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The Austin marque started with the
Austin Motor Company The Austin Motor Company Limited was an English manufacturer of motor vehicles, founded in 1905 by Herbert Austin in Longbridge. In 1952 it was merged with Morris Motors Limited in the new holding company British Motor Corporation (BMC) Limi ...
, and survived a merger with the
Nuffield Organization Nuffield Organization was the unincorporated umbrella-name or promotional name used for the charitable and commercial interests of owner and donor, William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield. The name was assumed following Nuffield's gift made to form ...
to form the
British Motor Corporation The British Motor Corporation Limited (BMC) was a UK-based vehicle manufacturer, formed in early 1952 to give effect to an agreed merger of the Morris and Austin businesses.Morris-Austin Merger Company Named. ''The Times'', Friday, 29 February ...
, incorporation into the British Leyland Motor Corporation,
nationalisation Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to pri ...
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

''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 sourceR J Wyatt, ''The Austin 1905-1952''. David & Charles, Newton Abbott, 1981,


Post World War I


Post World War II


BMC era

''1952 onwards''


British Leyland (BL)

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


BL / Rover Group

(Austin Rover) ''1982 to 1988''


Commercial vehicles


London Taxicabs

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


Car-based commercials

*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 A number of different automobiles were marketed under the Austin A40 name by Austin between 1947 and 1967. Austin's naming scheme at that time derived from the approximate engine output, in horsepower. Therefore, the models were also given name ...
van and pick-up * Austin Mini van 1960–1982 and pick-up 1961–1982 *
Austin 1800 Utility BMC ADO17 is the model code used by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) for a range of large family cars manufactured from September 1964 to 1975. The car was initially sold under the Austin marque as the Austin 1800, then by Morris as the M ...
(Australia only) 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 2 ton (1913) * Austin 702 7 ton *
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Loadstar 1949-56 * Austin 301 (rebadged Morris Commercial LC5) 1953-57 * Austin WE 303/304, 403, 503 (1955–64) * Austin WF (1964–68) * Austin FG (also sold as 404 and S200) 1960- * Austin FV Series II * Austin FE Series III * Austin FF (also sold as Austin 45 and Morris FF) 1958-61 * Austin FH (1961–64) * Austin FJ (1964–68)


Military

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Austin K2/Y The Austin K2/Y is a British heavy military ambulance that was used by all Commonwealth services during the Second World War. Built by Austin, it was based on the 1938 Austin K30 30-cwt light truck which as the K2 chassis was built during the w ...
1939-1945 Ambulance * Austin K3 1939-1945 3-ton *
Austin K4 Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...
Tanker, Dropside, Fire *
Austin K5 The Austin K5 was a British heavy military truck built by Austin for use during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It invol ...
1941-1945 *
Austin K6 Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...
1942-1945 * Austin Champ 1947–56 * Austin K9 1952-1955


References


Austin Memories
€”History of Austin and Longbridge {{Authority control
Austin Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...
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