Our second model of the Maestro makes its entrance in a biscuit beige registered LVL 618Y from 1982, launched officially in 1983 to favourable acclaim from the motoring media.

Introduced as a small family 5-door hatchback, the Maestro superseded both the Austin Maxi and the Allegro at the Morris Cowley plant of British Leyland. It had a 5-speed manual gearbox and our model represents the top of the range 1.6L engined car. Innovative in its time, the Maestro had a bonded laminated windscreen, homofocal headlights, body-coloured plastic bumpers, an electronic engine management system, adjustable front seat belt anchorage positions, an asymmetrically split rear seat and a 12.000 mile service interval. Over 600,000 Austin Maestro cars were sold and it was sixth in the best selling category in 1983 and 1984.

Our Oxford model incorporates the physical features of the original, including black exterior trim, silver headlights, beige bumpers as per the body colour and silver/black radiator grille. The Austin badge with blue flash is embedded into the radiator grille whilst to the rear the Austin badge appears with green and blue graphics with the Maestro name printed in silver on the offside.

In real life, the Maestro faced a lot of competition and did not survive, even after it became the MG Maestro. The only Maestro variation was a 2-door van.

Dimensions and Weights

Packed: 8.6cm x 5.3cm x 2.5cm ( L x W x H )

Unpacked: 5.4cm x 2.3cm x 1.9cm ( L x W x H )

Dimension excludes shipping carton. Packed item comes on plinth with case.

Scale

1:76 scale means that this is 76 times smaller than the full sized vehicle(s)

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Other Austins

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Austin Gift Set

Austin has been part of the family car scene since the 1920s and Oxford has brought together a selection across the years from that period right up to the early 1980s.

76ACF002 Austin Cambridge – Armadillo Beige/Red

76ALL001 Austin Allegro Estate 1300 – Citron

76AUS002 Austin 1300GT – Flame Red

76SOM002 Austin Somerset – Buckingham Green

76ASS002 Austin Seven RN Saloon – Light Royal Blue/Black.

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