British Motor Corporation does not build many cars like the Austin Atlantic: a 2-door coupé / 2-door convertible with 2660 , built from 1949 to 1952 in a decade split by war, when civilian production stopped and restarted.
The story
The Austin A90 Atlantic is a British car produced by the Austin Motor Company from 1949 until 1952. It was launched initially as a four-seat convertible, making its début at the 1948 Earls Court Motor Show in London, with production models built between early 1949 and late 1950. A two-door coupé, marketed as the A90 Atlantic Sports Saloon, followed a year later. It had been previewed at the 1949 Motor Show and was in production at Longbridge between 1950 and 1952.
What is underneath
Under the skin sits 2660 . The gearbox is a 4-speed column-shift manual. The layout matters: a front engine drives the rear wheels, the classic proportion — long bonnet, cabin set back — that most people picture when they picture a sports saloon or a grand tourer. The wheelbase is 96 in. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Where it sits in British Motor Corporation's history is not in doubt: it was built at Longbridge, Birmingham (Longbridge plant), United Kingdom. On a showroom list of its day it stood against the Chevrolet Bel Air, the Porsche 356, the Citroën 2CV. Nearby in the British Motor Corporation catalogue sit the Austin 10 and the Austin 12.
The money
MotorJury scores cars on the United States complaint and recall record, and the Austin Atlantic has none: too old, too rare, or never sold there. Its value today is a collector's question, decided by provenance and condition rather than by a class average.