List of Austin motor vehicles

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 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

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

Pre World War I

data source

Model	Type of body	Cyl.	Disp.	Sold	From	To
25/30 hp	Open tourer Clément-Gladiator motorcar assembled for financier Du Cros with different 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

BMC era

1952 onwards

Model Name	Type of body	Cyl.	Disp.	Sold	From	To
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	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	4-door saloon, 5-door "Countryman" wagon	4	1,622		1959	1962
Seven (Mini)	2-door saloon, Countryman	4	848		1959	1961
Mini	2-door saloon, Countryman	4	848 997 998 1,071 1,275		1961	1969
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	6	2,433		1962	1965
1100	2-door and 4-door saloon, Countryman	4	1,098		1963	1974
1800 (ADO17)	4-door saloon	4	1,798	221,000	1964	1975
Mini Moke	4 seat convertible	4			1964	1968

British Leyland (BL)

1967–1982

Model Name	Type of body	Cyl.	Disp.	Sold	From	To
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	4	1,100		1968	?
Maxi	4-door hatchback	4	1,485		1969	1981
Maxi	4-door hatchback	4	1,748		1969	1981
1500	4-door saloon	4	1,485		1969?
Nomad	5-door hatchback	4	1,485		1969?
Tasman/Kimberley	4-door saloon	6	2,227		1970	1974
Apache	4-door saloon	4	1,275	21,655	1971	1978
2200 (ADO17)	4-door saloon	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, 2-door coupe	4 6	1,275 1,748 1,798 2,622		1973	1979
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

1982 to 1988

Model Name	Type of body	Cyl.	Disp.	Sold	From	To
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

London Taxicabs

Complying with London Metropolitan Police Area regulations
also 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.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 2,178		1948	1958
Austin FL1 hire car	Private hire version of FX3	4	2,199 2,178		1948	1958
London Taxicab FX4	The classic Black cab 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 2,178 or 2,520		1958	1982
FL2 hire car	Private hire version of FX4	4	2,199 2,178 or 2,520		1958	1978

Car-based commercials

Austin 6cwt/8cwt 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 1968–1971
Austin Metro van 1982–1990
Austin Maestro van 1985–1994

Light commercials

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

Austin 30cwt truck
Austin 2 ton
Austin 702 7 ton
Austin K30 30cwt truck
Austin K2 2 ton short wheelbase and long wheelbase
Austin K3 3 ton long wheelbase
Austin K4 5 ton
Austin K2 Series II Loadstar 2 ton
Austin K4 Series II Loadstar 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 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,.

Austin 301 1953-57
Morris WE/Austin S203/S403/S503 2ton/4ton/5ton
Morris WF/Austin S303/S403/S503 3ton/4ton/5ton
Austin FV Series II Morris forward control truck badged Austin
Austin FE Series III Morris forward control truck badged Austin
Austin FF 1958-61
Austin FG 1960-1968
Austin FH
Austin FJ

Military

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