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Rent a 1962 Austin Healey: the legendary British sports car

You can no longer buy this car. You can only rent it. Austin Healey was a British sports car brand that was last produced in 1972. The company was created through a joint venture created in 1952 by Leonard Lord of the Austin division of British Motor Corporation (BMC) and Donald Healey, a renowned automotive designer and engineer. In 1968, the joint venture ended after the end of its 20-year contract. Donald Healey left the company in 1968 when British Motor Holdings merged with British Leyland. Healey finally joined Jensen Motors in 1952 and became its president in 1972. And, in a nutshell, this marked the end of a great sports car race. Austin Healey, however brief this merger was, managed to build three models between 1953 and 1971. The models built between 1953 and 1959 were called Austin Healey 100. This name was given because it is one of the few cars. from that moment on, they could maintain a speed of 160 km / h. British sports car The following models were built in