Austin Princess

The Austin A135 Princess was a 4-door sedan or a Pullman limousine of the Austin Motor Co.. , Together with the much smaller model A40 Dorset and the Austin A125 Sheerline brought out this 1947. They replaced the pre-war Austin 28 There were four generations.

Austin A135 Princess I / II / III ( 1947-1957 )

Austin A135 Princess II ( 1950-1953 )

The Austin A135 Princess I was equipped with a 6 - cylinder in-line engine with 3993 cc displacement, the (96 kW) passed on to the rear wheels its output of 130 bhp. His body was more modern than that of the Austin A125 and already possessed in the front fenders integrated spotlights and a silhouette in the style of the Rolls- Royce Phantom IV In addition to the Pullman Limousine ( sedan ), there was still a normal sedan ( saloon) with a shorter wheelbase. The sedan reached a top speed of 143 km / h

1950 Austin A135 Princess II appeared with minor changes, which was manufactured until 1953. Even then introduced the Austin A135 Princess III showed no great differences to its predecessors and was manufactured until 1957. Of the first three generations emerged total 1910 copies.

Princess IV (1956-1959)

Princess IV Pullman Limousine (1956-1959)

The Princess IV in 1956 had ( 3993 cm ³ 150 bhp / 110 kW), a completely new body and a significantly uprated engine. He reached a top speed of 158 km / h The car was no longer referred to as Austin, but formed the basis for a new automotive brand in the BMC group.

From Princess IV about 200 were built. In 1959 the Princess models were further built at Vanden Plas as a single unit.