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The Austin Motor Company was a British manufacturer of cars and lorries based at Longbridge Works in Birmingham. Grace's Guide records that Herbert Austin left the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Co and founded the company in 1905, that it bought the former White and Pike factory at Longbridge in January 1906, and that it produced its first car under the Austin name that year. It became a private limited company in 1907 and a public company in 1914. During the First World War it turned its resources to the war effort, and by the end of the war it had produced around eight million shells, 2,000 aeroplanes and large numbers of lorries and armoured cars. After a receivership in 1921 the company was re-formed in 1922 and launched the Baby Austin, which helped make it the largest car factory in the UK. In February 1952 it merged with the Nuffield Organisation to form the British Motor Corporation.

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Founded Year
1905 2
Status
Acquired 1
Chronology
Dissolved Year
1952 1
Company Type
Company Type (category)
Manufacturer 2
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Source Austin Motor Company (Grace's Guide to British Industrial History)

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Manufactures

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Source Wikipedia: Austin A35Lead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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sold by Austin from 1956 until 1968

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Source Wikipedia: Austin ChampLead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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made by the Austin Motor Company in the 1950s

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Source Wikipedia: Austin WestminsterLead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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sold by the British manufacturer Austin from 1954

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Source Wikipedia: Austin 3-LitreLead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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introduced by Austin at the London Motor Show in 1967

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Source Wikipedia: Austin CambridgeLead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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produced by the Austin Motor Company, in several generations, from September 1954 through to 1971

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Source Wikipedia: Austin FX4Lead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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It was sold by Austin from 1958 until 1982

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Source Wikipedia: Austin MaxiLead paragraph, Austintier 2
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produced by Austin and later British Leyland between 1969 and 1981

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Source Wikipedia: Austin MaxiLead paragraph, Austintier 2
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produced by Austin and later British Leyland between 1969 and 1981

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Source Wikipedia: Austin 3-LitreLead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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introduced by Austin at the London Motor Show in 1967

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Source Wikipedia: Austin FX4Lead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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It was sold by Austin from 1958 until 1982

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Source Wikipedia: Austin MaxiLead paragraph, Austintier 2
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produced by Austin and later British Leyland between 1969 and 1981

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Source Wikipedia: Austin MaxiLead paragraph, Austintier 2
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produced by Austin and later British Leyland between 1969 and 1981

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Source Wikipedia: Austin FX4Lead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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It was sold by Austin from 1958 until 1982

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Source Austin 10 hp (Wikipedia)Lead
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The Austin 10 hp is a high-quality small car (not cycle car) produced between 1910 and 1915 by the British car manufacturer Austin Motor Company Limited at their Longbridge, Worcestershire plant near Birmingham.

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Source Austin 12 (1939) (Wikipedia)Lead, maker
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The Austin 12 is a large four-door family saloon that was produced by Austin.

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Source Austin 12/4 (Wikipedia)Lead
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The Austin Light Twelve-Four is a car that was produced by Austin from 1933 until 1939.

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Source Austin 12/6 (Wikipedia)Lead
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The Austin Light Twelve-Six is a 14 tax horsepower car with a 1496 cc engine that was introduced by Austin in January 1931.

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Source Austin 14 (Wikipedia)Lead
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The Austin Fourteen is a 1.7-litre saloon that was introduced by Austin in August 1936 and available as a Goodwood saloon—with a fixed or sliding head—or as a Goodwood cabriolet.

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Source Austin 15 hp (Wikipedia)Lead, country of origin
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The Austin 15 hp is a 2.8-litre motor car manufactured by the British manufacturer Austin and first displayed at the seventh exhibition of motor vehicles which opened at London's Olympia in November 1908.

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Source Austin 15/20 (Wikipedia)Lead
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The Austin 15-20 (or 15-20 hp) is the smaller-engined of the almost identical pair of new cars announced by Herbert Austin in February 1906.

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Source Austin 16 hp (Wikipedia)Lead
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The Austin Sixteen (also Austin 16) is a 2.2-litre motor car that was built by Austin from 1945 until 1949.

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Source Austin 18/24 (Wikipedia)Lead, country of origin
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The Austin 18-24 (or 18-24 hp) is a large 5-litre luxury motor-car that was produced by the British manufacturer Austin.

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Source Austin 20 hp (Wikipedia)Lead
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The Austin 20-hp is a mid-sized car premium quality that was made by British manufacturer Austin and first displayed as a chassis in Paris in December 1912, advertised in March 1913 and shown to the public as a complete car at the Olympia Motor Show in November 1913.

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Source Austin 25/30 (Wikipedia)Lead, country of origin
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It was the first automobile produced by newly established British car manufacturer Austin.

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Source Austin 30 hp (Wikipedia)Lead
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The Austin 30-hp is a large luxury car that was announced by British car manufacturer Austin at the Paris Salon de l'Automobile in December 1912 where its chassis only was displayed.

