AUSTIN-HEALEY SPRITE
he Austin-Healey Sprite Mk1 – better known by its nickname of ‘Frogeye’ in the UK and ‘Bugeye’ in the USA – enjoyed only a short career, and yet its influence on the British sports car scene was immense. It evolved into the Sprite Mk2 after just three years on sale, with that newcomer of 1961 being joined by the badge-engineered MG Midget that went on to be a big seller for Abingdon,
