The Austin Seven is a racing car! Yet, from what we have posted so far, that seems unlikely. We have already seen, however, that one hundred years ago, this simple, affordable ‘Baby Austin’ kick-started the development of cars from manufacturers like Jaguar and BMW. So, perhaps we shouldn’t be too

This year is the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of the Austin Seven and this post continues with the theme of cars in the Cotswold Motoring Museum collection that have links to the Austin Seven: it brings us to the Mini or in this case, the 1972 Mini Clubman

No, (again), that is not a typo in the title to this post; it is yet another example of the formative role that, 100 years ago, the Austin Seven played in the formation of several motor manufacturing brands that today have achieved global status. We have already seen examples of

Hello, Brum here again – I just wanted to pop up between all these super Austin Seven posts to give you a warning. I was sent this picture, taken in Bournemouth a few days ago. I have evidence (see my ‘Bookface page’ – I think that’s what it is called)

We have mentioned in previous posts that the Austin Seven design was licensed to enable manufacture and sale outside of the UK. Examples exist from Australia, Germany, France, Japan and the USA. The Austin Seven Bantam in the museum collection was produced in 1934 by the American Austin Car Company.