The article dives into MGAs
The MGA's design was loosely based on a factory-built race car for a privateer running the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1951, that was scrounged up using MG TD mechanicals by Syd Enever, who joined the company in the 1920s at the age of 14
The MGB was ultra rigid, a unibody, and MG's monocoque car, and resulted from contributions from Syd Enever.
The MGB GT had a sculpting assist from Pininfarina
SAIC Motor of Shanghai bought MG in 2007 by acquiring Nanjing Automobile Corporation (NAC), which had bought the brand from the defunct MG Rover Group in 2005. Currently, MG operates as a division within SAIC's passenger vehicle branch.
I've been driving an MGHS since September 2023 (from the Motability scheme in the UK) and can honestly say I have been pleasantly surprised by how good it is. MY biggest criticism of the car is the rear view mirror is to low and should have been placed a inch ore two higher but you get used to it very quickly.
ReplyDeleteWe are due a new car this year and are tempted to go with another MGHS or maybe a Kia Sportage. We need the height to make it easier for my partner to get in or out of the car.
The way we pick cars is rather strange, My other half will get in and out of the front passenger seat, If its OK then I'll get in the car and we look at the rest of it and maybe test drive it. If its no good for her we move on and and I don't look at the rest of the car.
that's a good method!
DeleteAnd I hope you avoid Kia... my Hyundai has been so stricken with problems, in the engine oil consumption, in the turbo, the shock mounts, the drivers side window glide, the CD player, and the rear hatch lock.
I have had the turbo, engine, and trans and shock mounts replaced under warranty and the driver side window fixed twice.
Hyundai / Kia simply went CHEAP on parts and design, to sell a car cheap (yup, I had to buy the least expensive car with a stick shift on the market) and I've been wasting so much time and money on that car ever since. only 105000 miles, and then the radiator cracked, the radiator support bracket snapped, and the heater pipe with a nipple soldered to it, for bypass? Oxidized so bad it started leaking. So, that was past the warranty, and I had to pay out of pocket, a total of 5k including a rental car, new hoses, and thermostat.