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The Jowett Jupiter is a British sports car which was produced by Jowett Cars Ltd of Idle, near Bradford.. Following the launch of the all new Jowett Javelin [7] and its successes in competition, Jowett decided to use its power train in a sports car for export in the hope of increasing their inadequate steel allocation.
The establishment of the World Sports Car Championship, composed mainly of endurance races such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The beginnings of the British Saloon Car Championship, now the British Touring Car Championship. The Mille Miglia is last held after thirty years. The Portuguese Grand Prix debuts in 1958; The Dutch Grand Prix is first ...
The Austin A90 Atlantic is a British car produced by the Austin Motor Company from 1949 until 1952. It was launched initially as a four-seat convertible, making its début at the 1948 Earls Court Motor Show in London, with production models built between early 1949 and late 1950.
The Nash-Healey is a three-seat luxury sports car or grand tourer produced from 1951 to 1954. It was marketed by the Nash-Kelvinator conglomerate in North America as a halo car to promote sales of its Nash Motors division. The car resulted from a joint venture between Nash-Kelvinator and British automaker, the Donald Healey Motor Company.
Unlike the Le Mans racers, these cars had a more integrated rear roofline and were without the tail fins of the roadsters. [12] Until 1962 the car was assembled for Rootes by Armstrong Siddeley. [1] An open car with overdrive was tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1959. It had a top speed of 99.5 mph (160.1 km/h) and could accelerate ...
This page is a compilation of sports cars, coupés, roadsters, kit cars, supercars, hypercars, electric sports cars, race cars, and super SUVs, both discontinued and still in production (or will be planned to produce). Cars that have sport trims (such as the Honda Civic SI) will be listed under the sport trims section. Production tunes will ...
The MGA is a sports car that was produced by MG from 1955 until 1962. The MGA replaced the MG TF 1500 Midget and represented a complete styling break from MG's earlier sports cars. Announced on 26 September 1955 [3] the car was officially launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
Pages in category "1950s cars" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 291 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.