Austin & Austin-Healey

By: Jon Pressnell . Few British cars are more loved both sides of the Atlantic than the legendary big Austin-Healeys, the 100 and the charismatic six-cylinder 3000. Their little sister, the Sprite, reinvented the affordable small sports car and led to a...

By: Norman Burr . Introduction The authorised biography of one of the best-liked bad boys in British motorsport, John Chatham - driver, racer, repairer, rebuilder, tuner, trader and lover of Austin-Healeys. John is so synonymous with...

By: Graham Robson . Born in 1952, the Austin-Healey 100 soon took the UK and US markets by storm. A beautiful, brutish car, it was what many sporting motorists had been waiting for, and at a relatively affordable price. Following the 100 was the 3000...

By: Colin Peck . This new book examines how Austin bounced back after WWII, and how, despite the severe materials shortage, it managed to develop the largest range of vehicles produced by any automaker in postwar Britain. It examines how these vehicles...

By: Brooklands Books . The first Sprites were designed as affordable sports cars. They were simple and basic with a tuned Austin A35 engine. The 1961 restyle gave the Sprite a more conventional face, at the same time an MG version was announced. The...

By: Brooklands Books . By the time the Austin-Healey 3000 appeared in July 1959, the Big Healey was a familiar sight on British and North American roads. The new models were hard to distinguish from their forebears by a cursory visual examination, but...

By: Graham Robson . Unveiled in 1952, the Austin-Healey 100 was an innovation in the sports car market and won instant acclaim. As the series developed, the cars only became more popular and garnered an even larger following. This illustrated...

By: Keith Martin . With his monthly Sports Car Market Magazine, Keith Martin made official what the world of car collecting already knew: He was the ultimate authority on collector cars, his columns in AutoWeek and Automobile, and his appearances on...

By: Brooklands Books . This book is a compilation of road and comparison tests, new model reports, racing, specifications, history and used car classic reports. Includes: 100, 100S, 100M, 100 Six, Mille Miglia, 3000, Mk II, Mk III, Sprite, Sebring,...

By: Geoffrey Healey . There have been many books about the world-famous Healey and Austin- Healey cars, but here — re-issued to meet continuing demand — is the definitive account. Drawing on the diaries, notebooks, photographs and films of...

By: John Baggott . For Donald Healey, head of a small firm manufacturing sports cars, and for the history of British motor sport, the 1952 Earls Court Motor Show was a fateful occasion. It was there that Healey showed his new car, the Healey 100, which...

By: Graham Robson . In nine eventful years - 1957 to 1965 - the six-cylinder-engined Austin Healey evolved into a formidable and increasingly specialised rally car. By any standards, it was the first of the "homologation specials" - a type made...