The A40 Sports was a small convertible version of the Austin A40 Devon. Produced from 1950 through 1953, the A40 Sports featured a 4-seat 2-door body built by Jensen. It was very similar to the Devon saloon, though it used a twin-carburettor version of the 1.2 L engine for somewhat more power. Image File history File links Austin_A40_Sports. ... The Austin Motor Company was British manufacturer of automobiles that rose to be a major motorcar brand, the dominant partner after merger with Morris in the 50s but declining after absorption into British Leyland. ... The British Motor Corporation (BMC) was a car company, formed by the merger of the Austin and Morris companies in 1952. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... The Austin-Healey 100 was a sports car built between 1953 and 1956 by the British Motor Corporation. ... See Austin A40 for other A40 models and Austin A40 Sports for the sports car version of the Devon. ... Honda NSX sports car A sports car is a type of automobile designed for sporting performance. ... In Automobile design, an FR, or Front-engine, Rear wheel drive means a layout where the engine is in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. ... Saab 900 Convertible Convertible can also refer to a convertible (security) A convertible is a car body style with a folding or retracting roof. ... The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ... A number of different automobiles of the 1950s and 1960s were marketed under the A40 name by the Austin Motor Company. ... See Austin A40 for other A40 models and Austin A40 Sports for the sports car version of the Devon. ... Saab 900 Convertible Convertible can also refer to a convertible (security) A convertible is a car body style with a folding or retracting roof. ... See Austin A40 for other A40 models and Austin A40 Sports for the sports car version of the Devon. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... 1959 Jensen 541R This page is about car manufacturer, for other uses see Jensen (disambiguation) Jensen Motors was a British manufacturer of sports cars based in West Bromwich (in the West Midlands west of Birmingham). ... This article is about the type of car. ... The carburetor (or carburettor, carb for short) is a device which mixes air and fuel for an internal_combustion engine. ...
4,011 A40 Gay Sports cars were produced when production ended. Jensen went on to produce the Austin-Healey 100, which could be seen as a replacement for this car. The Austin-Healey 100 was a sports car built between 1953 and 1956 by the British Motor Corporation. ...
Austin was not new to motor manufacture for he had previously been with the Wolseley Company and had designed his first car - a 3 wheeler - in 1895.
Austin's export programme has been waged with consistent vigour and it has been the aim of the company to provide adequate spare parts and maintenance facilities simultaneously with the development of new markets.
Austins do not at present make a "baby car", although Mr Lord has publicly stated that the company has such a car in mind and that, if and when it is produced, it will be an Austin Seven.
Herbert Austin (1866–1941), later Sir Herbert, the former manager of the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company founded The Austin Motor Company in 1905, at Longbridge, which was then in Worcestershire (Longbridge became part of Birmingham in 1911 when its boundaries were expanded).
With the help of the Seven Austin weathered the worst of the depression and remained profitable through the 1930s producing a wider range of cars which were steadily updated with the introduction of all-steel bodies, Girling brakes, and synchromesh gearboxes but all the engines remained as side valve units.
Austin were the dominant partner and their engines were adopted for most of the cars.
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