08-05-2025, 09:25 PM
Hi Oliver
I don't think such information was ever published by Austin.
Their publicity material implied that you could carry two adults and two children, with occasional rather optimistic shots showing four rather small adults. I would estimate the driver, an adult passenger and two children to weigh 200 kg. Add in a full tank of fuel at 15 kg and a meagre 5 kg for luggage you would be up to 230 kg payload. The cars themselves got heavier over the years, but 600 kg would be typical for a Ruby. So my estimate of realistic all up weight is 830 kg.
Of course, knowing the way bureaucracy and officialdom work my realistic estimate counts for nothing
I don't think such information was ever published by Austin.
Their publicity material implied that you could carry two adults and two children, with occasional rather optimistic shots showing four rather small adults. I would estimate the driver, an adult passenger and two children to weigh 200 kg. Add in a full tank of fuel at 15 kg and a meagre 5 kg for luggage you would be up to 230 kg payload. The cars themselves got heavier over the years, but 600 kg would be typical for a Ruby. So my estimate of realistic all up weight is 830 kg.
Of course, knowing the way bureaucracy and officialdom work my realistic estimate counts for nothing