page_title: Austin Motor Company
section_title: Independent Austin 1905-1952
hierarchical_section_title: Austin Motor Company / History / Independent Austin 1905-1952
caption_attribution_description: 1975 Austin 1800 (ADO71) Later similarly (though not identically) bodied models were branded as the "Princess". But when originally launched the car was simply branded as the "Austin 1800" (or, if Morris badged, the "Morris 1800"). Larger engined six cylinder versions were branded as the "Austin 2200", "Morris 2200" or "Wolseley Saloon". The first two names were inherited from the "landcrab" BMC ADO17 which these models replaced. British Leyland's recruitment of marketing talent from (primarily) Ford of Britian had not, in 1975, yet led to the proliferation of changing names that became a feature of an increasingly confused British Leyland in the second half of the 1970s.
context_page_description: Austin was a British car manufacturing company that began production in 1905. The company merged with Morris in 1952, becoming the lead partner in British Motor Corporation. This became British Leyland and then Rover Group. They began phasing the brand out in 1987; by 1989 all Rover Group cars had been cleared of Austin branding. The name has now passed into the ownership of Nanjing Motor Corporation, who have stated an interest in reviving it.
context_section_description: The company was started in 1905 by Herbert Austin, originally making cars at a factory in Rotherham, Yorkshire before moving to Longbridge, Birmingham. In the First World War Austin made aircraft for the Army and Navy, it was this work which led to the rapid expansion of the company; following the war the company stopped making aircraft. The company became Britain's biggest car maker.
caption: A 1974 Austin Princess
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