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In the late
1950s, BMC commissioned Italian styling house Pinin Farina to unify the look of
its expanding car range. The result was a family of neatly styled saloons that
would define British roads for more than a decade. Sold under six different
marques - Austin, Morris, MG, Riley, Wolseley and Vanden Plas - the BMC Farina
models shared styling cues and many mechanical components, but were carefully
differentiated for different markets.
From the compact
Austin A40 Farina to the roomy Vanden Plas Princess, these were cars for every
occasion - fleet, family, and formal. Today, they are appreciated both for
their understated elegance and their significance in postwar British motoring.
Surprisingly,
despite their popularity and visibility at the time, these cars have never been
fully documented in a single volume - until now. In this richly illustrated
book, renowned historian Anders Ditlev Clausager tells the full story of the
Farina cars, from design and development to production and marketing. Drawing
on factory records and period sources, he provides the first comprehensive
account of these once-ubiquitous vehicles, including all models, variants and
evolutions across the full production run.
BMC Farina Cars
in Detail is the essential reference for owners, restorers, and enthusiasts of
these distinctive and once-familiar British classics.
Key features:
- Covers all
Farina-styled BMC models from 1958 to 1974
- Includes
Austin, Morris, MG, Riley, Wolseley and Vanden Plas variants
- Detailed
development history, production changes and specifications
- Over 360 images
- First in-depth
book ever published on the full Farina range
- A landmark work
by one of Britain's leading motoring historians
