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 (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

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Inter-war

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<br>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 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

• Austin K8 "Three Way" 1947–1954
• 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 (1919–1923)
• 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

• 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

• Austin Memories—History of Austin and Longbridge