Austin 10 Cambridge

About the Austin 10 Cambridge

The Austin Ten was launched on 19 April 1932 and was Austin's best-selling car in the 1930s and continued in production as various, upgraded, differently named models with until 1947. It fitted in between their "baby" Austin Seven which had been introduced in 1922 and their various Austin Twelves which had been updated in January 1931.
It had a pressed steel body built on a ladder chassis which dipped down by 2.75 inches between the axles. It was rear wheel driven by an1125-cc four-cylinder side-valve engine. It had a four-speed gearbox. The four-wheel brakes were cable and rod operated..
The Austin Cambridge model was introduced in 1937 and production finished in 1947. This car had a new bodyshell and during its lifespan the engine performance was improved to produce the figures you see here. It was more refined than its predecessor 10s, with lighter controls and driving feel to it..