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The MGA is a sports car that was produced by MG from 1955 until 1962. The MGA replaced the MG TF 1500 Midget and represented a complete styling break from MG's earlier sports cars. Announced on 26 September 1955 [ 3 ] the car was officially launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show .
The Magic Midgets were a number of record-breaking 750cc "midget" MG cars of the 1930s. ... EX181 (MGA- based Speed Record Car of the 1950s) [6] References
MG is a British automotive ... MG departed from its earlier line of Y-Type saloons and pre-war designs and released the MGA in ... speed record attempts continued ...
The MG T-Type is a series of body-on-frame open two-seater sports cars that were produced by MG from 1936 to 1955. Known as the Midget, the series, included the TA, TB, TC, TD, and TF models. Although the design was contemporary in the 1930s, it had grown outdated by the 1950s, and was replaced by the all new MGA in 1955.
The following is a list of cars marketed under the British MG marque. The marque was owned, and the cars produced, by Morris Garages (1924–1930), M.G. Car Company (1930–1952), British Motor Corporation (1952–1967), British Motor Holdings (1967–1968), British Leyland (1968–1992), Rover Group (1992–2000), MG Rover Group (2000–2006), Nanjing Automobile Group (2006–2011), and MG ...
Land speed records by type of vehicle Category Speed (km/h) Speed (mph) Vehicle Operator Date Certifier Refs Land speed record [a]: 1,227.985: 763.035: ThrustSSC
Eyston (left) with fire-damaged MG Midget, 1931 [2]. Captain George Edward Thomas Eyston MC OBE (28 June 1897 – 11 June 1979 [3]) was a British engineer, inventor, and racing driver best known for breaking the land speed record three times between 1937 and 1939.
The MG F and MG TF are mid-engined, rear wheel drive roadster cars that were sold under the MG marque by three manufacturers between 1995 and 2011.. The MG F was the first new model designed as an MG since the MGB that was produced from 1962 to 1980, the marque spent the 1980s being used to denote performance models from then parent Austin Rover Group, and was briefly seen on the MG RV8, a ...