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((short description|Leyland Australia-designed front-wheel-drive sedan based on the Austin 1800 platform))
((EngvarB|date=April 2014))
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((More citations needed|date=July 2008))
((Infobox automobile
| name         = Austin Kimberley <br> Austin Tasman
|image         = 1971 Austin Kimberley.jpg
| caption = 1971 Austin Kimberley
| manufacturer = [[Leyland Australia]]
| aka          = Morris Kimberley (New Zealand) <ref name=aronline>[http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/the-cars/bmc-18002200/also-known-as-bmc-18002200/ Also known as : BMC 1800/2200, www.aronline.co.uk] Retrieved on 9 November 2012</ref> <br> Morris Tasman (New Zealand) <ref name=aronline/>
| production   = 1970–1972<ref name=Jones>Peter A Jones, The Last Aussie Austin, Restored Cars No. 170, May–Jun 2005, page 45</ref>
| assembly = Australia<br>New Zealand<ref>[http://www.elevenhundred.com/kimberley/history.htm   ''Austin X6'', www.elevenhundred.com] Retrieved 28 June 2015</ref>
| designer     = 
|class        = [[Mid-size car]]
| body_style   = 4-door [[Sedan (car)|sedan]]
| related      = [[Austin 1800]]
|layout=[[FF layout]] 
| engine       = ((convert|2227|cc|abbr=on)) [[BMC E-Series engine|E-series]] [[SOHC]] [[straight-6]]
| transmission       = 4-speed [[Manual transmission|manual]] all-synchromesh<ref name=Motor197012/><br>3-speed [[Automatic transmission|automatic]]
| wheelbase    = ((convert|108.125|in|mm|0|abbr=on))<ref name=Motor197012/>
| length       = ((convert|174.58|in|mm|0|abbr=on))<ref name=Motor197012>((cite magazine| title = A front-wheel drive "six"|magazine=[[The Motor (magazine)|The Motor]]| volume = nbr 3572|page=51 |date = 19 December 1970))</ref> 
| width        = ((convert|66.58|in|mm|0|abbr=on))<ref name=Motor197012/>
| height       = ((convert|57.25|in|mm|0|abbr=on))<ref name=Motor197012/>
| predecessor  = [[BMC ADO17|Austin 1800]]
| successor    = [[Leyland P76]]
))
The '''Austin Kimberley''' and '''Austin Tasman''' (sold by [[Morris Motors|Morris]] in New Zealand alongside the Austin models) "X6" models are a pair of [[Leyland Australia]]-designed [[front-wheel-drive]] [[sedan (car)|sedans]] based on the [[Austin 1800]] (ADO17) platform, that were produced from 1970 to 1972 and sold by [[Austin Motor Company|Austin]]. At the time of the X6 being launched onto the Australian market it was quite an advanced design in comparison to the other competitors from Ford, Holden and Chrysler, whose rear-wheel drive, conventionally sprung underpinnings dominated the market at the time.

==Design==
These cars were offered as an Australian replacement to the [[Austin 1800]]. Their boxy styling, developed for the car to be a proper six-seater, was all-new, but a few features, including the doors, were retained. These doors however utilised recessed door handles, to satisfy [[Australian Design Rules]] safety concerns. The body had an exceptionally stiff torsional rigidity, a trait it inherited from the 1800s.

The standard powerplant for the X6 range was a transverse mounted 2.2L [[OHC]] straight-six engine,<ref name="Davis">((cite book|last1=Davis|first1=Pedr|title=Aussie Cars|date=1987|publisher=Marque Publishing|location=Australia|isbn=0947079017|pages=116))</ref> based on the 1500/1750 [[Austin Maxi]] unit. At the time of the X6's introduction, it was the only car in production with a transverse straight-six-cylinder engine. The Tasman's single [[carburettor]] configuration produced ((convert|76|kW|hp|0)) and the Kimberley ((convert|86|kW|hp|abbr=on|0)) with its extra carburettor.<ref name="Davis" /> Both were sold with either a four-speed [[manual transmission|manual]] or three-speed [[automatic transmission]].<ref name="extralemon">((cite book|last=Davis|first=Tony|title=Extra Lemon!|publisher=Bantam|year=2005|pages=18–21|isbn=1-86325-550-8))</ref>

Due to the application in this car, its engine would also be used in [[BMC ADO17|ADO17 Austin 2200/Morris 2200/Wolseley Six]], and later in the [[Princess (car)|ADO71 Princess]]. In Australia, this engine, enlarged to 2.6-litres also appeared in the [[Morris Marina]] and [[Leyland P76]], though in these two cars the engine was mounted longitudinally.

