Austin Cars 1948 to 1990: A Pictorial History

Superb read and pictures.

I have a number of these books on various British marques. Plenty of details on each model written by knowledgeable authors. An excellent but.

Books good, expecting to be bigger as didn’t say it was A5 size in description

A return to the high standards of this series after the poor offering of the book on Rover carsGood set of pictures and information on post war Austin cars

Loved this picture book of Austin Cars.

Is a birthday gift if as good as Rootes Group book sure I will enjoy a trip down memory lane!

A helpful book but incomplete. There is no information on the Big Sheerlines etc, which was my main reason for buying the book. Disappointing.

Good review of vehicles and pictures of true British Icons, a must for all British car lovers

Exatamente como descrito!

Thankfully these books do not go back to the early 1900s or thereabouts but concentrate on the post - war models. I have a passion for British Family Cars of the 1950s and 60s. The books very nicely fill this niche in the automobile publishing market. As the blurb justifiably says, "these cars have so far been covered only briefly by other publications. " This is very true and these books are long overdue. The photos are superb. There are very useful production figures and prices ( when new ) included in the technical specifications. There is a neat model summary- cum - index on the last page.I find the much vilified Austin 3 litre rather attractive really. It is somewhat incongruous that a number of these cars were converted to hearses and one particular hearse conversion was voted Hearse Of The Year for 1968.Badge- engineered BMC cars draw me like a magnet despite these incestuous automobiles differing only in the front grille and other minor tweaks. The author confirmed what I had vaguely been feeling all along about these cars. Austin and Morris cars shared the same engine and had the same level of equipment whilst Wolseley cars had more standard equipment and MG cars more powerful engines. Riley cars generally combined the equipment levels of Wolseley cars with the engines of the MG models. There were Austin and Morris ( A55 ) Estate cars but no MG, Riley or Wolseley Estates. On the Austin Maxi 1 the rear seat could be folded backwards to form a ( not very comfortable ) bed. I wish the Austin Sheerline and Princess of 1946 and 1947 respectively were included in the book, but they just missed the cut off point of 1948. I wish this year was tweaked to 1945 so that these models could have been included. They were graceful and elegant cars and their inclusion would have rounded out the book nicely. The Sheerline was a luxury car in the style of Rolls- Royce/ Bentley but cost only two - thirds as much. Top speed was 82 mph. Some 8,000 were built. The Princess had a 4 - litre six cylinder engine and a top speed of 90 mph but returned only 12 - 14 mpg.I am very satisfied with the five books I have bought so far in this series on Britain's bread and butter cars of the 1960s namely Austin, Morris, Riley and Wolseley, Ford and Triumph. How about books on MG and Vanden Plas? I hope someone is working on them and they will be out soon, perhaps in a combined form.And what about Rolls Royce's Crewe cars?For the enjoyment these books have brought me, a 5 star rating just isn't enough. Seven stars would be more like it.

Great book with limited info for old car lovers, could be better but i still recommend that you buy it as the Pictures and info on telling the different models apart is great.

Conforme à la description. Très bien

Muchos datos y, sobre todo, fotografías de coches reales hechas por el propio auto. Muy interesante.