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{{For|the 1970s car produced by British Leyland and referred to in certain markets as the "Austin Princess"|Princess (car)}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2008}} {{Use British English|date=June 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox automobile | name = Austin Princess | image = Austin Princes III 3995cc registered March 1954.JPG | caption = Austin Princess III 3995cc, registered March 1954. This car is not completely representative, having special "bespoke" headlights. | aka = Princess (1957β1960)<ref name=aronline>[http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/cars/vanden-plas/marques-vanden-plas/ Marques : Vanden Plas, www.aronline.co.uk] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129042702/http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/cars/vanden-plas/marques-vanden-plas/ |date=29 November 2012 }} Retrieved on 13 January 2013</ref><br />Vanden Plas Princess (1960β1968)<ref name=aronline/> | manufacturer = [[Austin Motor Company|Austin]]/[[Vanden Plas]] ([[British Motor Corporation|BMC]]) | production = 1947β1968 | predecessor = [[Austin Twenty#Austin Twenty-eight|Austin 28 Ranelagh]] | successor = [[Daimler DS420]] | class = [[Full-size]] [[luxury car]] | body_style = 4-door saloon<br />4-door [[limousine]] | layout = | platform = | engine = | transmission = | wheelbase = | length = | width = | height = | weight = | related = [[Austin Sheerline]] | designer = | sp = uk }} The '''Austin Princess''' is a series of large [[luxury cars]] that were made by [[Austin Motor Company|Austin]] and its subsidiary [[Vanden Plas]] from 1947 to 1968. The cars were also marketed under the Princess and Vanden Plas marque names. The '''Princess''' name was also used as follows: * From October 1959, the name Princess was used on a deluxe version of [[Austin Westminster|BMC's full-sized executive cars]] badged as an [[Austin Westminster#A99|Austin Westminster]], [[Vanden Plas Princess]] and [[Wolseley 6/99|Wolseley 6/99-6/110]] * From October 1962, Princess was used on a deluxe version of the [[BMC ADO16|Austin/Morris 1300]]. * From September 1975, Princess was used as a name for mass-produced family cars in Leyland's [[Princess (car)|1800/2200 former Austin/Morris/Wolseley]] range.<ref>{{cite news | title=Leyland's Princess | newspaper=The Times | date=11 September 1975 | page=27, col A | issue=59498}}</ref>
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