The Austin 1800 was a saloon car built by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) from September 1964 to 1975 and colloquially known as the 'Landcrab'. The 1800 was voted European Car of the Year for 1965. The British Motor Corporation (BMC) was a car company, formed by the merger of the Austin and Morris companies in 1952. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Press photograph of Austin Princess 2200 The Leyland Princess, sometimes called the Austin Princess, was a larger-sized (by British standards) car produced by British Leyland in the United Kingdom from 1975 through to 1981. ... In Automobile design, an FF, or Front-engine, Front wheel drive, layout places both the engine and drive wheels at the front of the vehicle. ... A mid-size car, frequently referred to as an intermediate, is an automobile with a size between that of a compact and a full-size or standard-size car. ... This article is about the type of car. ... The BMC B-Series was a straight-4 automobile engine family created as a larger alternative to the companys A-Series. ... The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ... Austin 1800 press release photo issued by company copyright free File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... See Austin A40 for other A40 models. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The Oxford name was used by the Morris Motor Company on a number of models, beginning with the 1913 Bullnose Oxford, and ending with the 1961–1971 Oxford VI. This page covers the post-war Oxford MO through the Oxford VI. Oxford MO After World War II, the Oxford MO... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... The Wolseley 15/60 was the first of the mid-sized Pinin Farina-designed automobiles from BMC. Launched in 1959, the design would eventually be shared with seven other marques. ... The British Motor Corporation (BMC) was a car company, formed by the merger of the Austin and Morris companies in 1952. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Car of the Year is a phrase usually considered to have been invented by Motor Trend magazine in the 1950s for their annual award for best automobile. ...

It was developed at BMC as the large-car follow-up to the successful Mini and Austin 1100 under the ADO17 codename. The Mini is the name of a rather petite car produced from 1959 to 2000, and the name of a newer one known as New MINI launched in 2001. ... Photo from original press release of Austin 1100 The Morris 1100 was a small family car built by the British Motor Corporation and, later, British Leyland, from August 15, 1962 to June 1974, developed under the ADO16 codename. ...

The car was unconventional in its appearance in 1964, with its large glasshouse and spacious, minimalist interior. Both Alec Issigonis and Pininfarina worked on its exterior. Sir Alec Issigonis (1906-1988) was a designer of cars, now remembered chiefly for the development of the Mini in 1959. ... Battista Pinin Farina Battista Pinin Farina (November 2, 1893 - April 3, 1966) was the founder of the Pininfarina S.p. ...

A Morris 1800 version followed soon after the Austin one, with the badge engineered Wolseley 18/85 launching in 1967. The Austin Motor Company was founded in Longbridge, Birmingham by Herbert Austin, the former manager of the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company in 1905. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...

In 1969, the doors from the 1800 were used on the bodyshell of the otherwise new Austin Maxi. 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Austin Maxi The Maxi was a hatchback automobile from BMC in the 1970s. ...

It spawned numerous models. The Australian Austin Kimberley and Morris Tasman X6 models of 1970 were based on the 1800 platform and retained the same doors. These cars had a 2.2-litre straight-six engine, which eventually made it into the British ADO17s in 1972. The British six-cylinder models were known as the Austin 2200, Morris 2200 and Wolseley Six. The same doors even appeared on the very upmarket Austin 3-Litre of 1967 and, at prototype stage, Bentleys and Rolls-Royces. 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1929 Blower Bentley from the Ralph Lauren collection Bentley SI Continental Fastback Coupé. Mulliner Bodyworks. ... The Rolls Royce logo Rolls-Royce is a set of several companies, all deriving from the British automobile and aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906. ...

A design oversight meant that the car was too wide to be transported down a covered track between different parts of the Longbridge factory. Consequently unpainted body-shells were exposed to the elements when they were moved between buildings. This often resulted in poor quality paint-work and inherent rust. Longbridge is an area of Birmingham, England , most notable for the car factory there. ...

The 1800 and 2200 were not sales successes. In 1975, all three models were replaced by the wedge-shaped ADO71, or 18-22 series, which bore the same names at Austin and Morris (1800 and 2200), but the Wolseley variant had, officially, no model name. Eventually, all three became the Leyland Princess. 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Press photograph of Austin Princess 2200 The Leyland Princess, sometimes called the Austin Princess, was a larger-sized (by British standards) car produced by British Leyland in the United Kingdom from 1975 through to 1981. ...

External link

• The Unofficial Austin Rover Web Resource (http://www.austin-rover.co.uk)