Wolseley 24/80

Wolseley 24/80 (1962-1967)

The Wolseley 24/80 was a passenger, the Australian branch of the British Motor Corporation offered from 1962 to 1967.

The car was largely the same with the same built Austin Freeway, but had a more luxurious and another vehicle front so that you could distinguish the two cars better. Thus it was hoped that more market share against the local competition, such as Holden, to be able to achieve. This shows the preference of the British Motor Corporation for badge engineering in the 1950s and 1960s.

The 24/80 was based on the British model four-cylinder Wolseley 15/60. He was driven by the six-cylinder version of the BMC B engine with 1622 cc. The Blue Streak - six-cylinder had 2433 cc and developed 80 bhp (59 kW). The engine power was transferred to a three-speed gearbox, which had been taken over by the Austin Metropolitan; the two higher gears were synchronized and it was the steering wheel turned. The cooler, which was mounted at the four- cylinder car behind the inner front mask, was built in the 24/80 between the front two masks, just behind the grille. The car was launched in April 1962 and looked like a 15/60, only the wheelbase was longer by 25 mm. The interior resembled the 15th / 60th Originally there was only the car with manual gearbox, and later it was on request the three-stage automatic Borg Warner 35

The revised model Mark II was released in October 1964 and looked like the British Wolseley 16/60. The engine output increased to 84 bhp (62 kW). The interior of the Wolseley was now covered with soft vinyl instead of leather.

The Mark II was discontinued in March 1967. He was the last Wolseley model, which was offered in Australia.

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