page_title: Austin Cambridge
section_title: A55 Cambridge
hierarchical_section_title: Austin Cambridge / A55 Cambridge
caption_attribution_description: English: Austin A55 Cambridge, optionally available in two tone colours. Redsimon 21:18, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
context_page_description: The Austin Cambridge is a 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 range had two basic body styles with the A40, A50, and early A55 using a traditional rounded shape and later A55 Mark IIs and A60s using Pininfarina styling.
  The A40 number was re-used on a smaller car from 1958 to 1968, and the Cambridge name had previously been used to designate one of the available body styles on the pre-war 10 hp range.
  The Austin Cambridge was initially offered only with a four-passenger, four-door saloon body, although a few pre-production two-door models were also made. It had a modern body design with integrated wings and a full-width grille. Independent suspension was provided at the front by coil springs and wishbones while a live axle with anti-roll bar was retained at the rear.
  A van derivative introduced in November 1956 and a coupé utility introduced in May 1957 and remained available until 1974, some three years after the demise of the cars on which they had been based.
context_section_description: In January 1957, the A55 Cambridge was introduced to replace the A50 model.  It used the same 1.5-litre B-Series engine as its predecessor, though with a higher compression ratio. It was rated at  51 hp (38 kW) at 4,250 rpm.
  The Cambridge had been restyled somewhat and now had a larger boot and much larger rear window. The car was also lowered by fitting  13 in (330 mm) road wheels which were smaller than those on the A50 but the overall gearing remained the same by changing the rear axle ratio. Two-tone paint was an option.
  Some 154,000 were produced before it was replaced by a new Pininfarina-designed A55 Cambridge for 1959.
  A deluxe A55 with manumatic transmission was tested by The Motor magazine in 1957 had a top speed of 77.1 mph (124.1 km/h) and could accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 27.0 seconds. A fuel consumption of 31.6 miles per imperial gallon (8.9 L/100 km; 26.3 mpg‑US) was recorded. The test car cost £870 including taxes of £291.
caption: Austin A55 Cambridge
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