Austin Kimberley

The Austin Kimberley and its sister the Austin Tasman, sold by Morris in New Zealand, were a pair of front-wheel-drive X6 sedans designed by Leyland Australia on the Austin 1800 platform and built from 1970 to 1972. They were meant as an Australian replacement for the 1800, with all-new boxy styling for a proper six-seater, though some features such as the doors were kept, now with recessed handles to satisfy Australian Design Rules. The body was extremely stiff, as in the 1800. The standard engine was a transverse 2.2 litre overhead-camshaft straight-six based on the Austin Maxi unit, the only transverse six in production then, giving 76 kW in the single-carburettor Tasman and 86 kW in the twin-carburettor Kimberley. Manual four-speed and three-speed automatic gearboxes were offered.