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The Austin A40 Sports was introduced at the 1949 London Motor Show at Earls Court [2] as a four-passenger, aluminium-bodied convertible variant of the Austin A40 – carrying an Austin of England nameplate, bearing Austin's Flying A bonnet mascot hood ornament, and designed and manufactured in conjunction with Jensen Motors.
The Austin A40 Somerset saloon's reputation for being somewhat slow and lumbering to drive is not wholly deserved. It had to endure poor-quality petrol supplies in 1952, and in consequence had retarded ignition settings to tolerate the low octane rating of the fuels available to avoid the engine knocking or 'pinking' condition that was well ...
A number of different motor vehicles were marketed under the Austin A40 name by Austin between 1947 and 1967. 2-door Austin A40 Dorsets and 4-door Austin A40 Devons for the home and export markets, from about 1947 until 1952. Austin's naming scheme at that time derived from the approximate engine output, in horsepower.
2-door saloon, Countryman (name changed from Austin Seven to Austin Mini in 1961) 4 848 1959 1961 Mini: 2-door saloon, Countryman (name changed from Austin Seven to Austin Mini in 1961 and then sold under the Mini marque from 1969) 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 ...
The resulting body-on-frame A40 Sports – which debuted at the 1949 London Motor Show [9] – had been designed by Eric Neale, an ex-Wolseley stylist who had joined Jensen in 1946. [10] During production, the A40 Sports' aluminium bodies were built by Jensen and transported to Austin's Longbridge plant for final assembly. [11]
See Austin A40 for other A40 models and Austin A40 Sports for the sports car version of the Devon.. The A40 Devon (and similar 2-door A40 Dorset) are automobiles that were marketed by Austin from 1947 to 1952 – the first post-war saloons to be produced by Austin – featuring a mix of old and new technologies.
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A40 Sports, ca 1951 Austin on Blvd Népköztársaság (today Andrássy avenue) in Budapest, end of 1950s. In 1952, The Austin Motor Company Limited merged ownership, but not identity, with long-term rival Morris Motors Limited, becoming The British Motor Corporation Limited, with Leonard Lord in charge. William Morris was first chairman but ...