The Austin-Healey 3000 was a sports car
built from 1959 to 1967, by Jensen Motors for the Austin-Healey
marque, and is the best known of the 'big' Healey models.
The 3000 was a successful car which won its class in many European
rallies in its heyday - and is still used in competition by
enthusiasts today. The car was originally to be called the "Mille
Miglia" after the famous sports car race, but the displacement-based
"3000" name stuck instead. Both the 3000 and the 100 before it were
known simply as "the Austin-Healey" in the 1950s, since the company
was essentially a single-vehicle marque.
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