"A90" wasn't a new badge — Austin had already worn it out on the unrelated 1948-52 Atlantic before handing it to this Westminster.
Median 90 hp across 138 similar cars
Lead trim: 2.6 C-Series six-cylinder (85 hp)
Austin Westminster1954–1956
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Fact"A90" wasn't a new badge — Austin had already worn it out on the unrelated 1948-52 Atlantic before handing it to this Westminster.
The A90 Six Westminster was introduced at the 1954 London Motor Show at the same time as the small A40/A50 Cambridge saloon range. It used the new BMC C-Series straight-six engine with a single Zenith carburettor which, at 2.6 L (2639 cc), produced 85 hp. The suspension was independent at the front using coil springs and wishbones, with a leaf spring and anti-roll bar on the live axle at the rear, and the four-speed transmission had synchromesh on the top three ratios, with an overdrive unit optional from 1955. The interior, with leather trim on the de luxe version and PVC on the standard model, had a split bench front seat which, if necessary, could seat three people abreast.
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Trims & Figures
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 C-Series six-cylinder (85 hp) | 1954–1956 | 2.6 L Inline-6 | 85 hp | 124 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
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Photographs
This Westminster's body did double duty: the same shell underpinned a Rolls-Royce-engined Vanden Plas Princess, and even shaped a prototype Bentley.
The A99 Westminster's handsome Pininfarina body has a secret twin — the same design lineage, by way of the Lancia Flaminia, also gave the world the Peugeot 404's shape.
An Austin A95 sits in the background of one of history's most haunting photographs — Thich Quang Duc's 1963 Saigon self-immolation. The actual car is still on display at a pagoda in Huế today.
"A90" wasn't a new badge — Austin had already worn it out on the unrelated 1948-52 Atlantic before handing it to this Westminster.
Rivals
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