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Source Wikipedia: Austin 3-LitreLead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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introduced by Austin at the London Motor Show in 1967

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Source Wikipedia: Austin 3-LitreLead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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introduced by Austin at the London Motor Show in 1967

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Source Austin 40 hp (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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Manufactured by Austin at Longbridge, Northfield, Birmingham, it was the first variant from Austin's initial plans for a two model range of a 15 hp (RAC 27 hp)—which they had dropped—and a 25 hp (RAC 33 hp) car.

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Source Wikipedia: Austin 7Lead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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produced from 1922 until 1939 in the United Kingdom by Austin

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Source Wikipedia: Austin 7Lead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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produced from 1922 until 1939 in the United Kingdom by Austin

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Source Austin 7 hp (Wikipedia)Lead
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The Austin 7 hp was a small British motor car designed by Austin and built by Swift from 1909 to 1911.

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Source Austin 8 (Wikipedia)Lead
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The Austin 8 is a small car which was produced by Austin between 1939 and 1948.

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Source Wikipedia: Austin A30Lead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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produced by Austin from May 1952 to September 1956

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Source Wikipedia: Austin A30Lead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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produced by Austin from May 1952 to September 1956

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Source Wikipedia: Austin A35Lead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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sold by Austin from 1956 until 1968

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Source Wikipedia: Austin A35Lead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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sold by Austin from 1956 until 1968

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Source Wikipedia: Austin A40 DevonLead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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marketed by Austin from 1947 to 1952

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Source Wikipedia: Austin A40 DevonLead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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marketed by Austin from 1947 to 1952

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Source Wikipedia: Austin A40 FarinaLead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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introduced by Austin in saloon (1958) and A40 Countryman (1959) estate versions

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Source Wikipedia: Austin A40 FarinaLead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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introduced by Austin in saloon (1958) and A40 Countryman (1959) estate versions

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Source Wikipedia: Austin A40 FarinaLead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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introduced by Austin in saloon (1958) and A40 Countryman (1959) estate versions

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Source Wikipedia: Austin A40 SomersetLead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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produced by the Austin Motor Company from 1952 until 1954

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Source Wikipedia: Austin A40 SomersetLead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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produced by the Austin Motor Company from 1952 until 1954

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Source Austin A40 Sports (Wikipedia)Overview
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During production, A40 Sports bodies were built by Jensen and transported to Austin's Longbridge plant for final assembly.

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Source Austin A70 (Wikipedia)Lead
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are cars that were produced by Austin of Britain from 1948 until 1954

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Source Wikipedia: Austin A90 AtlanticLead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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produced by the Austin Motor Company from 1949 until 1952

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Source Wikipedia: Austin A90 AtlanticLead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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produced by the Austin Motor Company from 1949 until 1952

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Source Austin Ant (Wikipedia)Lead, manufacturer
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designed by Sir Alec Issigonis for the motor manufacturer Austin

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Source Austin armoured car (Wikipedia)Production history, British Austins, manufacturer
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the Austin Motor Company designed a new armoured car

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Source Wikipedia: Austin CambridgeLead paragraph, manufacturertier 2
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produced by the Austin Motor Company, in several generations, from September 1954 through to 1971

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Owns

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Source Wikipedia: Austin Motor CompanyLead paragraph, foundingtier 2
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founded in 1905 by Herbert Austin in Longbridge

Builds

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Source Wikipedia: Nash MetropolitanDesign, production arrangementstier 2
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the Austin Motor Company would perform the final assembly

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the Austin Motor Company would perform the final assembly

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the Austin Motor Company would perform the final assembly

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the Austin Motor Company would perform the final assembly

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Source Wikipedia: Nash MetropolitanDesign, production arrangementstier 2
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the Austin Motor Company would perform the final assembly

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Source Wikipedia: Nash MetropolitanDesign, production arrangementstier 2
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the Austin Motor Company would perform the final assembly

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Source Wikipedia: Nash MetropolitanDesign, production arrangementstier 2
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the Austin Motor Company would perform the final assembly

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the Austin Motor Company would perform the final assembly

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Source Wikipedia: Nash MetropolitanDesign, production arrangementstier 2
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the Austin Motor Company would perform the final assembly

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Source Wikipedia: Nash MetropolitanDesign, production arrangementstier 2
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the Austin Motor Company would perform the final assembly

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Source Wikipedia: Nash MetropolitanDesign, production arrangementstier 2
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the Austin Motor Company would perform the final assembly

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the Austin Motor Company would perform the final assembly

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Source Austin Motor Company (Grace's Guide to British Industrial History)Lead sentence [headquartered-in]
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The Austin Motor Company of Longbridge Works, Birmingham was a British manufacturer
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1. Austin Motor Company (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: defunct
    1952
  • Infobox: fate
    Merged with Morris Motors
  • In Group: Automobiles and Components Companies in Europe, Lead section
    was a British manufacturer of motor vehicles, founded in 1905 by Herbert Austin in Longbridge
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2. Austin Motor Company (Grace's Guide to British Industrial History)
  • Lead sentence
    was a British manufacturer of cars and lorries from 1905.
  • Lead sentence [company-type-category]
    was a British manufacturer of cars and lorries
  • Lead sentence [headquartered-in]
    The Austin Motor Company of Longbridge Works, Birmingham was a British manufacturer
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