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PRINCESS SALOON
The wedge
shape is still in evidence, but the smaller rear pillar and gently sloping
bootlid make the car look shorter, and give the car a less dramatic profile.
Picture 2 shows a
flatter and higher bootlid, giving it more of a wedge profile.
Picture
3 has a slightly longer boot with a slight drop towards the rear, giving the
car a more balanced look.
Picture 4 keeps
the original large rear pillar but adds a bigger boot, which gives much more
of an executive car look.
Picture 5
shows how an estate version may have looked.
Picture 6. How
about a convertible? It would probably need a roll bar but looks better
without it. Photoshop images by Kevin
Davis. 2004. These images show how different Princess designs may have looked. Had the Princess been available as a hatchback and a saloon, I think it would have given the Cortina some serious competition, and would have pre-empted the Sierra by some years. Would Austin-Morris have built such versions? It’s unlikely, they were already concerned about poor sales of the Maxi, which is why there wasn’t a hatchback or estate, and a saloon version of the Princess would probably have affected Marina and Ital sales, even though the Princess would have been slightly more expensive. As for the convertible, it would have cost a fortune to re-engineer the Princess shell, plus there wasn’t really a market for cabrio’s of this size back in the Seventies. And here is an idea of what the Wolseley Saloon could have looked like. Sporting a boot, this version could have been the top-of-the-range model whilst the Austin and Morris versions would have been the hatchbacks.
Click here to see a larger picture of this car. Kevin Davis. August 2004. Updated January 2005. |
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