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The Austin 1800
was released in Australia in December 1965 when production began at the BMC factory in
Zetland NSW and continued until late 1970 when it was relpaced by the
Australian engineered Austin Kimberley and Tasman series. All the 1800s built by
BMC Australia were badged as Austins - no Morris or Wolseley versions were built, though a few have been privately imported.
- 1964: The Australian Bureau of Statistics
recorded 2 Austin 1800s registered in Sydney.
- 1965:
Local production
began in December, 1,703 were registered.
- 1966: The first full year of sales counted 9,947 registrations - 60% in capital cities.
- 1967 brought 10,797 sales - an 8.5% increase over 1966.
- 1968: Automatic transmission became
available helping to lift sales
again, this time by 17% to 12,665 making this the 1800's best year. The Mark 2
version was released in October.
- 1969: Sales eased a little to 11,424
- 1970: The last year of production, a healthy 10,249 sales.
- 1971:
131 registrations were
recorded as dealer
stocks were exhausted
along side the new Austin Kimberley & Tasman.
- All up a total of 56,918 Austin
1800 saloons over 5 years of Australian
production.
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The Austin 1800 Utility was
unique to Australia. It was introduced in 1968 and 639 were sold in its
first year. Predictably around 70% went to regions outside the
capital cities. 1969 saw sales increase by 25% to just under
800. In 1970, the final year for the saloon, the ute's
popularity dips back to 579 sales and in 1971 a
final 319 find owners... Total registrations:
2,331.
Last updated 24th April 2009 Contact: 
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