Talk:Austin Princess

'1956 saw a new Princess Mk IV. This more modern styled car had more 'integrated' looking front wings in the modern style, but was little changed under the skin. This model lasted until 1959; subsequent limousine-only handbuilt cars were made in limited numbers as the Vanden Plas 4-Litre Princess Limousine until 1968. This formed the basis for the eventual Daimler Limousine.'

The Vanden Plas 4-Litre Princess Limousine does not form the basis of the Daimler Limousine. The Daimler DS420 limousine is based on a modified Jaguar Mk X / 420G platform which has nothing to do with Austin. Deconstruction 21:08, 8 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Indeed. I've just found this (having been fixing a link to the "Daimler Limousine" from Jaguar Mark X article – the actual link is Daimler DS420) and so have corrected this present article by removing the claim. – Kieran T  ( talk  21:52, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

There was a later model
A later model than is displayed on this page with a much less traditional front was fully developed and announced perhaps about 1963/4 but (at the very last minute) may not have gone into full production. Either MOTOR or AUTOCAR showed a full cutaway drawing of the new car on its announcement. It was a Rolls-Royce size luxury car and not a lot cheaper. There was no limousine version. I think the very much smaller PrincessR with the 4 litre engine may have been cobbled up and pushed into the market slot - to use up engines? Eddaido (talk) 10:50, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

It is the very handsome dark blue car on this page http://www.motorbase.com/profiles/vehicle/picture.ehtml?i=288;p=751340342 and not the light blue and gold 'thing' or its purple and gold lookalike! Eddaido (talk) 11:11, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

Charles01 your ability to find as well as photograph cars is Astonishing! I'd assumed the very few Princess Mk IV saloons would have been lost forever. I can't tell whether or not the car in your photo is a final design but I do think there is something about the set of the windscreen which 'looks' not quite right, maybe the scuttle and bonnet were lowered a few inches and the leading edges of the front wings remoulded but I do think its the car on which the brochure pictures were based. Best regards, Eddaido (talk) 22:43, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

1100/1300
The article talks about a 1275 and a 1300 version as if they were different things but as far as I am aware there was no "1275" - the 1300 actually displaced 1275cc. I suspect they would have had trouble squeezing more cc out of the A series block as borewise the wall between cylinders 2 and 3 was already paper thin, and probably the stroke was taken to the limit in the 1275cc. Bagunceiro (talk) 23:23, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
 * The article is referring to the model names used, not to the actual engine capacities. Please refer to the in-line reference. GTHO (talk) 08:50, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

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