Остин автомобильдерінің тарихы

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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.

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

Model Name Type of body Cyl. Disp. Sold From ToTwentysaloon, tourer, sports43,61015,28719191930 Sevensaloon, fabric saloon, tourer, sports, coupé, 4747290,00019221939TwelveTourers: 5 str Clifton, Open Road, Harley All Weather2 str Open Road, sports coupéSaloons: Burnham, Berkeley, Westminster, Windsor or fabric 41,66019221926Twelve; then from 1931—(Heavy) Twelve FourTourers: 5 str Clifton, Open Road2 str Open Road, sports coupéSaloons: Burnham, Berkeley, Westminster, Windsor or fabric41,86119261939TwentyCarlton and Whitehall saloons (SWB)Ranelagh and Mayfair limousine and landaulette (LWB)63,39719271939 SixteenLight SixHarrow two seat tourer, Open Road tourerSaloons: Burnham, Berkeley, Westminster, fabric62,24919271936 London High Lot Taxicabstandard body built by Vincent or StrachanJones Bros £5 extra41,86119291934Light Twelve SixEton Two Seater, Open Road Tourer, Saloons: Harley, AscotSports saloons: Kempton, Greyhound; sports tourer Newberry61,496or
1,71119311937Ten FourClifton tourer, Lichfield, Sherborne and Cambridge saloonsColwyn cabriolet, sports tourer41,125290,00019321947Light Twelve FourEton Two Seater, Open Road Tourer, Harley and Ascot saloons, 41,53571,65419331939Sixteen 16 or 18 h. p. Harrow two seat tourer, Open Road tourerSaloons: Carlton, Iver, Berkeley, Westminster, York62,249or2,51019331938London Low Loading Taxicabstandard body built by Vincent or StrachanJones Bros £5 extra41,86119341939FourteenGoodwood saloon, cabriolet61,71119361939EighteenNorfolk, Windsor and Iver saloons, Chalfont limousine62,5102,95319381939Eight2 door and 4 door saloon, tourer490056,10319391947Twelvesaloon41,5358,60019391947Sixteensaloon42,19919391947London Flash Lot Taxicabstandard body built by Vincent or StrachanJones Bros £5 extra41,86119391939Twenty EightRanelagh saloon or limousine64,01630019391939

Model Name Type of body Cyl. Disp. Sold From ToAustin 16 hp 4 door Saloon, Shooting Brake42,19935,43419451949A110 SheerlineSaloon63,46019471947A120 Princess Saloon63,46019471947 A40 Devon/Dorset2 door saloon, 4 door saloon, estate, van, pick up41,197456,54419471952 A125 SheerlineSaloon, Touring Limousine63,99519471954 A135 PrincessSaloon, Touring Limousine63,99519471956 A90 Atlantic Convertible4 seat convertible42,6607,98119481950 A70 HampshireSaloon, estate42,19985,68219481950 A90 Atlantic Saloon2 door saloon42,66019491952 A70 HerefordSaloon, estate, convertible42,19919501954 A40 Sports4 seat convertible (Body by Jensen)41,197401119511953A302 door saloon, 4 door saloon, estate4803223,26419511956

Complying with London Metropolitan Police Area (and Heathrow) regulationsalso non compliant hire car variants. Model name Type of body Cyl. Disp. Sold From To London HL "High Lot" Taxicab Heavy Twelve Four hire car chassis amended to comply Reg. sCoachwork arranged to suit customer by Mann & Overton41,86119301935 London LL "Low Loading" Taxicab as above but using dropped cross braced chassis of new Light Twelve Six but still using Heavy Twelve engine etc41,86119341939 London FL "Flash Lot" Taxicab as above but with raked windscreen and rounded radiator of rest of Austin range first introduced in 193441,86119391940 Metropolitan Taxicab FX3or FX3Das 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 engine42,199 (petrol) 2,178 (diesel)19481958 Austin FL1 hire carPrivate hire version of FX342,199 (petrol) 2,178 (diesel)19481958 London Taxicab FX4The 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 FX4.42,199 (petrol) 2,178 or 2,520 (diesel)19581982 FL2 hire carPrivate hire version of FX442,199 (petrol) 2,178 or 2,520 (diesel)19581978