The Austin-Healey “Bugeye” Sprite was a British roadster produced between early 1958 and late 1960. It was known for its fixed-headlight design, which formed a smiley face with the grille, and ...

Its BMC A-Series 948-cc four-cylinder was rated at 36 horsepower in the Morris Minor 1000 and Austin A30/A35, but thanks to its twin SU side-draft carbs, the Sprite's engine pushed out 7 more horses.

It sold briefly, from 1958 to ’61. Today, though, you almost never see two examples of the Mk I Austin-Healey Sprite—aka the “Bugeye ... The all-stock engine returns 43 horsepower at 5200 ...

An Austin-Healey Sprite, known as a Bugeye. Larrick, 67, has Sprite No. 300 — Silberkleit owns No. 1 — and two other classic cars, a 1978 Citroën and a 1961 Lotus 7.

We drive the Bugeye Guy’s EV-converted Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite, which has been designed to offer modern reliability and performance.

Austin-Healey’s Mark I Sprite, a little racer known as a Bugeye, is perhaps not the first car you’d consider for a cross-country drive. For one thing, there’s no trunk lid (access is from ...

Article content. It’s a Bugeye being built on a budget. Working with a minimal amount of dollars, Ian Cassley plans to have his 1959 Austin-Healey ‘Bugeye’ Sprite on the road by Labour Day ...