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Vanden Plas

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Vanden Plas began as a Belgian coachbuilder, Carrosserie Van den Plas, founded in Brussels in 1870, and an English company carrying the name was set up in 1913 to build bodies under licence. Under the Fox brothers from 1923 it bodied Bentley chassis and other quality cars, and from 1946 it was a subsidiary of Austin, building the Austin Princess limousines. BMC then treated it as a marque in its own right, and under BMC and British Leyland the name became the badge of luxury versions of the 1100 and 1300, the Allegro and later models, while in North America it replaced Daimler on the top Jaguars.

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Founded Year
1870 1
Status
Dissolved 1
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Vanden Plas Princess, Vehicles
Source Vanden Plas Princess (Wikipedia)
Vanden Plas Princess 1100 and 1300, Vehicles
Source Wikipedia: BMC ADO16
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1. Vanden Plas (Wikipedia)
  • Lead and history
    The business began in 1870 in Brussels, Belgium, initially making axles, and later producing horse-drawn carriages.
  • Lead and history, status
    Latterly, the name became a top-end luxury model designation for cars from subsidiaries of British Leyland and the Rover Group, being last used in 2009 to denote the top-luxury version of the Jaguar XJ (X350).
  • Lead
    The first Vanden Plas company in England was established by Warwick Wright (now Peugeot dealers) in 1913, building bodies under license from Carrosserie Van den Plas, Belgium.
  • Part Of: British Leyland, Ownership
    modified) luxury versions of many of the BMC (and later British Leyland (BL)) cars such as the 1100/1300 range and the Allegro (known as the Vanden Plas 1500, 1.5 & 1.7 from 1975 to 1980).
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Vanden Plas Princess (Wikipedia)
Has Vehicles: Vanden Plas Princess, Lead
Quote, Has Vehicles: Vanden Plas Princess, Lead
The Princess is a badge engineered variant of the Austin A99 Westminster, manufactured by BMC from 1959 to 1968 and marketed under the Vanden Plas marque.
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Wikipedia: BMC ADO16
WikipediaHas Vehicles: Vanden Plas Princess 1100 and 1300, Naming
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the Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (October 1963)
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