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ADO 10, Westminster, Wolseley and Vanden-Plas

In 1955 there was a Royal visit to BMC by Prince Philip and the BMC Chairman Sir Leonard Lord was out to impress the Prince with the best of British design. But the Prince thought the new Austins looked rather dull against foreign competition, and the BMC Chairman did not get the approval he wished for. Within a few days he had arranged to meet Pinin Farina and a contract was signed that resulted in the (ADO 10) cars. The Austin A99 Westminster and Wolseley 6/99 were launched in 1959. and later the ADO 37 Vanden-Plas 3-litre. In 1961 The 3-litre cars were upgraded to the ADO53, and then in 1964 the Vanden-Plas gained the 4-litre Rolls-Royce engine (ADO66).

Farina Austins

Austin A110 Westminster MkII boot badge	Vanden-Plas Princess 3-litre MkII - boot badge	Vanden-Plas Princess 4-litre R	Wolseley 6/99 - boot badge	Austin A110 Westminster evolved from the A99 by uprating the engine from 106bhp to 120bhp and moving the rear axle 2inches further back. This gave better performance on straights and in corners.	Wolseley 6/110 MkII. Replacing the 6/90, this 6-cylinder Farina-styled model followed the smaller 15/60 into production. Unlike previous Wolseleys, this was based on an Austin the A99 as all 6-cylinder Morrises had been discontinued. Uprated 6/110 version launched in 1961, with a smaller-wheeled MkII version following in 1964. In Denmark, the 6-cylinder models were sold as the Wolseley 300
Wolseley 6/99 - grille	Vanden-Plas Princess 3-litre MkII.	Vanden-Plas Princess 4-litre R	Austin A110 Westminster MkII	Vanden-Plas Princess 4-litre R	Wolseley 6/110 MkII. Whilst these Big Farinas may resemble the smaller Austin Cambridge based Farina Austins, the larger 6/99 and 6/110 actually shared no components.
Austin Westminster, A99 and A110	Wolseley 6/99 and 6/110	Vanden-Plas Princess 3-litre and 4-litre R

Farina Austins

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Designer: Pininfarina

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