Editing Austin-Healey Sprite (section)

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{{Infobox automobile
| name           = Austin-Healey Sprite
| aka            = Austin Sprite
| image          = Wingspr.JPG
| assembly       = [[Abingdon, Oxfordshire|Abingdon]], England<br />[[Enfield, New South Wales|Enfield]], New South Wales, Australia<ref name=Australia>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100819002538/http://www.spriteclub.com/ckd.html Whats(sic) is a Sprite or Midget, ie a Spridget?] ''The Sprite Car Club of Australia, www.spriteclub.com'' Retrieved on 22 July 2012 via web.archive.org</ref>
| manufacturer   = [[Austin-Healey]] ([[British Motor Corporation|BMC]], later [[British Leyland]])
| production     = 1958–1971
| class          = [[Sports car]]
| layout         = [[Automobile layout|FR layout]]
| body_style     = 2-door [[Roadster (automobile)|roadster]]
| related        = [[MG Midget]]
}}

The '''Austin-Healey Sprite''' is a small open [[sports car]] produced in the [[United Kingdom]] from 1958 until 1971. The Sprite was announced to the press in [[Monte Carlo]] by the [[British Motor Corporation]] on 20 May 1958, two days after 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 the sporting versions of the pre-war [[Austin 7|Austin Seven]].{{cn|date=December 2023}} The Sprite was designed by the [[Donald Healey Motor Company]], with production being undertaken at the [[MG Cars|MG]] factory at [[Abingdon, Oxfordshire|Abingdon]]. It first went on sale for £669, using a tuned version of the [[Austin Motor Company|Austin]] [[BMC A-Series engine|A-Series]] engine and as many other components from existing cars as possible to keep costs down.

When the Mk. II Sprite was introduced in 1961 it was joined by a [[Badge engineering|badge-engineered]] [[MG Cars|MG]] version, the [[MG Midget|Midget]], reviving a model name used by MG from the late 1920s through to the mid-1950s. Enthusiasts often refer to these later Sprites and Midgets collectively as "Spridgets." The MG-badged version of the car continued in production for several years after the Austin-Healey brand ceased to exist.
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