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Austin Motor Company

LC control no.n 81132565
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingAustin Motor Company
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Variant(s)Austin Motor Company, ltd.
See alsoMorris Motors Ltd.
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Hierarchical superior: British Motor Corporation
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Beginning date1905
Ending date1968?
Associated countryGreat Britain
LocatedLongbridge (England)
Field of activityAutomobile industry and trade
Found inWyatt, R. J. The Austin, 1905-1952, c1981: p. 9 (Austin Motor Company) p. 260 (Austin & Morris companies merged in Dec. 1951 to form British Motor Corporation)
British Motor Corporation. Annual report 1956: page 15 (its principal subsidiary companies: The Austin Motor Co. Ltd.; Morris Motors, Ltd.) ; 1965: page 20 (The Austin Motor Co. Ltd.; Morris Motors, Ltd.)
British Leyland Motor Corporation. Report and accounts 1968: page 28 (subsidiary company: The British Motor Corporation Limited, part of the Austin Morris Division)
Wikipedia, viewed 23 September 2021 (Austin Motor Company; The Austin Motor Company Limited was a British manufacturer of motor vehicles, founded in 1905 by Herbert Austin, headquartered at Longbridge, Birmingham; 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; [its individual identity was retained until 1968?])
Associated languageeng