Austin Twelve

The Austin Twelve is the motor car that Austin introduced in 1921, the second of Herbert Austin's post World War I models and in many ways a scaled down version of his Austin Twenty of 1919. It was announced at the beginning of November 1921, after Austin's company had been in receivership for six months, and the number refers to its fiscal horse power of 12.8. It enjoyed success throughout the vintage era, with annual sales peaking at 14,000 in 1927, and continued in the catalogue until 1939. This site gives every generation and every model year its own page, in one generation: the single generation (1921 to 1940).