Editing Austin-Healey (section)

{{Short description|Former British sports car maker}}
{{For|the rugby player|Austin Healey}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2017}}

'''Austin-Healey''' was a British sports car maker established in 1952 through a joint venture between the [[Austin Motor Company|Austin]] division of the [[British Motor Corporation]] (BMC) and the [[Donald Healey Motor Company]] (Healey), a renowned automotive engineering and design firm. [[Leonard Lord]] represented BMC and [[Donald Healey]] his firm.

BMC merged with [[Jaguar Cars]] in 1966 to form [[British Motor Holdings]] (BMH). Donald Healey left BMH in 1968 when it merged into [[British Leyland]]. Healey then joined [[Jensen Motors]], which had been making bodies for the "[[the Big Healeys|big Healeys]]" since their inception in 1952, and became their chairman in 1972. Austin-Healey cars were produced until 1972 when the 20-year agreement between Healey and Austin came to an end. 
[[File:Ahealey Motif.jpg|right|thumb|The "Austin-Healey" inscribed badge placed on early models]]