to the fact that it offered a lot of car for the money. Austin A40 Sports As one in a series of collaborations between Austin and Jensen Motors of West Bromwich, the A40 Sports originated when Austin's chairman Leonard Lord, upon seeing the Jensen Interceptor, requested that Jensen develop a body that could use the Austin A40 Devon mechanicals. The centre section of the chassis was boxed to provide rigidity for the open body, and the A40 Sports also employed a twin-SU carburettor version of the 1.2 L engine producing , rather than . During production, A40 Sports bodies were built by Jensen and transported to Austin's Longbridge plant for final assembly, with approximately 4,011 examples manufactured. References External links Austin Counties Car Club Austin Memories, History of Austin and Longbridge Video of 1948 Austin Devon Drag-car Testing Video of 1948 Austin Devon dragster A40 Devon 1950s cars Cars introduced in 1947 Rear-wheel-drive vehicles Sedans Station wagons Convertibles sv:Austin A40