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Herbert Austin started his company in 1905 at Longbridge near Birmingham. It grew into one of the big British family brands. In 1952 it merged with Morris to form the British Motor Corporation, known as BMC. The Austin name faded away in the late 1980s with the Rover Group.
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Austin
1922–1939 · Inline-4
Bruce McLaren's first racing car was a 'Baby Austin', and so was the very first Lotus. After the war many were rebuilt as specials. Built under licence or copied, the car spread far beyond Britain from France to Japan.
Photo: Paul Hermans (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Austin
1951–1956 · Inline-4
A single wiper and a sun visor only for the driver: on the first A30, the savings showed everywhere. Launched in 1951 as the "New Austin Seven", it cost £62 less than the Morris Minor, and it was Austin's first chassis-less monocoque car.
Photo: Arpingstone at English Wikipedia (Public domain)
Austin
1956–1968 · Inline-4
A35 buyers could even pick a coupé utility pickup, but only 477 did. The car had replaced the Austin A30 in 1956, with a 34 hp engine, a bigger rear window and a painted grille. In 1956 The Motor tested a de luxe saloon: it reached 71.9 mph (116 km/h) and took 30.1 seconds to reach 60 mph.
Photo: User Billopp on en.wikipedia (Public domain)
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