Austin (according to www.motorbase.com)

After establishing the motoring business of Wolseley Herbert Austin founded his own motor company, Austin of England. Austin quickly established a range of quality cars favoured by the upper and middle classes, in 1922 it rewrote the rules with the introduction of the Austin Seven.

The Seven brought motoring to the masses and was followed by a succession of other small cars (7, 8 and 10HP) selling alongside the larger saloon models. In 1952 the company merged with the Nuffield Group (Morris, MG, Wolseley and Riley) to form the British Motor Corporation (BMC), at the time one of the most successful car firms in the world.

Austin continued to grow its range of cars and commercials throughout the 50's and 60's, however by the beginning of the 1970s had become part of the British Leyland company. The 70's were an unhappy period for the once mighty British car industry suffering from quality problems and industrial action, by the 1980's the British Leyland company had undergone another name change, Austin Rover.

The last Austin models were the Metro, Maestro and Montego, none of which benefited from the association with BL. By the mid-80's all Austin's were renamed "Rover", a brand which was perceived as being "more upmarket".

Model	From	To
Seven Swallow	1927	1932
Seven	1930	1930
Seven Ulster	1930	1932
Twelve	1930	1932
20 HP Long	1930	1935
Sixteen	1930	1932
20 HP Short	1930	1932
Seven	1930	1932
Light 12/6, 13.9/15.9 HP	1931	1934
20 HP Whitehall	1932	1934
10/4	1932	1934
Seven (Long)	1932	1934
Heavy Twelve-Four	1933	1935
Seven 65/Nippy	1933	1937
12/6 Sports, 13.9/15.9 HP	1933	1937
Light 12/4	1933	1934
Sixteen/Eighteen	1933	1934
10/4 Sports	1934	1936
Seven Speedy	1934	1935
10/4	1935	1936
20 HP	1935	1938
Seven Ruby	1935	1936
Sixteen/Eighteen	1935	1937
Light 12/6, 13.9/15.9 HP	1935	1937
Light 12/4	1935	1936
14/6	1937	1939
10/4	1937	1939
Light 12/4	1937	1939
Seven Ruby	1937	1939
18	1938	1939
Big 7	1938	1939
28	1939	1939
10HP	1939	1947
10/4	1939	1940
12HP	1939	1947
8	1939	1947
8HP	1939	1947
12	1940	1940
16HP	1945	1949
A135 Princess Mk I/Mk II/Mk III	1946	1956
A125 Sheerline	1947	1954
A40 Dorset/Devon	1947	1952
A70 Hampshire	1948	1950
A90 Atlantic	1948	1950
A40 Sports	1950	1953
A70 Hereford	1950	1954
A30	1951	1956
A40 Somerset	1952	1954
A40 Cambridge	1954	1956
A50 Cambridge	1954	1957
A90/A95/A105 Westminster	1954	1959
A35 Saloon	1956	1959
A35 Countryman	1956	1962
Princess IV	1956	1959
A55 Cambridge	1957	1958
A40 Farina Mk1	1958	1961
A55 Cambridge	1959	1961
A99 Westminster	1959	1961
A40 Farina MkII	1961	1967
A110 Westminster	1961	1968
A60 Cambridge	1961	1969
1100	1963	1974
1800	1964	1975
3-litre	1967	1971
1300	1967	1974
Maxi 1500	1969	1979
Sprite	1971	1971
2200	1972	1975
Allegro 1500/1750	1973	1983
Allegro 1100/1300	1973	1983
Maxi 1750 HL/HLS	1973	1981
18-22 Series	1975	1975
Metro	1980	1990
Ital	1982	1984
Ambassador	1982	1984
Metro Vanden Plas	1982	1990
Maestro	1983
Montego	1984	1993
Montego Estate	1984