The British Motor Corporation came into being in 1952 with the merger of two great British motor companies namely, Nuffield Motors and Austin.
Due to the unrest after the Second World War and the Suez Crisis, which resulted in shortage of petroleum in Britain, there was a need for a high mileage car in the market. This is when Leonard Lord, chairman of British Motor Corporation went to engineer Alec Issigonis to design a car that could compete with the high-mileage German import cars.
In October 1952, the world saw and admired the Austin Healey 100 model sports car at the Earls Court Motor Show in London. Austin-Healey was a sports cars manufacturer that came into existence in 1952 when Leonard Lord of the Austin division of the British Motor Corporation joined hands with Donald Healey, an automotive engineer.
The introductory models of the Austin Healey 100 were known as 100-4 or BN1. This was one of the first cars that could broke the barrier of 100 mph. Over 10, 688 number of BN1 were created during its entire production cycle from 1952-1955 and in October 1955, the producers introduced the BN2 model of the car. With almost similar features, the BN2 had larger drum brakes along with 4-speed transmission as an added advantage. As many as 3924 BN2 cars were produced in total.
World War II had broken the back of British car industry. The conflict had left the manufacturers strained to the breaking point. The silver lining came with Nuffield Motors and Austin joining hands to create British Motor Corporation in 1952. However, the sales of the British Motor Corporation were on a decline because of the German imports. This led Leonard Lord to turn to Alec Issigonis.
Classic Austin 6 takes us back to 1920s. Here is the pic of Classic Austin.
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