Healey (automobile)
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The surname Healey
is used variously in the automotive industry
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People
Manufacturers
Kit-car
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Healey
Healey may refer to:Automobiles* Healey , various car manufacturers and models bearing the Healey namePeople* Healey , people with the surname Healey* Mike Healey, a fictional character from Neighbours...
is used variously in the automotive industry
Automotive industry
The automotive industry designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells motor vehicles, and is one of the world's most important economic sectors by revenue....
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People
- Donald HealeyDonald HealeyDonald Mitchell Healey CBE was a noted English rally driver, automobile engineer, and speed record holder.- Early life :...
(1898-1988), British rally driver & automotive engineer - Geoffrey HealeyGeoffrey HealeyGeoffrey Carroll Healey , British car designer, was born in Perranporth, Cornwall, the son of Donald Healey and his wife Ivy Maud, on 14 December 1922.-Early life:...
(1922-1994), British car designer, son of Donald
Manufacturers
- Donald Healey Motor CompanyDonald Healey Motor Company-History:It was formed in 1945 by Donald Healey, a renowned auto engineer and successful racing driver. It was formed after Healey discussed sports car design with Achille Sampietro, a chassis specialist for high performance cars and Ben Bowden, a body engineer, when all three worked at Humber...
(1946-1953), British car manufacturer founded by Donald Healey in WarwickWarwickWarwick is the county town of Warwickshire, England. The town lies upon the River Avon, south of Coventry and just west of Leamington Spa and Whitnash with which it is conjoined. As of the 2001 United Kingdom census, it had a population of 23,350...
UK- Healey (1946-1954) various models using a 2443 cc Riley engine built at Warwick
- Nash-HealeyNash-HealeyThe Nash-Healey is a two-seat sports car that was produced for the American market between 1951 and 1954. Marketed by Nash-Kelvinator Corporation with a Nash Ambassador drivetrain and a European chassis and body, it served as a halo vehicle for the automaker to promote the sales of the other Nash...
(1951-1954), a joint venture with Nash MotorsNash MotorsAlso see: Kelvinator and American Motors CorporationNash Motors was an automobile manufacturer based in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the United States from 1916 to 1938. From 1938 to 1954, Nash was the automotive division of the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation...
built with a Nash engine at Warwick and marketed only in USA by Nash
- Austin-HealeyAustin-HealeyAustin-Healey was a British sports car maker. The marque was established through a joint-venture arrangement, set up in 1952 between Leonard Lord of the Austin division of the British Motor Corporation and the Donald Healey Motor Company, a renowned automotive engineering and design...
(1953-1973), a joint venture with Austin/BMC/Leyland using various AustinAustin Motor CompanyThe Austin Motor Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles. The company was founded in 1905 and merged in 1952 into the British Motor Corporation Ltd. The marque Austin was used until 1987...
engines- Austin-Healey 100(/4) & 100/6Austin-Healey 100The Austin-Healey 100 is a sports car built from 1953 until 1959. There were two models, the original four-cylinder Austin-Healey 100, built 1953-1956, and the six-cylinder Austin-Healey 100-6, built 1956-1959....
(1953-56, 1956-1959), produced by BMCBritish Motor CorporationThe British Motor Corporation, or commonly known as BMC was a vehicle manufacturer from United Kingdom, formed by the merger of the Austin Motor Company and the Nuffield Organisation in 1952...
and Jensen MotorsJensen MotorsJensen Motors Ltd was a British manufacturer of sports cars and commercial vehicles, based in the Lyng – West Bromwich...
at West Bromwich UK - Austin-Healey SpriteAustin-Healey SpriteThe Austin-Healey Sprite is a small open sports car which was announced to the press in Monte Carlo by the British Motor Corporation on 20 May 1958, just before that year's Monaco Grand Prix. It was intended to be a low-cost model that "a chap could keep in his bike shed", yet be the successor to...
(1958-1971), produced by BMC at Abingdon - Austin-Healey 3000Austin-Healey 3000The Austin-Healey 3000 is a British sports car built from 1959 to 1967, and is the best known of the "big" Healey models. The car's bodywork was made by Jensen Motors, and the vehicles were assembled at the BMC Abingdon works....
(1959-1967), produced by BMC and Jensen Motors
- Austin-Healey 100(/4) & 100/6
- Jensen-HealeyJensen-HealeyThe Jensen-Healey is a two-seater convertible sports car that was originally produced between 1972 and 1976 by Jensen Motors, Ltd. Roughly 10,000 were produced at West Bromwich, England. A related fastback, the Jensen GT was introduced in 1975.-Design:...
(1972-1976), a joint venture with Jensen produced by Jensen MotorsJensen MotorsJensen Motors Ltd was a British manufacturer of sports cars and commercial vehicles, based in the Lyng – West Bromwich...
Kit-car
- Hult HealeyHult HealeyHult Healey was a make of kit cars in Sweden.It all started when Mats Svanberg from Hult saw an Austin-Healey and fell in love with it. In the 1970s he bought one and in 1981 it was due for a renovation and he wanted to make a replica of the competition Austin-Healey, but without ruining his...
, Swedish kit-car
See also
- Healey 1000/4Healey 1000/4The Healey 1000/4 is a British motorcycle made by the Healey brothers between 1971 and 1977. Fitted with an improved Ariel Square Four 1000 cc engine the Healey was cheaper than a Honda Gold Wing, but only 28 Healey motorcycles were ever built....
(1971-1977), motorcycle built in Redditch