Austin Healey Sprite

The Austin Healey Sprite Mk 1 also known by the common name " frog " is the work of British designers of Austin Motor Company , based in Abingdon , UK. Because of the front lighting , which has a characteristic shape reminiscent of " frog eye " he has been called the " frog " . The car had its use on the racetrack. The first generation of this car was produced in the years 1958-1961 . It had four-cylinder engine capacity 1 liter. Power of 43 horsepower at 5000 RPM allowed to reach a maximum speed of 133 km / h . He was also avaible in roadster version and also characterized by its low unladen weight 670 kg . For 3 years production of this generation produced 49,987 copies.

 The Austin Healey Sprite Mk 2 it is the second generation model. Its shape resembles the model MG Midget Mk 1 , Sprite so the model is related to the model MG . The second generation was produced in 1961-1964 . At the beginning of the production of this generation used engine with a capacity of 0.9 liters. It has been modified carburetor , which increased power to 47 horsepower at 5500 RPM . Also increased the maximum speed to 138 km / h . In subsequent years, production uses a more powerful engine with a capacity of 1.1 liters. He had the power of 62 horsepower at 5,750 RPM . The maximum speed increased to 145 km / h . For the next three years the production of rolled off the production line 31665 copies of the second generation. in the third generation 1.1 liter engine was used with a 62 horsepower power derived from the previous generation . Nothing has changed. He was produced in 1964-1966 . Produced 29905 units of the third generation . The fourth generation of the Sprite was produced in 1966-1971 . While already applied a more powerful four-cylinder engine with a capacity of 1.3 liters. It had the power of 65 horsepower at 6000 RPM . The maximum speed was 153 km / h . It produced 22,970 copies of the fourth generation .