Vanden Plas Princess

The Vanden Plas Princess was a badge-engineered luxury saloon built by the British Motor Corporation from 1959 to 1968 and sold under the Vanden Plas name, a luxury variant of the Austin A99 Westminster. It was launched in October 1959 as the Princess 3-litre and carried a distinctive square grille, burr walnut trim, leather seats and drop-down picnic tables for rear passengers, with a 108 hp C-Series six that rose to 120 hp in the 1961 Mark II. In 1964 it became the Vanden Plas Princess 4-litre R, powered by a Rolls-Royce FB60 aluminium six of 3.909 litres and 175 bhp, the only mass-produced civilian car from another maker ever to use a Rolls-Royce engine. Total output reached 6,999 units.