1954 Austin A40 Somerset

Chassis Number: GS4878062

One of the nicest cars Austin produced the A40 Somerset in very nice condition in gloss black with a deep all over shine as you can see in the photos the interior is in fine fettle still contains its original vinyl floor mats after all these years sparkling clean engine bay and the thing about these cars there nice and high up to get into a lovely driving experience with plenty of leg room. Comes with a British motor industry heritage trust certificate comes with a recently new window screen front rubber

The Austin A40 Somerset is a motor car which was produced by the Austin Motor Company from 1952 until 1954. The Somerset replaced the Austin A40 Devon and, as a body-on-frame car, it was comparable in size to its predecessor. It shared a number of components with the Devon which included a similar 1.2 litre straight-4 pushrod engine. The Somerset’s engine was updated to produce 42 hp (31 kW),compared to the Devon’s 40 hp (30 kW), giving the car a top speed of 70 mph (110 km/h).

Over 173,000 Somersets were sold before it was replaced by the A40 Cambridge in 1954. 7,243 were convertibles. In December 1952 an agreement was signed with the Japanese automobile company Datsun to build Austin vehicles under licence using Complete Knock Down Kits (CKD) supplied from the UK. In April 1953 the first Japanese assembled Somersets rolled off the assembly line ready for sale on the local market to which it was restricted. Assembly ceased in November 1954 when the factory switched to the A50 Cambridge