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Per Lord's intention, the A40 Sports was based on the mechanicals of the Austin A40 Devon, though the centre section of the chassis was boxed to provide rigidity for the open body. The A40 Sports also employed a twin- SU carburettor version of the 1.2 L engine producing 46 bhp (34 kW) rather than 42 bhp (31 kW). [ 7 ]
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 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.
A. Austin A30; Austin A35; Austin A40; Austin A40 Cambridge; Austin A40 Devon; Austin A40 Farina; Austin A40 Futura; Austin A40 Somerset; Austin A40 Sports; Austin A50
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 ...
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