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Vanden Plas Princess 1100/1300 - the vest pocket Rolls-Royce

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Created on September 2, 2015

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Stefan Fritschi

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - das Mini-Konzept ermöglichte eine gute Rausausnutzung

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - Zusatzscheinwerfer

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - es darf geputzt …

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - … und poliert werden

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - das Design stammte von Pininfarna

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - der Hund interessiert sich mehr für den Fotografen als den Wagen

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - es lebe das Unterstatement

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - in Fahrt

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - mit hübschen Weisswandreifen

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - nur der Kühlergrill ist deutlich anders als beim Austin 1100

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - optisch kaum von einem deutlich günstigeren Austin oder Morris 1100 zu unterscheiden

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - passt auch vor die Oper

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - Rot hätte ihm nicht gestanden

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - schnörkelloses Karosserie-Design

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - langer Radstand, kurze Überhänge

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - spitze Heckleuten

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - die Farbe "Sherwood Green" (eigentlich fast grau) macht diesen Wagen edel

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - viel Chrom, aber sonst kaum Unterschiede zu anderen ADO16-Varianten

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - edles Holz für das vergleichsweise spärlich ausgestattete Armaturenbrett

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - Leder und Holz verströmen Luxus

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - bequeme Armlehne vorne

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - Blättern im edlen Handbuch

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - gute Platzverhältnisse für den Fahrer

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - Besitzer André Burri

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - Holztischchen hinten, wie es sich für ein britisches Luxusauto geziemt

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - auch hinten finden grosse Leute bequem Platz

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - edle Tischchen mit Klappmechanismus

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - Mittelwellenradio aus der Zeit

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - aufwändige Türinnenfutter

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - der klassische Vanden Plas Kühlergrill

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - quer eingebauter Vierzylinder, das Getriebe liegt darunter

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - raumsparendes Quermotor-Konzept

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - der verchromte Kühlergrill war die wichtigste Verfeinerung gegenüber dem Austin 1100

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - kein sämiger Sechszylinder

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - Princess- und BMC-Plaketten

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - edle Raddeckel

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - historisch anmutende Reifengrösse

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - keine Heckklappe, aber genügend Platz im Kofferraum

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - für diesen Schriftzug musste man einiges Geld anlegen

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - nicht zu verwechseln mit dem Princess 3 Litre oder 4 R

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Vanden Plas Princess 4-Litre R (1966) - da fährt man auch gerne selber

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Austin 1100 (1967) - die erneuerte Mak II Super Deluxe Saloon Variante

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Austin 1100 (1964) - trotz bescheidener Gesamtlänge bieter dieser Wagen überdurchschnittlich viel Innenraum - am Genfer Autosalon 1964

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Morris 1100 (1963) - kompakt und funktionell

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Morris 1100 (1962) - Englands fortschrittlichstes Automobil vor dem modernsten Flugzeug Britanniens

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Morris 1100 (1962) - mit den Vorzügen des Mini, aber viel mehr Platz

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Morris 1100 (1963) - Pininfarina-Eleganz auf Mini-Basis

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Morris 1100 (1963) - neues Basismodell mit 1,1-Liter-Motor und Frontantrieb

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Morris 1100 (1963) - exzellente Rundumsicht

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Austin 1100 (1964) - maximaler Innenraum bei bescheidenen Aussenabmessungen - verständlich demonstriert - am Genfer Autosalon 1964

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Austin 1300 (1967) - nun mit 1275 cm3 und 58 PS, natürlich auch als Super Deluxe Saloon

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MG 1300 (1971) - die zweitürige MG-Variante

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MG 1100 (1963) - im Herbst 1962 erstmals gezeigt, entspricht Morris 1100, hat aber 56 SAE-PS

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Morris 1100 (1962) - Durchsichtsmodell, gezeigt an der Earls Court Motor Show 1962

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MG 1100 (1962) - die US-Variante an der Earls Court Motor Show 1962

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - am Genfer Autosalon 1965

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1964) - Luxusausführung in Brüssel 1964 vorgestellt

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - 11'500 Franken teuer, gesehen am Genfer Autosalon des Jahres 1965

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - Interieur der linksgelenkten Variante, am Genfer Autosalon des Jahres 1965

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - am Genfer Autosalon 1965

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - Luxus-Verion des ADO 016

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - mit Hydroelastic-Federung

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1966) - kompakt und doch luxuriös

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Vanden Plas Princess 1300 (1967) - von aussen weitgehend mit dem verwandten Austin identisch

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MG 1300 (1962) - auch als MG gab es ADO16 in vier Türen, hier am Genfer Autosalon zu sehen

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - in der Werbung

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - gediegenes Interieur

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1965) - viel Platz im kleinen Auto

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Vanden Plas Princess 1100 (1966) - Lenkrad und Armaturenbrett

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Vanden Plas Princess 1300 (1967) - Interieur der rechtsgelenkten Variante

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Vanden Plas Princess 1300 (1967) - Lenkrad und Armaturenbrett der RHD-Version

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Austin 1300 GT (1969) - schnellere Variante

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Austin 1300 GT (1969) - edleres Interieur

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Vanden Plas Princess 3 Litre (1965) - an einer Autoausstellung

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Vanden Plas Princess 3 Litre (1964) - Interieur/Vordersitze - gesehen am Genfer Autosalon 1964

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Vanden Plas Princess Limousine (1967) - nobles Transportmittel für den arrivierten Mann

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Summary

In 1964, Vanden Plas introduced a compact four-cylinder car called the Princess 1100 alongside its large saloons. This was based on the Austin 1100 (also known internally as the ADO16) and, like the latter, offered plenty of space and the innovative Hydrolastic suspension, but at a considerable extra cost, which minimized its market opportunities. This vehicle report describes the Austin 1100 and its luxurious descendant Vanden Plas Princess 1100 in detail and shows it in many current and historical pictures, as well as in the contemporary sales brochure.

This article contains the following chapters

Comfort and luxury - all too discreetly packaged
More luxury inside
Two identically equipped Vanden Plas models
Compact on the outside - station concourse on the inside
Pininfarina design always fits
First Morris, then everyone else
Then the crisis - largely home-made
Further information

Estimated reading time: 11min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The ADO16 became one of the most successful British Leyland products ever. The compact car is interesting because of its pioneering technical concept and the Hydrolastic suspension - and because of its numerous brand derivatives. The ADO16 was the king of badge engineering. The noblest of them was called the Vanden Plas Princess. Vanden Plas is one of those brands that every autophile has heard of. But only very few can really categorize them. The British subsidiary of Belgian carriage manufacturer Van Den Plas celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2013. The top model in its entire history was the Princess 4 Litre R representative vehicle with a Rolls-Royce six-cylinder engine from 1964, which cost a not-so-cheap 27,950 francs in Switzerland in 1965.

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