British Motor Corporation does not build many cars like the Austin Apache: a 4-door saloon with 1,275 , built from 1971 to 1975 as the oil crises and the first emissions rules rewired the industry. Its designer of record is Giovanni Michelotti / Alec Issigonis.
The background
The Austin Apache is a small family car that was produced by Leykor between November 1971 and 1978. The Apache was the last BMC ADO16 car to be produced. The Spanish manufacturer Authi also built a version of the car, called the Austin Victoria, at its Pamplona plant between 1972 and 1975.
The engineering
Under the skin sits 1,275 . Kerb weight is 844 kg. The layout matters: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The wheelbase is 2370 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Where it sits
Where it sits in British Motor Corporation's history is not in doubt: it was built at Cape Town. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Renault 5, the Suzuki Jimny, the Chevrolet Impala. Its British Motor Corporation stablemates include the Austin 10 and the Austin 12.
The money
There is no federal ownership record for the Austin Apache — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.