Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin
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Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin was an English automobile designer and builder who founded the Austin Motor Company. For the majority of his career he was known as Sir Herbert Austin, and the Northfield bypass is called "Sir Herbert Austin Way" after him.
Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin
Herbert Austin aged 38, 1905 The portrait published with his announcement that he had left Wolseley and was setting up on his own account
Austin driving an Austin 7
Wolseley by Herbert Austin 10 hp 2-cylinders 1141 cc 1903 example
Austin Motor Company
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The Austin Motor Company Limited was an English manufacturer of motor vehicles, founded in 1905 by Herbert Austin in Longbridge. In 1952 it was merged with Morris Motors Limited in the new holding company British Motor Corporation (BMC) Limited, keeping its separate identity. The marque Austin was used until 1987 by BMC's successors British Leyland and Rover Group. The trademark is currently owned by the Chinese firm SAIC Motor, after being transferred from bankrupt subsidiary Nanjing Automotive which had acquired it with MG Rover Group in July 2005.
Herbert Austin 1905 "Mr Austin is starting new works, where he will manufacture Austin Cars at Longbridge, near Birmingham"
1908 100hp Grand Prix Race Car
Austin Motors showroom, Long Acre, London, c. 1910
1920 Twenty 3.6-litre allweather coupé