Austin Motor Co. Ltd.
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The Austin Motor Company was a British manufacturer founded by Herbert Austin in 1905. Herbert Austin, an engineer, had previously designed cars for the Wolseley Sheep-Shearing Company before starting his own venture. The company became known for its Austin Seven model, which significantly influenced the design of light cars in Britain and Europe. In 1952, the Austin Motor Co. Ltd. merged with Morris Motors to form the British Motor Corporation Ltd.. This entity later became part of the larger British Leyland Motor Corporation in 1968.12
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automotive industryGrowth in EuropeThree firmsāAustin, Morris, and Singerācontrolled 75 percent of the British market in 1929.
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Austin Motors in Britain pioneered with its automatic transfer machines in 1950. The first large-scale automated installation in the United States was a Ford Motor Company engine plant that went into production in 1951. A universal form of automatic control has used computers to scheduleā¦
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