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The Austin Seven Clubs' Association Details of the various Austin 7 member clubs throughout the UK and the rest of the world. Also the Austin 7 Archives and Register of surviving cars. The Pre-War Austin 7 Club The largest club purely for the Austin Seven. A7 Components Spare parts for all models of Austin 7. Austin Seven Owners Club A meeting ...
An Austin de luxe saloon was tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1959. It had a top speed of 72.4 mph (116.5 km/h) and could accelerate from 0–60 mph (97 km/h) in 27.1 seconds. It had a top speed of 72.4 mph (116.5 km/h) and could accelerate from 0–60 mph (97 km/h) in 27.1 seconds.
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 ...
A BMC share certificate A BMC ambulance A 1963 Austin Mini Super-Deluxe The Mini was BMC's all-time best seller. A 1965 Riley 4/72. BMC was the largest British car company of its day, with (in 1952) 39% of British output, producing a wide range of cars under brand names including Austin, Morris, MG, Austin-Healey, Riley, and Wolseley, as well as commercial vehicles and agricultural tractors.
The Austin 7 hp was a small British motor car designed by Austin and built by Swift from 1909 to 1911. It was introduced to the public at the November 1909 Motor Show at London's Olympia . The resulting 7 hp car was sold under both Austin and Swift marques; a total of 1,030 were produced, 162 of which were Austin.
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There were four Austin cars to use the Seven name: The 1909–1911 Austin 7 hp; The 1922–1939 Austin 7; The launch title of the Austin A30; The original Mini; The name Austin Seven was also used to refer to the LMS Class 7F 0-8-0 engines. The name Seven will be brought back by Mini for a visual package on the existing 3-door and 5-door Mini ...
With the help of the Seven, Austin weathered the worst of the depression and remained profitable through the 1930s, producing a wider range of cars which was steadily updated by the introduction of all-steel bodies, Girling brakes, and synchromesh gearboxes. However, all the engines retained the same side-valve configuration. Deputy chairman ...