British Sports Cars Since the War

2-litre 24 Hours race 6-cylinder acceleration achieved aerodynamic Allard Aston Martin Austin-Healey Austin-Healey Sprite bodywork bore and stroke Bristol British built camshaft car's coil springs compression ratio coupé Coventry-Climax Coventry-Climax engine cylinder head developed disc brakes driver fifties finished Ford Anglia Ford engine four wheels four-seater Frazer Nash front wheels gear glassfibre Healey high performance Hillman Imp improved independent front suspension independent suspension Jaguar Lea-Francis litres London Motor Show Lotus manufacturers maximum speed Mini modified Monte Carlo Rally motor sport numbers open two-seater popular post-war power output power unit pre-war production racing cars rear axle rear suspension rest to 60 road roadholding saloon cars seconds semi-elliptic side-valve Silverstone sixties space-frame sports car sports-car racing Sprite standard Stirling Moss success Sunbeam top speed Triumph Triumph TR2 twin SU carburettors V8 engine weight wishbones