Production chronology1948–1958
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
Wikipedia lead ↗11 years
← Austin
Austin / Model record
AustinFX3
Production1948–1958
Recorded originUnited Kingdom
Classpassenger car
Background
The Austin FX3 is a taxicab that was sold in the United Kingdom by Austin from 1948 to 1958. It was designed to comply with the Metropolitan Police Conditions of Fitness for London taxicabs, but was also used in other towns and cities in the UK. It was commissioned from Austin by taxi dealers Mann & Overton and built by Carbodies of Coventry on a chassis supplied by Austin.
Text adapted from “Austin FX3” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
Netherlands RDW first-admission observations1949–1955
First-admission years observed in Dutch vehicle registrations; this is market evidence, not a worldwide production range.
Netherlands RDW ↗7 years