Tourers: 5-str Clifton, Open Road
2-str Open Road, sports coupé
Saloons: Burnham, Berkeley, Westminster, Windsor or fabric  | 4  | 1,861  |  |  |  | 1926  | 1939
Twenty | Carlton and Whitehall saloons (SWB)
Ranelagh and Mayfair limousine and landaulette (LWB)  | 6  | 3,397  |  |  |  | 1927  | 1939
Sixteen
Light Six | Harrow two-seat tourer, Open Road tourer
Saloons: Burnham, Berkeley, Westminster, fabric  | 6  | 2,249  |  |  |  | 1927  | 1936
London High Lot Taxicab | standard body built by Vincent or Strachan
Jones Bros £5 extra  | 4  | 1,861  |  |  |  | 1929  | 1934
Light Twelve-Six | Eton Two Seater, Open Road Tourer, Saloons: Harley, Ascot
Sports saloons: Kempton, Greyhound; sports tourer Newberry | 6  | 1,496

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Ten-Four | Clifton tourer, Lichfield, Sherborne and Cambridge saloons
Colwyn cabriolet, sports tourer  | 4  | 1,125  |  | 290,000  |  | 1932  | 1947
Light Twelve-Four | Eton Two Seater, Open Road Tourer, Harley and Ascot saloons,  | 4  | 1,535  |  | 71,654  |  | 1933  | 1939
Sixteen 16 or 18 h.p. | Harrow two-seat tourer, Open Road tourer
Saloons: Carlton, Iver, Berkeley, Westminster, York | 6  | 2,249

2,510  |  |  |  | 1933  | 1938
London Low Loading Taxicab | standard body built by Vincent or Strachan
Jones Bros £5 extra  | 4  | 1,861  |  |  |  | 1934  | 1939
Fourteen | Goodwood saloon, cabriolet  | 6  | 1,711  |  |  |  | 1936  | 1939
Eighteen | Norfolk, Windsor and Iver saloons, Chalfont limousine  | 6  | 2,510  |  | 2,953  |  | 1938  | 1939
Eight | 2-door and 4-door saloon, tourer  | 4  | 900  |  | 56,103  |  | 1939  | 1947
Twelve | saloon  | 4  | 1,535  |  | 8,600  |  | 1939  | 1947
~~Sixteen~~ | ~~saloon~~ | ~~4~~ | ~~2,199~~ |  |  |  | ~~1939~~ | ~~1947~~
London Flash Lot Taxicab | standard body built by Vincent or Strachan
Jones Bros £5 extra  | 4  | 1,861  |  |  |  | 1939  | 1939
Twenty Eight | Ranelagh saloon or limousine  | 6  | 4,016  |  | 300  |  | 1939  | 1939

### Post World War II

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Austin 16 hp | 4-door Saloon, Shooting Brake  | 4  | 2,199  |  | 35,434  |  | 1945  | 1949
A110 Sheerline | Saloon  | 6  | 3,460  |  |  |  | 1947  | 1947
A120 Princess | Saloon  | 6  | 3,460  |  |  |  | 1947  | 1947
A40 Devon/Dorset | 2-door saloon, 4-door saloon, estate, van, pick-up  | 4  | 1,197  |  | 456,544  |  | 1947  | 1952
A125 Sheerline | Saloon, Touring Limousine  | 6  | 3,995  |  |  |  | 1947  | 1954
A135 Princess | Saloon, Touring Limousine  | 6  | 3,995  |  |  |  | 1947  | 1956
A90 Atlantic Convertible | 4-seat convertible  | 4  | 2,660  |  | 7,981  |  | 1948  | 1950
A70 Hampshire | Saloon, estate  | 4  | 2,199  |  | 85,682  |  | 1948  | 1950
A90 Atlantic Saloon | 2-door saloon  | 4  | 2,660  |  |  |  | 1949  | 1952
A70 Hereford | Saloon, estate, convertible  | 4  | 2,199  |  |  |  | 1950  | 1954
A40 Sports | 4-seat convertible (Body by Jensen)  | 4  | 1,197  |  | 4011  |  | 1951  | 1953
A30 | 2-door saloon, 4-door saloon, estate  | 4  | 803  |  | 223,264  |  | 1951  | 1956

