When the Mark IV Austin-Healey Sprite (and its MG Midget near-identical twin) debuted for the 1967 model year ... its 2,660 pounds with just 90 base-engine horsepower, that made the Sprite ...

No new engine was required, as they decided to use the four-cylinder, 948-cubic-centimeter engine used in Austin A-series vehicles. A 1958 Austin-Healey Sprite owned by Danville’s Jim Rose.