Healey Sprite Motor Company

Healey Sprite Motor Company
legal form	Company
founding	1998
resolution	2000
Seat	Newport , Isle of Wight , United Kingdom
management	Brian Rayward
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Healey Sprite Motor Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

1998 Brian Rayward founded the company in Maidenhead in the County of Berkshire . He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Healey . In the same year he moved to Newport on the Isle of Wight . At times, six vehicles were built in a week. Production ended in 2000. In contrast to other providers of similar vehicles, only complete vehicles were offered.

vehicles

One model was the Sprite , the successor to the IPI from Island Plastics . This was a replica of the first generation Austin-Healey Sprite . The base formed a monocoque from steel . An open body made of fiberglass was mounted on top. In contrast to the original, a trunk lid enabled access to the luggage compartment. A four-cylinder engine with 1800 cm³ displacement , which came first from Isuzu and later from Ford , propelled the vehicle.

Another project was the workhorse . This was an off-road vehicle based on the Mercedes-Benz G-Class .

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Healey Sprite chapter.
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 681. (English)

Web links

• Allcarindex (accessed May 1, 2015)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Healey Sprite chapter.
2. ^ ^{A b} George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 681. (English)