### BMC era

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1952 onwards

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A40 Somerset | 4-door saloon, Convertible  | 4  | 1,197  |  | 173,306  |  | 1952  | 1954
Nash/Hudson/American/Austin Metropolitan | 2-door coupe/convertible  | 4  | 1,197  |  | 13,825  |  | 1954  | 1955
Nash/Hudson/American/Austin Metropolitan | 2-door coupe/convertible  | 4  | 1,489  |  |  |  | 1956  | 1961
A40 Cambridge | 4-door saloon  | 4  | 1,197  |  |  |  | 1954  | 1956
A50 Cambridge | 4-door saloon  | 4  | 1,489  |  |  |  | 1954  | 1957
A55 Cambridge Mk I | 4-door saloon  | 4  | 1,489  |  |  |  | 1957  | 1958
A90 Six Westminster | 4-door saloon  | 6  | 2,639  |  | 25,532  |  | 1954  | 1956
A35 | 2-door and 4-door saloon, Countryman, van, pickup  | 4  | 1,098  |  | 280,897  |  | 1956  | 1959
Princess IV | limousine  | 6  | 3,995  |  | 200  |  | 1956  | 1959
A95 | 4-door saloon, Countryman  | 6  | 2,639  |  | 28,065  |  | 1956  | 1959
A105 | 4-door saloon  | 6  | 2,639  |  | 6,770  |  | 1956  | 1959
A40 Farina Mk I | 2-door saloon, Countryman  | 4  | 948  |  | 169,612  |  | 1958  | 1961
Lancer | 4-door saloon (A product of BMC Australia)  | 4  | 1,489  |  |  |  | 1958  | 1962
A55 Cambridge Mk II | 4-door saloon, Countryman  | 4  | 1,489  |  | 149,994  |  | 1959  | 1961
A99 Westminster | 4-door saloon  | 6  | 2,912  |  | 15,162  |  | 1959  | 1961
Austin Gipsy | 4wd 2-door  | 4  | 2,199  |  | 21,208  |  | 1959  | 1967
A60 Cambridge (Australia)  | 4-door saloon, 5-door "Countryman" wagon (A product of BMC Australia \- re-engined A55 Cambridge Mk II)  | 4  | 1,622  |  |  |  | 1959  | 1962
Seven (Mini) | 2-door saloon, Countryman (name changed from Austin Seven to Austin Mini in 1961)  | 4  | 848  |  |  |  | 1959  | 1961
Mini | 2-door saloon, Countryman (name changed from Austin Seven to Austin Mini in 1961 and then sold under the Mini marque from 1969)  | 4  | 848
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A40 Farina Mk II | 2-door saloon, Countryman  | 4  | 1,098  |  | 172,550  |  | 1962  | 1967
A110 Westminster | 4-door saloon  | 6  | 2,912  |  | 26,105  |  | 1961  | 1968
A60 Cambridge | 4-door saloon, Countryman  | 4  | 1,622  |  | 276,534  |  | 1961  | 1969
Freeway | 4-door saloon, 5-door station wagon (A product of BMC Australia)  | 6  | 2,433  |  |  |  | 1962  | 1965
1100 | 2-door and 4-door saloon, Countryman  | 4  | 1,098  |  |  |  | 1963  | 1974
1800 (ADO17) | 4-door saloon (Austin Balanza in Belgium and the Netherlands)  | 4  | 1,798  |  | 221,000  |  | 1964  | 1975
Mini Moke | 4 seat convertible  | 4  |  |  |  |  | 1964  | 1968

### British Leyland (BL)

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(Austin Morris, Leyland Cars, Austin Morris (reformed)) 1967–1982

