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Austin-Healey Sprite Mk. I "Frogeye"  

1958-1961, Great Britain

engines/performance

engines:
years cyl./valv. compr. displacement

power

  specific fuel torque  
58-61: i4/8V 8.3:1 948cc.(58ci)

42.5-bhp

@5300rpm

44.8 hp/l 2x1bbl 52lb-ft. (71Nm)

@3000rpm

performance:
engine topspeed 0-50mph 0-62mph 0-100mph 0-124mph

1/4mile

mileage (US-gallon)
0.9l42.5hp: 138kph/86mph 13.7s 20.5s ?s ?s

21.7s@?mph/?kph

? l/100km? mpg

tyres/transmission

tyres front/rear: 5.20 x 13
transmission/drive wheel: 4-speed/RWD

dimensions/weight

length x width x height: 3493 x 1346 x 1209 mm (137.5 x 53.0 x 47.6 in)
wheelbase - tread f/r: 2032 mm - 1161/1140 mm (80.0 in - 45.7/44.9 in)
some calculations: base aera: 4.70 m² (50.6 sq.ft.) - frontal aera: ~1.34 m² (~14.5 sq.ft.) - LxWxH: 5.68 m³ (200.7 cu.ft.)
aerodynamics: coefficient of drag (cd): ? - drag area: ? m² / ? sq.ft.
weight: 602 - 664 kg (1328 - 1464 lb)
power/weight-ratio: 14.2 - 15.6 kg/hp (31.2 - 34.4 lb/hp) 64 - 71 hp/ton

price/production

base-price: 669 £ (1958) 
production: 48,987

The most distinctive feature of this car: its headlights. Therefore the car was called "Bugeye" or "Frogeye".
They were mounted that way because of a law in the U.S. where the headlight had to be at a minimum height.

Pictures taken in 2003 in Northeim (south of the Harz), Germany.
 
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