The Austin Ambassador is a large family car that was introduced by the Austin Rover Group subsidiary of British Leyland in March 1982. The vehicle was a heavily updated version of the Princess, a saloon car that had lacked a hatchback.[1] Only the doors and inner structure were carried over, but the wedge-shaped side profile betrayed the car's Princess origins, and it was not considered a truly new model. The Princess had been out of production for four months by the time that the Ambassador went on sale.[2]
To some extent a car that bridged the gap between the smaller Morris Ital and the Rover SD1, sales were low and the model was discontinued in 1984 with 43,427 cars built.[3]
^Setright, L.J.K. (1982), Lösch, Annamaria (ed.), "Europe: Few New Virtues, Fewer Old Vices", World Cars 1982, Pelham, NY: The Automobile Club of Italy/Herald Books: 59, ISBN 0-910714-14-2
^Bird, Chris (31 July 2011). "Timeline: Princess/Ambassador". AROnline.
^Carlsson, Mårten. "Austins anspråkslösa ambassadör". Klassiker. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
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