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1300 | 4-door saloon, 2-door estate car  | 4  | 1,275  |  |  |  | 1967  | 1974
3-Litre | 4-door saloon  | 6  | 2,912  |  | 9,992  |  | 1967  | 1971
11/55 | 4-door saloon (South African market variant of Austin 1100) [2] | 4  | 1,100  |  |  |  | 1968 [3] | ?
Maxi | 4-door hatchback  | 4  | 1,485  |  |  |  | 1969  | 1981
Maxi | 4-door hatchback  | 4  | 1,748  |  |  |  | 1969  | 1981
1500[4] | 4-door saloon (Export name for Australian Morris 1500) [4] | 4  | 1,485  |  |  |  | 1969?  |
Nomad[4] | 5-door hatchback (Export name for Australian Morris Nomad) [4] | 4  | 1,485  |  |  |  | 1969?  |
Tasman/Kimberley | 4-door saloon (Australia and New Zealand only)  | 6  | 2,227  |  |  |  | 1970  | 1974
Apache | 4-door saloon (Produced by British Leyland Motor Corporation's South African subsidiary, Leykor)  | 4  | 1,275  |  | 21,655  |  | 1971  | 1978
2200 (ADO17) | 4-door saloon (Austin Balanza in Belgium and the Netherlands)  | 6  | 2,227  |  |  |  | 1972  | 1975
Allegro | 4-door saloon, 2-door estate  | 4  | 998  |  |  |  | 1981  | 1982
Allegro | 4-door saloon, 2-door estate  | 4  | 1,098  |  |  |  | 1973  | 1981
Allegro | 4-door saloon, 2-door estate  | 4  | 1,275  |  |  |  | 1973  | 1982
Allegro | 4-door saloon, 2-door estate  | 4  | 1,485  |  |  |  | 1973  | 1982
Allegro | 4-door saloon, 2-door estate  | 4  | 1,748  |  |  |  | 1973  | 1982
Marina | 4-door saloon,[5] 2-door coupe [5] (The Morris Marina was sold as the Austin Marina in certain export markets) [5] | 4 [6]
6 [6] | 1,275 [6]
1,748 [6]
1,798 [5][6]
2,622 [6] |  |  |  | 1973 [5] | 1979 [6]
1800 (ADO71) | 4-door saloon. Sold as the Austin 1800 from March to September 1975 and then as the Princess 1800 through to 1978  | 4  | 1,798  |  |  |  | 1975  | 1975
2200 (ADO71) | 4-door saloon. Sold as the Austin 2200 from March to September 1975 and then as the Princess 2200 through to 1981  | 4  | 2,226  |  |  |  | 1975  | 1975

### BL / Rover Group

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(Austin Rover) 1982 to 1988

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Metro | 2-door or 4-door hatchback  | 4  | 1.0/1.3  |  | 2,078,218  |  | 1980  | 1990
Ambassador | 4-door hatchback  | 4  | 1.7/2.0  |  | 43,427  |  | 1982  | 1984
Maestro | 4-door hatchback  | 4  | 1.3 - 2.0  |  |  |  | 1983  | 1994
Montego | 4-door saloon, estate  | 4  | 1.3 - 2.0  |  | 569,000  |  | 1984  | 1994

## Commercial vehicles

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### London Taxicabs

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Complying with London Metropolitan Police Area (and Heathrow) regulations
also non-compliant hire car variants.

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London HL "High Lot" Taxicab | Heavy Twelve-Four hire-car chassis amended to comply Reg.s
Coachwork arranged to suit customer by Mann & Overton | 4  | 1,861  |  |  |  | 1930  | 1935
London LL "Low Loading" Taxicab | as above but using dropped cross-braced chassis of new Light Twelve-Six but still using Heavy Twelve engine etc  | 4  | 1,861  |  |  |  | 1934  | 1939
London FL "Flash Lot" Taxicab | as above but with raked windscreen and rounded radiator of rest of Austin range first introduced in 1934  | 4  | 1,861  |  |  |  | 1939  | 1940
Metropolitan Taxicab FX3
or FX3D | as above but new all-steel body built by Carbodies in Coventry and using the A70 petrol engine
From 1954 an Austin diesel engine was available alongside the petrol engine  | 4  | 2,199 (petrol) 2,178 (diesel)  |  |  |  | 1948  | 1958
Austin FL1 hire car  | Private hire version of FX3  | 4  | 2,199 (petrol) 2,178 (diesel)  |  |  |  | 1948  | 1958
London Taxicab FX4 | The classic Black cab (Hackney carriage)
All steel body made by Carbodies on a chassis supplied by Austin in Adderley Park, Birmingham. Powered by a 2.2 litre diesel or 2.2 litre petrol, until 1972, when the petrol engine was dropped and the diesel engine capacity increased to 2.5 litres. Chassis plant moved to Carbodies in 1972. Carbodies acquired the intellectual rights to the vehicle in 1982, from which time it was sold as the Carbodies FX4.  | 4  | 2,199 (petrol) 2,178 or 2,520 (diesel)  |  |  |  | 1958  | 1982
FL2 hire car  | Private hire version of FX4  | 4  | 2,199 (petrol) 2,178 or 2,520 (diesel)  |  |  |  | 1958  | 1978

### Car-based commercials

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* Austin 6cwt/8cwt (re-badged Morris Minor) 1953–1971
* Austin A30 van 1954–1956
* Austin A35 van 1956–1968
* Austin A55 and A60 van 1958–1972
* Austin A40 van and pick-up
* Austin Mini van 1960–1982 and pick-up 1961–1982
* Austin 1800 Utility (Australia only) 1968–1971
* Austin Metro van 1982–1990
* Austin Maestro van 1985–1994

