With its cartoonish ‘Frogeye’ face, Lilliputian dimensions and 43hp engine, the Austin-Healey Sprite wasn’t the obvious starting point for a giant-killing race car. Yet this plucky roadster ...

In November 1988 I had taken the plunge and purchased the car of my childhood dreams, a 1965 Austin Healey 3000 MK III ... here during the making of his movie, "Le Mans." The new proprietor ...

In fact, they earned the car its nickname of Bugeye. A tiny roadster offering driving thrills and absolutely no frills, the Austin-Healey “Bugeye” Sprite was, in many ways, the antithesis of ...

One might think the two industrialists got together and agreed to build snazzy sports cars like this issue’s 1961 Austin-Healey 3000. But that’s not the way it happened. Herbert Austin’s ...