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The Princess is a badge engineered variant of the Austin A99 Westminster, manufactured by BMC from 1959 to 1968 and marketed under the Vanden Plas marque. The model was launched in October 1959 under the name Princess 3-litre . [ 1 ]
The Vanden Plas Princess was briefly the MG Princess 1100 in North America, while that market also saw an unusual two-door Austin 1100 (with a hybrid of Mark I and Mark II components). The ADO16 was not a strong seller in the Northern American markets - particularly in the USA where it was by far one of the smallest cars on sale.
The Vanden Plas Princess 1100 was launched in 1963 as a luxury variant of the BMC ADO16. [18] Production of the Princess 1100 and subsequent 1275 and 1300 models ended in 1974 [ 1 ] with 43,741 examples produced.
This was effectively a new marque created by British Leyland, [3] although the "Princess" name had previously been used for the Austin Princess limousine from 1947 to 1956, [4] and the Vanden Plas Princess. The Princess is often referred to, incorrectly, as the Austin Princess. Although this name was not used in the UK market, it was used in ...
13 in wheels were substituted in 1964's Mark II models. Wolseley produced a 6/110 version, and there was a Vanden Plas Princess Mark II with the C-Series engine, now uprated to 120 hp (89 kW). The same basic body was also used for a Rolls-Royce-engined Vanden Plas Princess, and the body even formed part of a prototype Bentley.
1980 – Vanden Plas is discontinued as a marque name but remains as a trim level name on selected models of other marques. [29] 1982 – The Princess marque, launched in 1975, is discontinued upon the launch of the Austin Ambassador. 1984 – The Morris Ital goes out of production, signalling the end of the Morris badge.
Styled by Pininfarina with additions by BMC staff stylists, the basic vehicle was also sold under two of BMC's other marques as the Austin A99 Westminster and Vanden Plas Princess 3-Litre. Production began in 1959 and the cars were updated and renamed for 1961. The Wolseley remained in production as the Wolseley 6/110 through to 1968.
Vanden Plas Princess 1100; Vanden Plas Princess 1275; Vanden Plas Princess 1300 This page was last edited on 6 August 2022, at 18:06 (UTC). Text ...