The Austin-Healey 100-6 was a two-seat roadster announced in late September 1956 and produced until 1959, replacing the Austin-Healey 100 and followed by the Austin-Healey 3000; together the three are known as the big Healeys. It used a tuned version of the BMC C-series engine previously fitted to the Austin Westminster, at first producing 102 bhp and from 1957 117 bhp, and came as the 2+2 BN4 and, from 1958, the two-seat BN6. A total of 14,436 were produced before production ended in 1959.
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The Austin-Healey 100-6 is a two-seat roadster that was announced in late September 1956 and produced from 1956 until 1959.
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14,436 100-6s were produced before production ended in 1959.
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The cars used a tuned version of the BMC C-Series engine previously fitted to the Austin Westminster, initially producing 102 bhp (76 kW) and increased in 1957 to 117 bhp (87 kW) by fitting a revised manifold and cylinder head.
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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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