Editing Nash-Healey (section)

=== 1951 ===
[[File:1951 Nash-Healey luxury sports gran turismo car at Rambler Ranch 1of6.jpg|thumb|1951 Nash-Healey]]

The 1951 Nash-Healey was the first post-war sports car from a major American automaker, two years ahead of the [[Chevrolet Corvette]].<ref name=Jedlicka>{{cite web|url= http://www.danjedlicka.com/classic_cars/1951-54_Nash_Healey.html |title=1951-54 Nash-Healey History |first=Dan |last=Jedlicka |access-date=13 April 2015}}</ref> The custom-built [[Kurtis-Kraft]] which predated it never reached "production car" status, with 18 units being built.<ref name="Bomstead">{{cite web |url= http://www.sportscarmarket.com/columns/profiles/american/5541-1950-nash-healey-roadster |date=August 2013 |title=1950 Nash-Healey Roadster |first=Carl |last=Bomstead |access-date=13 April 2015 |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210727164339/http://www.sportscarmarket.com/columns/profiles/american/5541-1950-nash-healey-roadster |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Jedlicka/>

A prototype was exhibited at the [[Mondial de l'Automobile|Paris Motor Show]] in September 1950. The production model debuted at the February 1951 [[Chicago Auto Show]],<ref name="AnnHulme"/> followed that month by the Miami Auto Show.<ref name="Bomstead"/> Also classified as a grand tourer for its luxury appointments and extreme price, the car served its purpose and was campaigned in several racing circuits.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=nLrVP8ylggwC&q=Nash-Healey+Le+Mans+roomy+a+genuine+GT |pages=174–175 |quote= Le Mans roomy, a genuine GT |title=Complete book of collectible cars, 1930-1980 |first=Richard M. |last=Langworth |editor=Consumer Guide |publisher=Random House |year=1986 |isbn=978-0-517-47934-6 |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Rob Leicester |last=Wagner |page=35 |title=Style and Speed: The World's Greatest Sports Cars |publisher=MetroBooks |year=1998 |isbn=978-1-56799-633-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=PaUjAQAAMAAJ&q=Nash-Healey+in+GT+racing |page=60 |title=U.S. Challenge in the Le Mans 24 Hours Race |magazine=The Motor |location=England |volume=125 |date=1964 |via=Google Books |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref>

Donald Healey gave the first example to [[Petula Clark]],<ref name="AnnHulme"/> with the registration number PET 1.{{clarify|"Registration" or "license" number?|date=January 2021}} The only colors available were "Champagne Ivory" and "Sunset Maroon". The [[suggested retail price]] (MSRP) of [[United States dollar|US$]]3,767 [[Free On Board|F.O.B.]] [[New York City]] was considered to be high priced.<ref>{{cite news|last=Vance |first=Bill |title=Reflections: Healey's creations helped make British sports cars popular |newspaper=The London Free Press |date=16 September 2005}}</ref>