The Austin Champ is a Four-seat "Jeep"-style tub from British Motor Corporation, built from 1951 to 1956, at the height of the post-war boom. Under the bonnet: Rolls-Royce 2838 cc 80 hp I4 petrol.
How it came about
The Austin Champ was a military and civilian jeep-like vehicle made by the Austin Motor Company in the 1950s. The army version was officially known as "Truck, 1/4 ton, CT, 4×4, Cargo & FFW, Austin Mk.1" however the civilian name "Champ" was universally, if unofficially, applied to it. The majority of Champs produced went to the British Army.
The hardware
Power comes from Rolls-Royce 2838 cc 80 hp I4 petrol. It weighs 1660 kg. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Family and rivals
Its family tree is legible: it took over from the Wolseley Mudlark; its successor was the Austin Gipsy. Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Toyota Land Cruiser, the Cadillac Eldorado, the Chevrolet Bel Air — show what else the money bought that year. Its British Motor Corporation stablemates include the Austin 10 and the Austin 12.
What it costs now
There is no federal ownership record for the Austin Champ — 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.