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The Austin 3-Litre is a British saloon car that was introduced by Austin at the London Motor Show in 1967. [2] Codenamed ADO61, the car was intended to be BMC 's offering in the 3-litre executive class and was originally designed in the early 1960s, [ 3 ] before the British Leyland era.
The Austin-Healey 3000 is a British sports car built from 1959 until 1967. It is the best known of the "big Healey" models. The car's bodywork was made by Jensen Motors and the vehicles were assembled at BMC's MG Works in Abingdon , alongside the corporation's MG models.
A Vanden Plas Princess 3-litre with automatic transmission was tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1961 and had a top speed of 99.3 mph (159.8 km/h). It could accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 16.1 seconds while fuel consumption of 21.1 miles per imperial gallon (13.4 L/100 km; 17.6 mpg ‑US ) was recorded.
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Austin 3-Litre The Austin Westminster series are large saloon and estate cars that were sold by the British manufacturer Austin from 1954, replacing the A70 Hereford . The Westminster line was produced as the A90, A95, A99, A105, and A110 until 1968 when the new Austin 3-Litre took its place.
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Powered by a 2.2 litre diesel or 2.2 litre petrol, until 1972, when the petrol engine was dropped and the diesel engine capacity increased to 2.5 litres. Chassis plant moved to Carbodies in 1972. Carbodies acquired the intellectual rights to the vehicle in 1982, from which time it was sold as the Carbodies FX4.
Like the Newton, it was considered a commercial failure, primarily due to its astronomical price (almost $10,000!) and software issues. It was retired in 1986 and succeeded by the Macintosh.