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As a publicity stunt to promote the A40 Sports, Leonard Lord bet Alan Hess of Austin's publicity department that he could not drive round the world in 30 days in the car. In 1951 an A40 Sports driven by Hess [ 4 ] achieved the round-the-world feat in 21 days rather than the planned 30 – with the assistance of a KLM cargo plane – covering ...
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 ...
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.
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.
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
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. The Austin Cambridge (sold as A40, A50, A55, and A60) is a medium-sized motor car range produced by the Austin Motor Company, in several generations, from September 1954 through to 1971 as cars and to 1973 as light commercials. It replaced the A40 Somerset and was entirely new, with modern unibody construction.
The Austin A40 Farina is a small, economy car introduced by Austin in saloon (1958) and A40 Countryman (1959) estate versions. It has a two-box body configuration. It was badged, like many before it, as an A40, consistent with Austin's naming scheme at the time, based on the approximate engine output in horsepower; and to distinguish it from other A40 models, it was also given a suffix name ...