Austin A40 Sports

Infobox Automobile


name = Austin A40 Sports
manufacturer = Austin/BMC
production = 1950-1953
4,011cite book |last=Robson |first=G. |title=A-Z of British Cars 1945-80|year=2006 |publisher=Herridge |location=Devon, UK |id=ISBN 0-9541063-9-3]
class = sports car
body_style = 2-door convertible
engine = 1.2 L I4
transmission = 4-speed manual
length = Auto in|159|0
width = Auto in|61|0
height = Auto in|57.5|0
weight = convert|19|long cwt|lb kg|1|abbr=on
wheelbase = Auto in|92|0
related = Austin A40 Devon
designer =

:"See Austin A40 for other A40 models and Austin A40 Somerset for the other versions of this car."

The A40 Sports was a small aluminium-bodied convertible version of the Austin A40 Somerset. Produced from 1950 until 1953, the A40 Sports featured a 4-seat 2-door body designed by Eric Neale and built by Jensen as a scaled down version of the 1950 Jensen Interceptor. It was mechanically very similar to the Somerset saloon, though it used a twin-carburettor version of the 1.2 L engine producing Auto bhp|46|0 as opposed to Auto bhp|42|0.

4,011 A40 Sports cars were produced when production ended. Jensen went on to produce the Austin-Healey 100, which could be seen as a replacement for this car.

volume = | pages = | date = May 16 1951]

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External links

* [http://www.austinmemories.com Austin Memories]