Elsewhere on this site, I have referred to the ADO16 range as being a "world beater", and justifiably so. Apart from the various export models built in the UK, other versions of the car were built and sold in a variety of countries around the world.
In addition to the countries listed below, it is known that production or assembly of the 1100/1300 took place in Belgium, Portugal, New Zealand and the Philippines, and possibly also in Malta, Ecuador, Uraguay, Trinidad and Morocco. Please contact me if you can provide any further information on the overseas production of the ADO16.
Australia
Down Under, after selling the standard Morris 1100 for a while, BMC started producing some interesting local variations on the ADO16 theme. First came the Morris 1500, which featured a modifed front end to go with its uprated engine. But the 1500 Nomad which followed boasted an altogether more significant modification... |
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Chile
Looking much like any other Morris 1100, this is in fact a one-off fibreglass prototype which resides at the British Heritage Museum at Gaydon. Plans for it to be produced in Chile (where metal-pressing equipment and the associated skills required were not readily available) were abandoned during the course of the 1968 merger. However, a plastic-bodied MG 1300 was built in Chile, and various ADO16 models were imported into several other South American countries. |
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Denmark
After an early false start in August 1962, sales of imported 1100s began to take off the following year. Morris and Austin versions were sold separately through independent distribution networks, and the former model was given a name that would resurface in the UK almost a decade later – on an altogether different car... |
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Italy
Innocenti are famous in the UK for their production of the "Inni" Mini, but the deal with BMC was more widespread than this, with the Austin A40 and the Allegro-based Regent being built there as well. There was also this, the IM 3S, which has a rather different frontal aspect to the standard ADO16. |
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| Picture kindly supplied by Julian Marsh |
Japan
Although the ADO16 was never built in Japan, the cars have had a strong Japanese following since the 1970s. In the intervening years, many well-preserved British cars have been shipped to Japan, with a particular craze for the upmarket variants. In fact, such was the ADO16's popularity that the Japanese even started to remanufacture it. Well, after a fashion... |
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New Zealand
New Zealand was an early adopter of the 1100, with CKD assembly starting there at the beginning of 1963. In the early Seventies, the Australian-built Morris 1500 and Nomad were also sold there – with a twist... |
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North America
Shortly after introducing the MG 1100 in 1962, BMC had launched a version especially for sale in the US. Around five years later, it was succeeded by the 1300 Austin America, which was also sold in Canada and Switzerland. |
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Republic of Ireland
Just over 250 2-door MG 1100s found their way to the Republic of Ireland in completely knocked-down (CKD) kit form, to be assembled locally. They are similar in configuration to the MG Sports Sedan sold in the US, but were, of course, right-hand drive. A few of these cars have survived and are now cherished by members of the 1100 Owners' Club. |
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South Africa
South Africa had some interesting varieties of the original 1100, which were later replaced by the Austin Apache, a 1300-based three-box saloon that was also built by Authi in Spain as the Austin Victoria (see above). |
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Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
During the 1960s, Austin, Morris and possibly MG 1100s were assembled from CKD kits at Umtali, Rhodesia. The kits were shipped from the UK to Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania, from where they were transported to the assembly plant at Umtali. The completed cars were then distributed to many other countries in Northern Africa. The MG1100 pictured here was spotted in Zambia in the late 1980s, along with three others, but was it assembled in Africa, alongside the Austin and Morris models? |
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Spain
After building standard-bodied Morris and MG ADO16s for several years, Authi launched the Austin Victoria: a mildly restyled version of the South African Austin Apache (see below) – itself a three-box version of the 1300, with Michelotti-styled front and rear ends. And then there was the 998cc Austin de Luxe... |
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| Picture kindly supplied by Julian Marsh |
Yugoslavia
Final assembly of "CKD" Austin 1300s began at a plant in Novo Mesto during 1969, with the cars arriving from Longbridge almost complete; indeed, the chassis plates of these models identified them as having come from Longbridge. In 1971, the company – IMV (Industrija Motornih Vozil) – built a new factory, and from then onwards most of the assembly was undertaken locally. Around this time they introduced their own home-grown version of the 1300GT, called the Austin 1300 Special, which featured a twin-carb engine and special trim. ADO16 prodiction continued into 1972. After that, the company built three Renault models under licence (namely, the 4, 12TL and 16TS). |