The differences generally between the Austin Kimberley and Tasman were in their trim. The Kimberley was an upmarket model, with a plush interior and four rectangular headlights, while the Tasman had basic vinyl trim, and a simplified grille with two round headlights. Mark II versions of both the Tasman and the Kimberley were introduced in 1971.<ref name=Jones/> The X6 was discontinued in 1972 with a total of 12,194 examples sold in Australia.<ref name=Jones/> The X6 Tasman and Kimberley models were given a model designation code of YDO13 with the Mark II models coded YDO19.<ref>BMC-Leyland Australia Heritage Group, Building Cars in Australia - Morris, Austin, BMC and Leyland 1950-1975, pages 216 & 217</ref>

In the early 1970s, [[British Leyland]] had an idea of a medium-sized [[Vanden Plas]] model, based on the Australian X6 models. Had the car entered production (there was a running prototype made), it would have had a formalised Wolseley 1800/2200 front end, the rest of the car's bodyshell being X6 based.  The car is now in private ownership, one of very few prototypes to leave a factory.

A second proposal was a [[coupé utility]] variant (codenamed YDO14), to replace the Australian developed [[Austin 1800 Utility]]. Although this model never reached production, Barry Anderson (ex-Leyland Australia engineer) states that two were built, one served as a "work hack" for Leyland Australia while the other was crash tested for ADR (Australian Design Rules) compliance. The surviving black work hack was offered for private sale in Melbourne in 1990, at which time it was no longer roadworthy or registered.<ref>((cite journal |title=30 Years of The Austin 1800 |pages=3 |url=http://www.amvcnsw.com.au/austin1800/Magazines/RCA_9507.pdf |accessdate=18 September 2019))</ref>

<gallery widths="200px" heights="150px">
File:Austin Tasman (15100758751).jpg|Austin Tasman
File:1972 Australian Austin Kimberly Mk II.jpg|1972 Austin Kimberly Mk II
File:Morris Tasman (X6) (13972020777).jpg|Morris Tasman (New Zealand)
File:1971 Morris Kimberley X6 (29891062650).jpg|1971 Morris Kimberley (New Zealand)
</gallery>

==Marketing==

In the marketplace, the cars were intended as competitors to the more established larger [[Holden Kingswood]], [[Ford Falcon (Australia)|Ford Falcon]] and [[Chrysler Valiant]] models. However, the complexities of front-wheel-drive were an issue against the car, and compounded with the lack of body variations and models, the X6 was never a serious threat to the dominance of the rear-wheel-drive and multiple-body Holdens, Fords and Chryslers.<ref name="extralemon" /> The Leyland Tasman was the standard model with single round headlamps, and the Leyland Kimberley was the deluxe model with twin rectangular headlamps.

Due to this, Leyland Australia developed a much larger rear-wheel-drive car to replace the X6, and compete directly with the Holden, Ford and Chrysler models (in both straight-6 and V8 forms), the [[Leyland P76]], which was introduced to Australia and New Zealand in 1973. The Leyland P76 had quality issues while the [[British Leyland#History|company was having issues also]].

When introduced, a notable selling point of the X6 was the Tasman's two [[bench seat]]s, which could seat six (the plusher Kimberley had separate front seats and sat five). One advertisement for the New Zealand specification Morris Tasman X6 proclaimed that the bench seats could hold the driver and seven schoolboy rugby players.((Citation needed|date=September 2018)) Whilst this may seem an exaggerated claim by its makers, the 1800/Kimberley platform did provide excellent passenger room for a vehicle of such a compact outer dimensions, a legacy of Sir Alec Issigonis who strived for increased cabin space on a small footprint as witness the Mini, 1100, 1800 and Maxi.

==Vehicles==

A white Morris Tasman X6 is preserved at the [[National Toy & Transport Museum|Wanaka Transport Museum]], in New Zealand. Fittingly, while the cars themselves are moved constantly around the museum, it is always shown parked alongside an [[Austin 1800]].

Two Austin Tasman [[Ute (vehicle)|utility]] vehicles were built, one served as a 'work hack' for Leyland Australia while the other was crash tested.

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.elevenhundred.com/kimberley/index.htm Austin Kimberley and Tasman website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060319040610/http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/index.htm?ado17indexf.htm The Unofficial Austin Rover Web Resource: BMC 1800/2200 index]

((British Motor Holdings and British Leyland cars, 1966-1986))

[[Category:Austin vehicles|Kimberley]]
[[Category:Cars of Australia]]
[[Category:Front-wheel-drive vehicles]]
[[Category:Cars introduced in 1970]]
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