Austin Princess
The Princess was a distinctive series of large (2 tons) luxury cars made by Austin and its subsidiary Vanden Plas from 1947 to 1968.
The Princess name was also used as follows:
- From October 1959 the name Princess was used on a deluxe version of BMC's mid-sized A99 & A110 cars.
- From October 1962 Princess was used on a deluxe version of the Austin/Morris 1300.
- From September 1975 Princess was used as a name for mass-produced family cars in Leyland's 1800/2200 former Austin/Morris/Wolseley range.
Read more about Austin Princess: Naming, Austin Sheerline-based Austin Princess, Princess 1 and 2, Austin Princess Mk IV, Princess — No Longer Badged As An Austin Then Vanden Plas Princess, Pininfarina-designed Vanden Plas Princesses, Vanden Plas Princess 4-litre R, Later Badge-engineering
Famous quotes containing the words austin and/or princess:
“Certainly, then, ordinary language is not the last word: in
principle it can everywhere be supplemented and improved upon, and superseded. Only remember, it is the first word.”
—John Austin (1911–1960)
“We are eager to tunnel under the Atlantic and bring the Old World some weeks nearer to the New; but perchance the first news that will leak through into the broad, flapping American ear will be that the Princess Adelaide has the whooping cough.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)