AUSTIN

AUSTIN SPRITE

· Generation

Source and record

Swiss Typenschein type approval (pre-1985)

Official source: ASTRA (Federal Roads Office), type-approval overview table (pre-1985)

: Brand and model come from the official catalogue.

Data as of: 2026-08-01

This page describes a vehicle configuration (type/variant/version), not an individual vehicle.

Original document

Open PDF in a new tab · Official scan of the type approval. Source: FEDRO (Federal Roads Office), served from our archive holdings.

Vehicle stock in Switzerland

76 actively registered

Colours

  • Red30
  • Green17
  • White14
  • Blue7
  • Yellow4
  • Beige2
  • Grey1
  • Black1

Cantons

  • 17
  • 9
  • 5
  • 4
  • 4
  • 4
  • 4
  • 4
  • 3
  • 3
  • 3
  • 3
  • 3
  • 2
  • 2
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1

First registration by year

  • 195829
  • 195915
  • 196024
  • 19615
  • 19621
  • 19631
  • 19671

Vehicle category

Most common value in Swiss registrations

  • Passenger car

Fuel

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • Petrol

Body form

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • Offen mit Verdeck / Hardtop · No official English label

Drivetrain

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • Rear-wheel drive

Gearbox

  • Manual

Axles

  • 2

Cylinders

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • 4

Postcodes

  • 41..
  • 62..
  • 63..
  • 64..
  • 86..
  • 87..
  • 88..
  • 40..
  • 50..
  • 82..
  • 83..
  • 17..
  • 18..
  • 31..
  • 34..
  • 36..
  • 69..
  • 81..
  • 94..
  • 10..
  • 12..
  • 14..
  • 15..
  • 23..
  • 25..
  • 30..
  • 42..
  • 49..
  • 52..
  • 56..

8 more values · 8 vehicles

VIN prefixes

  • AN5L2...
  • AN5L1...
  • AN5L15...
  • AN5L36...
  • AN53...
  • AN52...
  • AN5L16...
  • AN5L34...
  • AN5L46...
  • AN5L19...
  • AN5L20...
  • AN5L39...
  • AN5L43...
  • AN5L45...
  • 26...
  • AH5L1...
  • AN51...
  • AN526...
  • AN537...
  • AN541...
  • AN542...
  • AN549...
  • AN5L14...
  • AN5L21...
  • AN5L3...
  • AN5L37...
  • AN5L38...
  • AN5L49...

Key data

Marke
AUSTIN
Marke und Typ
AUSTIN SPRITE
Treibstoffcode
B ·
Hubraum
948
Zylinder
4
Leistung kW
0
Fahrzeugart
001
Karosserieform
176
Antrieb
H
Bestand in Verkehr
76
Bestand ausser Verkehr
132

Field labels are the German originals of ASTRA's overview table (pre-1985); no official translations exist for this corpus ("Lien RT" is the official French label of the French scan).

Typenschein – all fields

TG
2581
Link TG
Official scan (ASTRA portal)
Lien RT
Official scan (ASTRA portal)
Erstellung
vor / avant 10.03.2004
TG-Format
1. Generation
Marke
AUSTIN
Marke und Typ
AUSTIN SPRITE
Markencode
5009
Fahrzeugart
001
Karosserieform
176
Treibstoffcode
B ·
Leistung kW
0
Hubraum
948
Zylinder
4
Antrieb
H
Sitze von
2
Gesamtgew. von
815
Bestand in Verkehr
76
Bestand ausser Verkehr
132