HORNBY: Following the closure of the Canadian Hornby importer in 2023 we have contacted Hornby numerous times to secure continued supply of Hornby products to supply our Canadian customers. Unfortunately Hornby steadfastly refuse to communicate with us. Regretfully we have concluded that Hornby has no desire to support the Canadian market. As stocks of Hornby products are exhausted we are replacing these products with products from other manufacturers.
C104 B-T MODELS Austin A40 Farina in "Birmingham Police" livery - UNBOXED

C104 B-T MODELS Austin A40 Farina in "Birmingham Police" livery - UNBOXED

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$41.50 $10.00 Sale

The Austin A40 is a small, economy car introduced by Austin in saloon (1958) and A40 Countryman (1959) estate versions.

It has a two -box body configuration. It was badged, like many before it, as an A40, consistent with Austin's naming scheme at the time, based on the approximate engine output in horsepower; and to distinguish it from other A40 models, it was also given a suffix name – this one being the Farina, so named, reflecting the all-new design by Italian Battista Farina's Pinin Farina Turin studio.

Austin had been merged into the British Motor Corporation  (BMC) in 1952 and – unusually for BMC at the time – the A40 Farina was sold only as an Austin and not rebadged for sale under any other BMC brands.

The Farina was both the first Austin A40 not named after a county of England, as well as the last in the line of Austin A40s.

The 1959 A40 Countryman version stands out by its layout as a small estate car with an upward (and downward) opening tailgate, and is therefore viewed as one of the earliest examples of a volume production hatchback.