Austin Apache

The Austin Apache was a small family car built in South Africa by Leykor between November 1971 and 1978, and the last BMC ADO16 car to be produced. Michelotti styled it on the chassis and components of the Austin and Morris 1100. Leykor executives saw his prototype in England and chose it for South African production, where ADO16 sales had been dropping. Its new front and rear styling, with a notchback boot, resembled a scaled-down Triumph 2000 or 2500 and borrowed that car tail lights and outer rear bumper. A facelift in 1973 added proper CV joints and Smiths gauges, and a sporty TC model arrived that year with 75 PS against 63 PS for the standard cars. The Spanish maker Authi built a version as the Austin Victoria.