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Austin-Healey 100 Six - more space and two additional cylinders for the roadster

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Created on March 30, 2016

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Bruno von Rotz

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Daniel Reinhard

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - so stellt man sich einen Sportwagen vor!

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - er ruft nur so "Herein!"

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - die Karosserie ruht auf einem Plattformrahmen

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - ein Roadster klassischer Schule

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - die Linienführung blieb weitgehend unverändert

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - eng geschnittenes Cockpit

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - unterwegs

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - viel offener kann man nicht fahren

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - man sitzt nahe am Lenkrad

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - für den Einbau des Sechszylinders und der Zusatzsitze musste der Radstand um fünf Zentimeter verlängert werden

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - klassische Roadster-Statur

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - mit dem Sechszylinder erhielt der Roadster auch einen neuen Kühlergrill

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - seitliche Auspuffenden hatten normalerweise nur die Rennversionen

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - sieht ohne Stossstangen noch sportlicher aus

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - wenig Bodenfreiheit, ab Werk betrug sie 14 Zentimeter

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - das klassische Armaturenbrett mit den Instrumenten im Oval

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - Lenkrad mit Federspeichen

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - gestartet wird per Knopfdruck

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - Drehzahlmesser und Tachometer im Blickfeld

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - der Marken-Schriftzug

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - rundlicher Kühler

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - der Typenschriftzug - rechts montiert (von vorne gesehen)

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - mit Trommelbremsen vorne ...

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - .... und hinten

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - Tankdeckel

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - der Marken-Schriftzug

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - Markenschriftzug auf dem Heck

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - der 100 Six wurde nur drei Jahre lang gebaut

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - die Windschutzscheibe kann nicht mehr umgeklappt werden

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - flach und tief, so muss ein Sportwagen sein

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - die zweisitzige Variante kam erst 1958 dazu

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - Heckansicht

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Austin Healey 100 (1952) - man beachte, dass der Wagen vorne noch mit Healey Hundred beschriftet ist, hinten aber bereits mit Austin-Healey 100

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Austin Healey 100 (1954) - an der London Motor Show mit Hardtop, im Hintergrund der neue 100 S, der erst 1955 in Serie ging

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Austin Healey 100 (1954) - am Genfer Autosalon 1954, mit aufgespanntem Dach

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Austin-Healey 100 (1954) - zum Öffnen der Türe und zur Zeichengebung kann eine Klappe der Seitenteile gehoben werden - Genfer Automobilsalon 1954

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Austin Healey 100 (1955) - Blick auf den Vierzylinder BN2, den Vorgänger des BN4, an der London Motor Show 1955

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Austin Healey 100 Six (1956) - Präsentation am Pariser Autosalon im Jahr 1956

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Austin Healey 100 Six (1957) - auf der IAA in Frankfurt im Jahr 1957 mit Hardtop

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Austin Healey 100 Six (1956) - Blick in den Motorraum

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Austin Healey 100 Six (1957) - ein BN4-Modell mit vier Sitzen, linksgelenkt

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1956) - der Sechszylinder trat die Nachfolge des urigen Vierzylinders an

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Austin Healey 100 Six (1958) - im Prospekt wurde der Linkslenker verdreht herum dargestellt

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Austin Healey 100 Six (1958) - Prospektillustration

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Austin Healey 100 Six (1959) - Zweisitzer (BN6)

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Austin Healey 100 Six (1959) - Lenkrad und Armaturenbrett eines rechtsgelenkten Zweisitzers (BN6)

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Austin-Healey 3000 (1967) - Promotionsbild, kurz vor Produktionsende aufgenommen

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Austin-Healey 3000 (1964) - mit luxuriöserer Innenausstattung

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Austin-Healey 100 Six (1958) - die obere Lufthutze kam für den Sechszylinder dazu

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Summary

In 1956, Donald Healey presented the Austin-Healey 100 Six, the six-cylinder version of the successful 100 model. More space and more comfort was the thrust, although this was not entirely voluntary, as the British Motor Company no longer wanted to produce the large four-cylinder. Despite the additional weight and somewhat reduced sportiness, the 100 Six was a success and paved the way for the 3000 model. This vehicle report portrays a late Austin-Healey 100 Six and shows it on historical material and in the sales brochure.

This article contains the following chapters

When the engine is no longer produced
Less sporty?
Added performance
Taking the press car to the Mille Miglia
Replaced by the three-liter
Sporty, sporty
Further information

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

Donald Healey was no stranger when he presented a new sports car at the 1952 London Motor Show. He had already won the Monte Carlo Rally in 1931 and in the post-war years he designed and built small-series sports cars such as the Healey Silverstone and the Nash-Healey with some success. The new sports car, which Donald wanted to present as the Healey Hundred on October 21, 1952, was renamed the Austin-Healey 100 before the show opened, after Healey and Sir Leonard Lord, then head of the British Motor Company, had agreed to work together and Austin wanted to build the new sports car in large numbers in Longbridge.

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