History

Motorways changed how we travelled and how we live The construction of motorways opened Britain up, of course, making cars even [...]

Joining forces to maximise production Further milestones were reached with the design of fabulous new models, and the Company sometimes joining forces [...]

Austin. Always ahead of its time. By the mid-50s Longbridge was producing almost 200,000 vehicles per year, and had a workforce of [...]

Inexorable success, as British motorists fall in love with the Austin Seven At the war’s end, Herbert Austin was knighted, and factory [...]

His start-up capital was £20,000. Most of it borrowed from friends. By 1914 Austin was producing 100 cars per year. In the [...]

Way back in 1905 when farmer’s son Herbert Austin (pictured), a trained architect and experienced engineer, purchased a disused printing works in [...]