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.

2019年12月5日 · The MGA stands out in the history of British sports cars as one of the iconic models of the post-war era along with the Austin-Healey and the Triumph TR series. It was derived from a design for a racing car and despite the business merger and the pressure not to create it the car was too good not to build.

2021年6月1日 · MG was a sports car manufacturer in dire need of a new shape by the 1950s. While most automakers adopted streamlined ponton styling over the previous decade, MG was still selling its T-series roadster, a shape right at home in the open-fendered 1930s.

The MG Car Company had its factory in the town of Abingdon in Oxfordshire, England where, in 1951 Chief Designer Syd Enever built a streamlined body as a “one off” for an MG model TD to be driven by George Phillips in the Le Mans 24 hour race.

2022年4月30日 · Automotive Production Icon: History Of MG Cars. 1955 saw the first ever MG MGA being built, it was known as the ‘MGA 1500 roadster’, and soon after, in 1956, the MGA coupe hit the market. Two years later, MG revealed that they had been working hard on the ever popular twin-cam version which was available in roadster or coupe forms.

2019年4月10日 · By the time the 100,000th MGA had been built in March ’62, it was the world’s best-selling sports car. Only 5% were sold new to the home market, 80% going to the US, so most cars now in the UK are re-imports. It took six years for testers’ requests for a higher top gear to be answered, but criticism of the hood was never addressed.

MG established a name for itself in the early days of the sport of international automobile racing. Beginning before and continuing after World War II, MG produced a line of cars known as the T-Series Midgets which, post-war, were exported worldwide, …

The MGA was powered by the much more modern B-series engine that had made it's debut in the recently announced Magnette saloon. MG enthusiasts had been given a hint of what was to come as early as 1951 when George Phillips drove a re-bodied TD Midget in the Le-Mans 24 hour endurance race.

publicity and evolution of each and every MGA variant from launch in 1955 to the end of production in 1962 with specification tables for each model profiles of the people who had crucial roles in the development of the MGA and finally the

These images are from the archive of BARC – the Binghamton Automobile Racing Club formed in 1958 by four teenagers from Binghamton, New York. Joe Tierno, Dave Zych, Steve Vail and Dave Nicholas. A selection of early BMC publicity material for the MGA. Click to see a larger image. The iconic advertisement for the MGA.