Automobile Makes and Models Austin Healey

Austin-Healey was a British sports car maker. The marque was established through a joint-venture arrangement, set up in 1952 between Leonard Lord of the Austin division of the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and the Donald Healey Motor Company, a renowned automotive engineering and design firm.  Austin-Healey cars were produced until 1972 when the 20-year agreement between Healey and Austin came to an end. Donald Healey left the company in 1968 when British Motor Holdings (BMC had merged with...Read Full Story

The Austin-Healey 100 is a sports car congenital from 1953 until 1956.It was developed by Donald Healey to be produced centralized by Healey's baby car aggregation in Warwick and based on Austin A90 Atlantic mechanicals. Healey congenital a distinct Healey Hundred for the 1952 London Motor Show, and the architecture afflicted Leonard Lord, Managing Director of Austin so abundant that a accord was addled with Healey to body it in abundance at Austin's Longbridge factory. The car was renamed...Read Full Story

The Early Days of MG Midget Cars Picture MG Midget Cars Back in the 1920's, the M-Type Midget had been developed from the baby Morris Minor . The result was a basic, cheap, fun two-seater, with sporting pretensions which triggered a whole dynasty of Midgets . It was the Midget series which had established MG as a manufacturer of sports cars with an excellent reputation in motor sport. Picture M-Type Midget Cars This range of cars had culminated in the TF which was seen as a Midget too far. By...Read Full Story

The MG Midget MkI (1961-1964) Picture Of 1975 Mg Midget Cars The first version was essentially a slightly more expensive badge engineered version of the Austin-Healey Sprite MKII and retained the quarter-elliptic sprung rear axle from the original Sprite. The engine was a 948 cc A-Series with twin SU carburettors producing 46 hp (34 kW) at 5500 rpm and 53 lbf·ft (72 Nm) at 3000 rpm. Brakes were 7 in (178 mm) drums all round. A hard top, heater, radio and luggage rack were available as factory...Read Full Story

Austin Healey Cars And The History Of It Past 2 Picture Of Austin-Healey 3000 The 1960s saw the introduction of the Austin Healey 3000 MkII . It sported dual carburetors and had a curved instead of straight front windshield. Although its top speed was reduced to 112.9 mph, its zero-to-60 performance increased to 10.9 seconds. Its fuel efficiency increased to 23.5 miles per gallon. Picture Of 1967 Austin Healey Sprite The Austin Healey 3000 MkIII was produced from 1964 to 1967. The MkIII could...Read Full Story