Austin

E704424

British brand automobile marque

Austin is a historic British automobile marque best known for its mass-market cars produced throughout much of the 20th century.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Austin Metro	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British brand ⓘ automobile marque ⓘ
brandOf	British Leyland NERFINISHED ⓘ British Motor Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ Rover Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
brandType	mass-market brand ⓘ
competitor	Ford of Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ Morris NERFINISHED ⓘ Vauxhall NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved	1989 ⓘ
founder	Herbert Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Longbridge, Birmingham NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	historic British car marque ⓘ
historicalPeriod	20th century ⓘ
inception	1905 ⓘ
industry	automotive industry ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
locationOfProduction	Cowley plant NERFINISHED ⓘ Longbridge plant NERFINISHED ⓘ
market	mass-market cars ⓘ
namedAfter	Herbert Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	affordable motoring in Britain ⓘ pioneering small car design with the Austin 7 ⓘ wide export of British cars ⓘ
notableModelClass	city cars ⓘ compact cars ⓘ small family cars ⓘ
notableProduct	Austin 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Austin A30 NERFINISHED ⓘ Austin A35 NERFINISHED ⓘ Austin A40 NERFINISHED ⓘ Austin Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Austin Healey Sprite NERFINISHED ⓘ Austin Mini NERFINISHED ⓘ Austin Westminster NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentOrganization	British Leyland NERFINISHED ⓘ British Motor Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ Rover Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company operations of Herbert Austin ⓘ
product	light commercial vehicles ⓘ passenger cars ⓘ
significantEvent	integration into British Leyland in 1968 ⓘ merger with Nuffield Organization to form British Motor Corporation in 1952 ⓘ phasing out of Austin brand name in the late 1980s ⓘ
successor	Rover brand for many former Austin models ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Leyland → ownedBrand → Austin ⓘ

British Leyland Mini 1000 → marketedBy → Austin ⓘ

Rover Group → brand → Austin ⓘ

MG Metro → relatedModel → Austin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Austin Metro