BMC built this one rear-wheel drive on purpose, dropping a 7-bearing 3-litre six into a shell that looked like the front-drive 1800.
Lead trim: 2.9 C-Series six-cylinder (125 bhp)
Austin 3-Litre1967–1971
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FactBMC built this one rear-wheel drive on purpose, dropping a 7-bearing 3-litre six into a shell that looked like the front-drive 1800.
The Austin 3-Litre is a British saloon car introduced by Austin at the London Motor Show in 1967. Codenamed ADO61, the car was intended to be BMC's offering in the 3-litre executive class and was originally designed in the early 1960s, before the British Leyland era. Unlike the visually similar but smaller front-wheel-drive Morris 1800 range, the 125 bhp 3-litre engine, a 7-bearing modification of the BMC C-Series with twin SU carburettors, drove the rear wheels through a conventional 4-speed gearbox. The car used Hydrolastic suspension with self-levelling hydraulic rams at the rear and was praised for its excellent ride and handling, and it was very much in the spirit of its Austin Westminster predecessor, a large car with an understressed large-capacity engine.
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 C-Series six-cylinder (125 bhp) | 1967–1971 | 2.9 L Inline-6 | 125 hp | 157 lb-ft | — | — | — | — |
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