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The Austin 7 is an economy car that was produced from 1922 until 1939 in the United Kingdom by Austin.It was nicknamed the "Baby Austin" and was at that time one of the most popular cars produced for the British market and sold well abroad.
One of the reasons for a market demand for a cars like the Austin 7 was the British tax code. In 1930 every personal car was taxed by its engine size, which in American dollars was $2.55 per cubic inch of piston displacement. As an example, the owner of an Austin 7 in England, which sold for approximately $455, would have to pay a yearly engine ...
1931 American Austin roadster. The American Austin Car Company Inc. was an American automobile manufacturing corporation incorporated in the state of Delaware. The company was founded on February 23, 1929, [1] and produced motorcars licensed from the British Austin Motor Company from 1930 through 1934, after it had filed for bankruptcy protection.
There were four Austin cars to use the Seven name: The 1909–1911 Austin 7 hp; The 1922–1939 Austin 7; The launch title of the Austin A30; The original Mini; The name Austin Seven was also used to refer to the LMS Class 7F 0-8-0 engines. The name Seven will be brought back by Mini for a visual package on the existing 3-door and 5-door Mini ...
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 ...
Cars that were produced in the 1930s — from 1930 to 1939. 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; ... Austin 7; Austin 10; Austin 12 (1939) Austin 12/4;
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A-Z of cars of the 1930s. Michael Sedgwick, Mark Gillies. Bay View Books. 1989 ISBN 1-870979-38-9; Pre 1940 Triumph Motor Cars from Family Photograph Albums. Graham Shipman. Pre 40 Triumph Owners Club. 2005 ISBN 0-9550422-1-6 "Super Little Seven" Jonathon Wood. The Automobile, January 2000