The Austin-Healey 100 was a sports car assembled by Austin from 1953 until 1956, developed by Donald Healey from his Nash-Healey using Austin A90 Atlantic mechanicals. Healey named it for its ability to reach 100 mph. Apart from the first twenty cars, production cars were finished at Austin Longbridge plant alongside the A90, on body and chassis units built by Jensen in West Bromwich. The first series, the BN1, used the A90 2660 cc four-cylinder engine rated at 90 bhp and 10,030 were built until August 1955, and the BN2, including the 100M, followed until July 1956. In all 14,634 Austin-Healey 100s were produced.
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The Austin-Healey 100 is a sports car that was assembled by Austin from 1953 until 1956.
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The first 100s (series "BN1") were equipped with the same undersquare 87.3 mm (3.4 in) bore and 111.1 mm (4.4 in) stroke 90 bhp (67 kW) 2660 cc I4 engines and manual transmission as the standard production A90, but the transmission was modified to be a three-speed floor-shift unit with a switched overdrive on second and top.
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14,634 Austin-Healey 100s were produced.
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Austin-Healey was a British sports car maker established in 1952 through a joint venture between the Austin division of the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and the Donald Healey Motor Company (Healey), a renowned automotive engineering and design firm.
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