Any Idea Why AUSTIN-HEALEY SPRITE was Nicknamed The Frogeye?!!

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Origin by UK

First manufactured in Year 1958 until 1961

Engine installed 948 cc Straight Four

Top speed of 83 mph (133 km/h); 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 20.5 secs

MG with their Midget subsequently imitated the 'junior sports car' idea & the two junior sports cars are referred to collectively as 'Spridgets' (both were built at the MG factory in Abingdon). Triumph also jumped on the bandwagon with their 1962 Spitfire.

The Attractive AUSTIN-HEALEY 100 was a Hit at the 1952 Motor Show in London, leading to a Production Deal with BMC!!

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Origin by UK
First manufactured in Year 1953 until 1957
Engine installed 2,660 cc Straight Four

Top speed of 106 mph (171 km/h); 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 11.2 secs

The final '100' models became 100-6s with the fitting of a smaller straight six engine & were the 2+2 BN4 of 1956 & the two-seater BN6 of 1958. These were marginally slower than the original four-cylinder 100s but offered better acceleration.

The ASTON MARTIN DB4 Zagato Proved Very Capable of Pushing Ferrari to The Limit in Sports Car Races!!

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Origin by UK

First manufacturing in Year 1958 until 1963

Engine installed 3,670 cc DOHC Straight Six

The GT Zagato had a top speed of 153 mph (246 km/h); 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 6.1 secs

Four DB4 'Sanction II' cars were officially given GT Zagato status at the Milan factory in 1991 - Zagato had to disassemble an original to remind themselves of the body-building technique they had used on these iconic machines back in the early 1960s

The ASTON MARTIN DBR1 remains a Potent Competitor in Classic Car Races!!

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Origin by UK
First manufactured in Year 1956 until 1959
Engine installed 2,493 cc or 2,992 cc DOHC Straight Six

Top speed of 180 mph (290 km/h) when slipstreaming

When Aston Martin clinched the 1959 World Sportscar Championship at Goodwood the car driven by stirling Moss went up in flames, putting the official pit out of commission - privateer Graham Whitehead then scratched his DBR1 to allow the factory entries to refuel, Moss switched to another car.... & drove to victory.

ALFA ROMEO GIULIETTA!! Is This the most Stylish Italian Sports Car of them All?

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Origin by Italy

First manufactured in Year 1954 until 1965

Engine installed 1,290 cc DOHC Straight Four

Top speed of 103 mph (166 km/h); 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 13 secs

Question: When is a Spider not a Spider?

Answer: When it's a Spyder.

Italian manufacturers couldn't agree on the standard description of an open-top roadster, with Alfa opting for the former & Ferrari the latter (Porsche siding with Ferrari).

The Splendid AC ACE saw a number of Different Engines Fitted in Succession as the Production run unfolded!!

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Origin by UK
First manufactured in Year 1953 until 1963
Engine installed 1,991 cc, 1,971 cc or 2,553 cc Straight Six

Top speed of 103 mph (166km/h); 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 11.4 secs

Even as it was developing & manufacturing high-powered cars after World War II, AC's bread-and-butter line was a single-seat invalid carriage with a BSA motorcycle engine - a lucrative Government Contract that would last until the mid-1970s.

WOLSELEY 6/ 80!! UK!!

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Origin by UK
First manufactured in Year 1948 until 1954
Engine installed 2,215 cc Straight Six

Top speed of 85 mph (138 km/h); 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 21.4 secs

Unfortunately, despite Widespread use as a police car, the Wolseley 6/80 had an unfortunate habit of running hot & consuming its own exhaust valves after being driven hard, thus tending to spend too much time in the police MRD (Motor Repair Depot)

WILLYS MB JEEP!! USA!!

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Origin by USA
First manufactured in Year 1941
Engine installed 2.2 I (134 cid) Straight Four


Top road speed of 55 mph (89 km/h)


The original prototype that evolved into the Jeep was created by American Bantam, the reorganized outfit that emerged after the bankruptcy of the American Austin Car Company, the US manufacturing arm of Britain's Austin Motor Company.

TUCKER '48 SEDAN!! USA!!

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Origin by USA
First manufactured in Year 1948
Engine installed 5.5 I (335.6 cid) Flat Six

Top speed of 120 mph (193 km/h); 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in around 10 secs

Some of Trucker's problems - notably the damaging official investigation into his Accessories Programme that raised money by selling accessories on cars as yet unbuilt to eager would-be buyers - were instigated by Detroit's 'Big Three' car manufacturers who feared Trucker's formidable new challenger.

TRIUMPH MAYFLOWER!! UK!!

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Origin by UK
First manufactured in Year 1949 until 1953
Engine installed 1,247 cc Straight Four

Top speed of 63 mph (101 km/h)

Despite aiming squarely at the American market, Triumph actually managed to ship more Mayflowers to relatively undeveloped Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) than they ever managed to sell in the United States.

TRIUMPH ROADSTER!! UK!!

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Origin by UK
First manufactured in Year 1946 until 1948
Engine installed 1,775 cc or 2,088 cc Straight Four

1800 - top speed of 75 mph (121km/h); 0-60 mph (97km/h) in 34.4 secs, 2000 - top speed of 77 mph (124km/h); 0-60 mph (97km/h) in 27.9 secs

Jersey detective Bergerac managed to deive one of these handsome cars on TV, but emulating him isn't easy. Only some 2,500 1800s & a symmetrical 2,000 2,000s were made & those that survive are jealously guarded by besotted owners.

SUNBEAM TALBOT 90!! UK!!

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Origin by UK
First manufactured in Year 1948 until 1954
Engine installed 1,944 cc or 2,267 ccStraight Four

Top Speed of 85 mph (137km/h); 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 20.2 secs

Although production of the Sunbeam Talbot 90 officially ceased in 1954, it effectively continued for another three years in the near-identical form of the Mk III, which carried a Sunbeam Supreme badge.

SAAB 92!! Sweden!!

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Origin by Sweden

First manufactured in Year 1949 until 1957

Engine installed 764 cc Flat Twin

Top speed of 65 mph (105 km/h); 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 26.6 secs

When America's might General Motors made a list of their all-time great cars in 2008 the humble Saab 92 finished ..... in first place.