Austin A40

The Austin A40 was not one car but a badge that the British manufacturer Austin used on a succession of different motor vehicles between 1947 and 1967. Austin named its models at that time after their approximate engine output in horsepower, and told the variants apart by naming them after counties of England. The family began in 1947 with the two-door Dorset and four-door Devon saloons, joined by the Countryman estate, a panel van and a pick-up, and later brought an Australian-built tourer and coupe utility, a four-passenger Sports convertible, the Somerset saloon and convertible, and the Cambridge saloon. After a gap the name returned in 1958 on the Farina, a two-door saloon and hatchback that ran to 1967. The Devon was Austin's first new post-war design and carried its first new engine, a 1200cc overhead-valve four, and the badge became one of the best supported entry points into the post-war British classic car hobby.