The Austin-Healey Sprite brought fun and fresh air to a whole generation of cash-strapped sports car fiends. During the 1950s, brand-new sports cars were the preserve of the wealthy but, upon its ...

He was just 17 years old and was thrilled to discover the warehouse next to his workplace was owned by a fellow who was a car fan, a car collector, and someone who didn't have a problem with handing ...

Born: 1958 Died: 1971In the mid-1950s British Motor Corporation head Leonard Lord needed a new small and inexpensive sports car to give driving enthusiasts a start into sporty motoring. He ...

Austin-Healey got its start in 1952 by means of a partnership between two automakers: Austin, which was by then part of the British Motor Corporation conglomerate, and Donald Healey Motor Company. By ...

It’s a Bugeye being built on a budget. Working with a minimal amount of dollars, Ian Cassley plans to have his 1959 Austin-Healey ‘Bugeye’ Sprite on the road by Labour Day this year. And, in an effort ...

Jay Leno has said his favorite cars are original an unrestored. His 1959 Austin-Healey Sprite, featured on the latest episode of "Jay Leno's Garage," fits into that category. You can tell the Sprite ...

There's a shibboleth among the patched-elbow, tweed jacket, sports-car crowd that Donald Healey only cared about his "big" cars, like the fast and fabulous Austin-Healey 100. But Healey and the ...

The MkIII Sprite came with this 1,098cc four-cylinder pushrod BMC A engine. These cars weren't fast even by the standards of the middle 1960s, but they were a lot more fun to drive than the 59-hp ...

Under the British Motor Corporation (BMC) conglomerate, this lightweight British roadster debuted in 1958, looking to capture some of the look and feel of earlier British motor tradition. The Mark I ...