Morris 1100

About the Morris 1100

The BMC ADO16 (Amalgamated Drawing Office project number 16)[3] is a family of economical small family cars built by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and, later, British Leyland. It was launched in 1962 and for most of the next decade the ADO16 was consistently the UK's best-selling car.

Models included:

Austin 1100 and 1300
Austin America, Glider and Victoria
Innocenti IM3
MG 1100 and 1300
Morris 1100 and 1300
Riley 1300 and Kestrel
Vanden Plas Princess 1100 / 1275 / 1300

March 1962: The first Morris 1100 and MG 1100 cars were produced at Cowley.
15 August 1962: Launch of the Morris 1100 four-door saloon in Britain. Two-door saloon for export only.
August 1962: The Morris 1100 was exported to Denmark where it went on sale as the Morris Marina. It was initially a slow seller due to a new tax regime that had been introduced in Denmark.