Austin then had its Head of Styling, Dick Burzi, revise the design, partly to reduce cost.

Evidence of economy was seen in the original AS3 version only having a single windscreen wiper, central combined stop/tail/numberplate lamp and a sun visor in front of the driver only.

Originally only offered as a 4-door saloon, 2-door variants were introduced in late 1953, and in 1954 a van and van-based "Countryman" estate were made available.

[7][8] The A30 has a smaller rear window than the A35, and trafficators instead of modern indicators, which swung out from the B pillar when operated by a knob mounted on the centre of the dashboard.

The car's newly designed A-Series straight-4 engine was state of the art for the time and returned an average fuel consumption of 42 mpg / under 7L/100 km.

The rod system provided good handbrake efficiency and was applied by a lever in an unorthodox position to the right of the driver's seat (Right hand drive vehicles).

In 1952 branded fuels returned to the forecourts, available octane ratings began to increase, and compression ratios were progressively improved along with the performance figures of cars such as the Austin A30 and its A35 successor.