Donald Healey formed his own motor company after the Second World War in Warwick, but he was already an accomplished designer, driver and engineer. Early success in the local Lands End Trial during the 1920s. In 1931 driving an Invicta 4½-litre Donald Healey won the Monte Carlo Rally, and in 1932, 1934 and 1936 he was in the top ten finishers on this event. The Triumph Motor Company employed Healey from 1931 where he contributed to the design of the Southern Cross and the Dolomites. After WW2 Healey, who had not convinced the Triumph board of his latest design, set up his own Donald Healey Motor Company to take this design forward. Launched in 1946 the Healey Westland was made in an old aircraft hangar at Warwick with design assisted by two colleagues from his wartime work at Humber. Variations on this design included the Healey Elliott saloon which recorded the fastest speed for a production saloon, and also the Silverstone sporets car which won its class on the Alpine Rally in 1947 and 1948 and the class Mille Miglia in 1949. A joint venture with the Nash-Kelvinator corporation gave the Nash-Healey product. Plans for his next Austin-engined car won over Leonard Lord to create the 1952 Austin-Healey 100 (and later 3-litre versions). Donald Healey joined Jensen Motors and helped to engineer the Jensen C-V8 and later the Jensen-Healey.