The best-selling BMC 1100/1300 ADO16 was built and sold all over the world – and here are round-up pages containing details of all of the variations. The best known ones, such as the Austin Apache and Morris Nomad were substantially different to the car they were based upon, whereas others were simple badge engineered derivatives – but all had an interesting back story.
Austin de Luxe: The 1.0-litre ADO16 In 1974, just as the BMC 1100/1300 (ADO16) was preparing to face its final curtain in the UK, Authi introduced a new 998cc version […]
Declan Berridge and Chris Cowin explain the long and sometimes complex history of the much-loved BMC 1100 in the US and Canadian markets. BMC 1100 – fit for North Americans […]
The three-box ADO16, as restyled by Michelotti – it shared its basic body structure with the South African Austin Apache and, to this day, fans say that this car should […]
The Austin Apache was designed by Michelotti in 1970, alongside the almost identical Austin Victoria, and was produced by Leyland South Africa at its Blackheath plant from 1971 until the […]
Phil Rixon takes a rare opportunity to compare the Morris Nomad with an Austin Countryman and an Austin Maxi to see how closely BMC’s tailgated trio are related. […]
Final assembly of CKD Austin 1300s began at a plant in Novo Mesto during 1969, with the cars arriving from Longbridge almost complete; indeed, the chassis plates of these models […]
You can read more about the Morris Marina ADO16 in Denmark, and there is a comprehensive list of all of the other international versions posted here in the Also Known […]
Peter Barratt and the Team United America Wrenchers had just two days to turn four barn find wrecks into at least one race car for the LeMons race in Houston. […]
Could the Mk2 version have saved Authi? Victoria Mk2 article written by Graham Arnold with reference to messages contributed by members of the Spanish Authi chat forum Updated, 8 January […]
Keith Adams It’s often been said that Innocenti had the unswerving knack of being able to take a BMC car and make it look just a little bit more appealing. […]
Finally, our AROnline team’s adventure started officially when we were flagged off at Land’s End. Words and photography: Alexander Boucke Please excuse these grainy mobile phone pictures, but they are […]
Prior to the launch of the Austin Victoria in 1972, Authi built a range of standard-bodied ADO16 models from 1966 onwards. Authi MG-S 1300 ALL good things travel well, including […]
Alongside the standard Austin 1100, South Africa also had an uprated, 55bhp version which was sold in Austin and Wolseley guises. Although this increased power output was equivalent to that […]
Austin de Luxe SPAIN Home market name: based on Austin 1100 MkIII Not just a new name, but a new engine too: this Spanish-built model used a 55bhp version of […]
Ireland was an interesting market for BMC>Rover, as for a short while, not only were they importers, but they were a CKD assembly operation. Andrew Ryan takes up the story… […]
Production of the ADO16 in New Zealand followed fairly close on the heels of the initial UK launch, and lasted into the early 1970s. AS related by Ian Walker in […]
Read the extraordinary story of how the production of glass fibre Minis and 1100s was instigated in Chile. Story by Dennis Harrison. To octagenarians, Abingdon, the factory home of the […]
The BMC 1100 was known as the Austin Glider in Holland… Pictures kindly supplied by Henk Schuuring
For 2007’s final Car of The Month, we take a look at a rather special ADO16 – one you couldn’t buy an IM3 in the UK, but it is now […]
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