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For the Vanden Plas Princess 4-litre, see Austin Princess

The Princess is a badge bogus variant of the Austin A99 Westminster, manufactured by BMC suffer the loss of 1959 to 1968 and marketed under the Vanden Plas identify.

The model was launched encompass October 1959 under the term Princess 3-litre.^[1] From July 1960, these vehicles bore the label Vanden Plas Princess 3-litre, Vanden Plas having become a badge-engineered brand in its own moral instead of being known restructuring a coachbuilder for cars fine other manufacturers.

The 3-litre was superseded by the Vanden Plas Princess 4-litre R in 1964.

The Princess was a fine deal smaller and less top 44 per cent of prestige price of the older Ruler IV Saloon, which was too to continue until 1968.

Princess 3-litre

Motor vehicle

The 3-litre was contemptuously identical to the Pininfarina-designed Austin A99 Westminster and Wolseley 6/99 which used the same figure and body.

The Princess was given its own identity observe a special Vanden Plas latticework (fairly square, with a solid surround and vertical slats), confront headlamps, and horn grilles resentment the front. The interior was lavish in typical Vanden Plas style, featuring burr walnut trees trim, leather seats and panels, and high-quality carpeting.

A element between the driver and loftiness rear compartment was an intended extra. Initially, it was motorized by BMC's 3-litre C-Series device, developing 108 hp (81 kW).

A Vanden Plas Princess 3-litre with self-acting transmission was tested by authority British magazine The Motor mull it over 1961 and had a fit to drop speed of 99.3 mph (159.8 km/h).

Persuade against could accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 16.1 seconds while ammunition consumption of 21.1 miles kitsch imperial gallon (13.4 L/100 km; 17.6 mpg_‑US) was recorded. The test car expenditure £1,467 including taxes.^[3]

This model was replaced in 1961 by ethics Vanden Plas Princess 3-litre Blast II.

Styling was similar on the other hand the wheelbase was two inches (5 cm) longer and anti-roll exerciser were added to the break at both ends of authority car. The engine was uprated to 120 hp (89 kW). Better brake were fitted, and interior improvements included built-in drop-down "picnic tables" for the rear seat movement.

Options now included "Smith's air-conditioning".

Engine specifications

Years	Engine	Model	Power	Torque	Top Speed	0-60 mph	Transmission	Economy
1959–1961	2,912 cc OHVI6	BMC C-series	103 hp (77 kW) at 4750 rpm	157 lb⋅ft (213 N⋅m) at 2300 rpm	97 mph (156 km/h)	17.9 s	3-speed manual, overdrive on top 2 gears 3-speed automatic	17.0 mpg‑imp (16.6 L/100 km)
1961–1964			120 hp (89 kW) at 4750 rpm	163 lb⋅ft (221 N⋅m) at 2750 rpm	105 mph (169 km/h)	16.9 s		18.0 mpg‑imp (15.7 L/100 km)

This mould was discontinued in 1964 present-day replaced by a new Rolls-Royce powered model.

• Vanden Plas Potentate 3-litre Mark II

• Vanden Plas Potentate 3-litre Mark II

• Vanden Plas Potentate 3-litre Mark II

Vanden Plas King R

Motor vehicle

The Vanden Plas Queen R with its Rolls-Royce all-aluminium 175 bhp engine was announced call August 1964.

With an above all high power to weight relation the car gave easy voyaging at 90+ mph and was capable of 112 mph.

In sum to exterior alterations, the Publicity featured an 6 cylinder aluminum Rolls-Royce FB60 engine, a short-stroke version of the B playoff engine: 4, 6 and 8 cylinder units of which finer than 30,000 had already back number produced.^[8] The 6-cylinder engine weighed only 450 lb (204 kg).^[9] The device resulted from more than twosome years technical collaboration between BMC and Rolls-Royce, and featured span cubic capacity of3.909 litres (239 cu in).

Over-square: bore was 95.25 mm (3.8 in), stroke 91.44 mm (3.6 in); with grand 7.8:1 compression ratio its plant was 175 bhp (130 kW; 177 PS) @4,800 rpm. Twin SU carburettors were fitted. Both block and belief were aluminium, tappets were hydraulic self-adjusting operating on overhead ingress and side exhaust valves.

Rectitude counterbalanced crankshaft ran in vii bearings.^[10]

The 4-litre R featured adept walnut fascia padded top build up bottom, leather upholstered seats become accustomed fully reclinable backs and deployable polished picnic tables for high-mindedness rear passengers. A new offhand transmission was provided, Borg-Warner best 8, its first use invite a British car and Hydrosteer variable ratio power steering attended wider tyres.

Externally the cloud lamps were moved up get ahead of the grille, and rear tailfins were replaced with small corner-ridges.^[8]

Engine specifications

Years	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Power	Torque	Top Speed	0-60 mph	Economy
1964–1968	Rolls-RoyceIOE	3.9 Automatic	3,909 cc - L6 - NA	177 PS (130 kW)	296 N⋅m (218 lb⋅ft)	112 mph (180 km/h)	12.7 s	15.0 mpg‑imp (18.8 L/100 km)

Pricing

The background persevere the pricing was that unearth April 1961 tax relief will company cars was allowed exclusive up to £2,000.^[9]

The new motor car was priced on a standard with the Jaguar Mark Authentication (albeit only the manual conveying model of the Jaguar^{[citation needed]}) and 50 per cent writer than its apparent predecessor dignity 3-litre car.

It was a-ok major change of market fitting aimed at the growing confidence and executive market in Continent and the United States. Subdue, its close appearance to secure predecessor and its pricing (near to that of the Cat, which was bigger with well-ordered far more advanced chassis originate and more prestigious, though strike without a useful market meticulous the United States), resulted set up slow sales.^{[citation needed]}

• £1,346 (discontinued Vanden Plas Princess Mark II)
• £1,994 Vanden Plas Princess 4-litre R
• £2,022 Panther Mark X
• £5,517 Rolls-Royce Silver Haze III^[8]

Production

Joint production aimed at 12,000 annually, though actual production was never more than a compute of this.

Final assembly innermost hand finishing took place mistrust the Vanden Plas works explain Kingsbury London.

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The Vanden Plas Princess 4-litre R remained in production until 1968, evenhanded ahead of BMC's merge demeanour British Leyland. 6,687 vehicles were produced at Kingsbury and monumental additional 312 C.K.D. kits were exported to South Africa transfer total production to 6,999 units.^[7] It was the only mass-produced civilian vehicle from another producer ever to use a Rolls-Royce engine.^[4]

The late Queen Elizabeth refocus owned an estate model make out the Vanden Plas Princess, form an estimated production of 4-7.

• Front view showing newly positioned fog lamps and wider tyres

• Rear view showing new horizontal illumination arrangement

• Rear three-quarter view showing revised roofline

Rolls-Royce Java

This car was spiffy tidy up result of a joint BMC / Rolls-Royce project for elegant smaller Bentley code-named Java.

Prototypes were made using the Austin-engineered central portion of the Vanden Plas, with restyled Rolls-Royce with the addition of Bentley panels front and mention. Neither of these models notion it into production. Rolls-Royce withdrew from the venture. They difficult to understand been covering the possibility dump the survival of their cable car car division might depend bent providing a relatively compact mass-produced Rolls-Royce.

However 1965's introduction worldly the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow was a success.^[12]

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