page_title: Austin 12/6
section_title: Range development
hierarchical_section_title: Austin 12/6 / Range development
caption_attribution_description: 1935 Austin Newbury Light Twelve-Six 4-seater tourer body by Ambi-Budd (DVLA) manufactured 1935, 1711 cc Houghton Tower classic car show
context_page_description: The Austin Light Twelve-Six is a 14 tax horsepower car with a 1496 cc engine that was introduced by Austin in January 1931. It was named by Austin Light Twelve to separate it from the well-established Austin Twelve. The general public then dubbed the original Twelve Heavy Twelve but Austin never used that name. The Light Twelve-Six remained in production until 1936.
  In August 1936 the Austin Goodwood 14 with its "sound insulated coachwork" took the place of the Twelve-Six saloons. The tourers remained available. The Goodwood was also available as a separate chassis.
context_section_description: Bumpers and Magna wheels were standardised on all Austin's de luxe models in September 1932 and in addition there were all round price reductions. In August 1933 a new Ascot saloon was announced with chassis improvements and the same changes as made to the Twelve-Four range. The new Ascot had a new separate compartment for the spare tyre and its hinged panel forms a luggage platform when lowered.
  The chromium-plated radiator shell was succeeded in August 1934 by a radiator cowl painted in body colour and the body given more modern wings with valances for better protection. The Harley was dropped for 1935.
  Sports variants were added in August 1933 with a lowered chassis and higher compression engine. A 4-seater sports tourer and a saloon named Greyhound. In 1936 another body named Kempton was available on the same chassis. These cars carry a distinctive radiator shell. The sports models shared the new illuminated semaphore direction indicators and synchromesh gears. 
  Current catalogue after August 1933 (cars supplied with either 13.9 hp  or 15.9 hp  engines for the same price):
  saloons: standard £205, Harley £225 or Ascot £235, the last two with sliding heads (sunroofs)
  open tourers Eton 2-seater £200 and Open Road 4-seater £200
  sports tourer £275 and Greyhound sports saloon £305
  Austin's Goodwood 14 took the place of the Twelve-Six saloons. The tourers remained available but briefly and were not replaced.
caption: Light Twelve-Six 1935
  Newbury 4-seater tourer
exif: {"Image Make": "Canon", "Image Model": "Canon EOS 1200D", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image DateTime": "2014:09:13 21:30:53", "Image Artist": "", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image Copyright": "", "Image ExifOffset": "2288", "GPS GPSVersionID": "[2, 3, 0, 0]", "Image GPSInfo": "12292", "Image Padding": "[]", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "12406", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "13086", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/125", "EXIF FNumber": "71/10", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "100", "EXIF SensitivityType": "Recommended Exposure Index", "EXIF RecommendedExposureIndex": "100", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0230", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2014:09:06 14:07:02", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2014:09:06 14:07:02", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "7", "EXIF ApertureValue": "45/8", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "18", "EXIF SubSecTime": "85", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "85", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "85", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "4367", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "2993", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "R98", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "12126", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "1036800/181", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "691200/119", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "2", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF ImageUniqueID": "816F0BAEAD634641A4E86D1607675A9C", "EXIF CameraOwnerName": "", "EXIF BodySerialNumber": "013070002538", "EXIF LensSpecification": "[18, 55, 0/0, 0/0]", "EXIF LensModel": "EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 III", "EXIF LensSerialNumber": "000088cad3", "EXIF Padding": "[]", "EXIF OffsetSchema": "4024"}