Whether MG could have survived during the postwar era without the benefit of American sales is open to debate but there is little doubt that the United States served as the Sacred Octagon’s most important export market for more than 30 years, introducing countless enthusiasts there to the thrill of driving nimble sports cars, at an affordable price, and returning millions in revenue until the MGB’s demise in 1980.
Although MGs only started to travel across the Atlantic in significant numbers after WWII, the first examples in the New World arrived much earlier, among them an M-type that Edsel Ford ordered in February 1930. The son of the man who had conceived the moving assembly line to reduce the price of the Model T to the point that made it attractive to the masses, Edsel drove the Midget regularly for three years, recording 27,509 miles on the odometer before donating it to the museum that his family had established to preserve various artefacts of automotive history.
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Love and devotion
Bob Nason waited eight years to get the car of his dreams and, 19 years later, heâs still smitten with it...
Tidy-up time
Craig continues his quest to save the modified ZS 120 he told us about in Decemberâs issue of MGE and takes advantage of a break in the weather to focus on its bodywork.
XPress power
MGs on Track regular, Dave Pearce, has a range of MGs at his disposal including this rather special XPower SV-R.
Sparking memories
MGE reader Peter Morrey recalls his very first MG, his familyâs experiences of the then-new MGA and advice from a chap with a bit of MG insider knowledge.
Gerry McGovern
When the MGF appeared, in 1995, it marked a return to the market for MG sports cars. MG Enthusiast caught up with the man responsible for the carâs styling.
MG's Twin-Cam engine
The Twin-Cam engine arrived in 1958 but was it a success?
Eyes peeled
This month Roger looks at other driversâ habits and ponders whether autonomous vehicle lighting helps or hinders road users?
Dear Sir...
Paul Moranâs beautifully restored 1933 Midget J2 comes with some interesting documentation which illustrates just how the privileged new car owners of the 1930s dealt with the absence of a warranty.
CHEQUERED FLAG
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2019 HSRCA SPRING FESTIVAL
The 2019 Historic Sports and Racing Car Association Spring Festival was run during a brilliant spring weekend, between 28-29 September, in Goulburn (regional New South Wales).