The Austin Motor Company Limited was an English manufacturer of motor vehicles, founded in 1905 by Herbert Austin in Longbridge. In 1952, it was merged with Morris Motors Limited in the new holding company British Motor Corporation (BMC) Limited, keeping its separate identity.
The marque Austin was used until 1987. The trademark is currently owned by the Chinese firm SAIC Motor, after being transferred from bankrupt subsidiary Nanjing Automotive which had acquired it with MG Rover Group in July 2005.
Here below is a set of vintage photos from Vintage Cars & People that shows people posing with their Austin automobiles.
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| A lady wearing a fashionable fur-collared coat and her daughters, dressed in school uniforms, posing with an Austin 7 "New Ruby" Saloon in a middle-class residential area, circa 1935 |
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| A cheerful lady in a checkered dress posing with an Austin 7 "New Ruby" Saloon in the countryside. The car is registered in the city of Madrid, circa 1935 |
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| A dapper fellow posing with an Austin 10/4 Saloon in a city street, most probably in London. He is dressed in a suit and tie under a light-colored raincoat and holding a homburg hat in his hands, circa 1935 |
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| A brunette lady posing with a left-hand drive Austin A70 Hampshire in a city street. The car is registered in the city of Vienna, circa 1949 |
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| A dapper fellow in a single-breasted suit posing with a left-hand drive Austin A70 Hampshire in a city street. The car is registered in the city of Vienna, circa 1949 |
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| Four members of a Belgian middle-class family posing with an Austin A40 Devon on the side of a road in the countryside. Note the 'Flying A' radiator mascot on the car's bonnet, October 1949 |
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| A cheerful English couple posing with an Austin Eight in a busy city street. The photo was taken in Germany, as the word "Karlsruhe" – handwritten on reverse – explains, circa 1950 |
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| A fashionable lady in a fur-collared coat posing with an Austin A70 Hereford in the countryside. Note the 'Flying A' radiator mascot on the car's bonnet, circa 1950 |
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| A lady proudly posing with an Austin A90 Atlantic Convertible in the mountainside. The car is registered in the city of Munich with black licence plates of Allied-occupied Germany, circa 1952 |
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| A young lady in shorts posing with an Austin A40 Somerset. The following words are handwritten on reverse "As a memento – with our best wishes. São Vicente, Brazil, November 15th", November 15, 1952 |
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| A man poses with his Austin A40. "At the Austrian frontier which is some miles from the Swiss", 1953 |
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| A lady dressed in a white blouse and a 3/4 length skirt posing with an Austin A40 Devon on a dirt road in the Australian countryside, circa 1954 |
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| A lady posing next to the Austin by the side of an Alpine road, somewhere in Switzerland. Low hanging clouds and a reservoir barrier wall can be seen in the distance, August 1955 |
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| A lady with her Austin A40 Cambridge on a sunny day in early spring. The seemingly brand-new car is equipped with an additional driving light and an "AA" radiator badge, April 1955 |
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| A shiny Austin A135 Princess saloon parked in a cobbled street in front of Vienna's oldest Heuriger tavern. A fellow in a suit can be seen crouching next to the UK-registered car, circa 1955 |
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| An elegant lady posing with an Austin A30 on the lawn of a back garden, circa 1955 |
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| The lovely photograph of a mother and her children enjoying a picnic in the countryside. A folding pram can be seen inside the Austin A40 Devon's boot. The car is registered in the Canadian province of Ontario, circa 1955 |
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| Two ladies posing with an Austin A40 Cambridge in a residential street on a sunny day in early spring. A fellow in a suit can be seen crouching by the side of the car, April 1955 |
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| Two ladies in floral dresses and a fellow in a suit posing with an Austin A35 in the countryside. The car is registered in the city of Vienna, circa 1958 |
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| A cheerful young lady posing with an Austin A40 Farina by the bank of a river, circa 1960 |
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| Two elegant ladies posing with an Austin A40 Farina by the bank of a river, circa 1960 |
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| A middle-aged woman and a dog posing with an Austin A35 Van in summertime, circa 1961 |
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| A tall lady posing with an Austin Mini in a typical English country lane lined with hedgerows on a sunny winter's day, December 1962 |
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| A brunette lady posing with an Austin Mini on a forest track in summertime. The car is equipped with an aftermarket chrome-plated overrider bar and registered in the city of Paris, circa 1965 |