### Light commercials

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* Austin K8 "Three Way" 1947–1954
* Austin LD 1954-1967
* Austin 152/J2 1956-1967
* Austin 101 1957–1961 "badge engineered" version of Morris JB
* Austin J4 1960-1968
* Austin Morris 250 JU 1967-1974
* Austin Morris EA 1968-1984

### Lorries

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* Austin 30cwt truck (1919-1923) [7]
* Austin 2 ton (1913)
* Austin 702 7 ton
* Austin K30 30cwt truck (1939-1941)
* Austin K2 (Jan 1939 to 1949) 2 ton short wheelbase and long wheelbase
* Austin K3 (1939 to 1945) 3 ton long wheelbase
* Austin K4 (1939 to 1949) 5 ton
* Austin K2 Series II Loadstar (1949-1955) 2 ton
* Austin K4 Series II Loadstar (1949-1956) 5 ton

After formation of BMC in 1952 vehicles based on both Austin and Morris designs were largely available with either Austin or Morris badges, the exception being the largest truck (the 7 tonner) which was badged BMC. The forward control trucks being based on the Morris trucks that came before, and the normal control vehicles being based on the Loadstar design, (see also Morris WE).

* Austin 301 (rebadged Morris Commercial LC5) 1953-57
* Morris WE/Austin S203/S403/S503 (1955-1964) 2ton/4ton/5ton
* Morris WF/Austin S303/S403/S503 (1964–1968) 3ton/4ton/5ton
* Austin FV Series II (1954-1955) Morris forward control truck badged Austin
* Austin FE Series III (1955-1959) Morris forward control truck badged Austin
* Austin FF (also sold as Austin 45 and Morris FF) 1958-61
* Austin FG (also sold as 404 and S200) 1960-1968
* Austin FH (1961–64)
* Austin FJ (1964–68)

### Military

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* Austin K2/Y 1939-1945 Ambulance
* Austin K3 1939-1945 3-ton
* Austin K4 Tanker, Dropside, Fire
* Austin K5 1941-1945
* Austin K6 1942-1945
* Austin Champ 1947–56
* Austin K9 1952-1955

## References

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1. ^ R J Wyatt, The Austin 1905-1952. David & Charles, Newton Abbott, 1981, ISBN 0 7153 7948 8
2. ^ Austin 11/55, www.aronline.co.uk Retrieved on 26 September 2013
3. ^ Timeline 1968, www.ado16.info Archived 27 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 26 September 2013
4. ^ a b c d Export markets, www.elevenhundred.com Retrieved on 29 September 2013
5. ^ a b c d e Austin Marina GT, www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au Retrieved on 7 May 2013
6. ^ a b c d e f g Austin in South Africa 1962-1979 Timeline and Literature, moby302.co.za Retrieved via web.archive.org on 2 June 2013
7. ^ "30cwt (p.41)" (PDF). Goodrich Tyre; revsinstitute.org. 1 January 1920. Retrieved 9 June 2025.

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Small family car |  | 7 hp |  |  | Seven
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Family car  |  |  | 12-14 |  |  | Twelve |  |  | Light Twelve
|  |  | Heavy Twelve
|  |  |  | Twelve-six | Fourteen
Full-size car |  | 15 hp |  |  | Sixteen or Eighteen | Eighteen
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25-30 | 40 hp |  |  |
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Taxi |  |  |  | Austin Twelve
Top Hat | Austin Twelve
Low Loader

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Standard |  | Standard | Standard Triumph | Leyland Motors | BLMC / British Leyland | Austin Rover Group

Land Rover Group (BL plc)  | Rover Group (BAe)  | Rover Group
(BMW)  | British Motor Heritage
Triumph |  | Dawson | Triumph | BMW
Mini |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Riley | Riley | Nuffield Organization | BMC | BMH
MG |  |  |  | Morris Garages (MG) | MG Rover Group (PVH)  | SAIC

NAC | SAIC
Morris |  |  | Morris | Morris
Wolseley | Wolseley
Austin |  | Austin | Austin
Vanden Plas |  | Vanden Plas
Rover |  | Rover Company | Rover Company | Rover Company | PAG (Ford)  | Tata
Land Rover |  |  |  |  |  | PAG (Ford)
Alvis |  |  |  | Alvis | BAE Systems
Jaguar |  |  |  | SS Cars | Jaguar | Jaguar

Daimler | BMH | Jaguar

Daimler | PAG (Ford)  | Tata
Daimler | Daimler | BSA | BSA
Lanchester | Lanchester
Princess |  |  |  |  |  |  | BMC |  |  | BLMC / British Leyland |  |  |  |  |
Austin-Healey |  |  |  |  |  |  | Austin (BMC) & Donald Healey |  |  |  |  |  |
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