A vision born from necessity The Austin Seven turns 100 this year and was created by a visionary industrialist and a junior engineer in the privacy of the industrialist's home. After WW1, a £20 annual tax was imposed (at a time when a worker earned £5 a week) on the only post-war car offered by Austin. Sales spiralled, and Sir Herbert Austin predicted his firm would collapse.
Breaking the rules
Breaking the rules
Breaking the rules
A vision born from necessity The Austin Seven turns 100 this year and was created by a visionary industrialist and a junior engineer in the privacy of the industrialist's home. After WW1, a £20 annual tax was imposed (at a time when a worker earned £5 a week) on the only post-war car offered by Austin. Sales spiralled, and Sir Herbert Austin predicted his firm would collapse.