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Development of the MGB started at least as early as 1958 with the prototype known by its Abingdon codename; MG EX205. [4] In structure the car was a progressive, modern design in 1962, using a unitary structure, instead of the traditional body-on-frame construction used on both the MGA and MG T-types and the MGB's rival, the Triumph TR series. [5]
To the dismay of many enthusiasts, the 1974 MGB was the last model made with chrome bumpers due to new United States safety regulations; the 1974½ bore thick black rubber bumpers that some claimed ruined the lines of the car. In 1973, the MGB GT V8 was launched with the ex-Buick Rover V8 engine and was built until 1976. As with the MGB, the ...
The 70-foot MGBs were of several different original batches or types: MGB numbers 6 to 21 originally had 3-shaft Napier petrol engines giving 1,650 bhp in total and a top speed of 27 knots, being later refitted with Packards for 3,600 bhp and 38 kts, while MGB 46 and MGBs 50 to 67 had 3-shaft Rolls-Royce installations for 3,300 bhp and a top ...
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 ...
The XPower variant, borrowing its name from MG's older performance line, went on sale in 2023. [53] In 2023, MG introduced another electric car and its first roadster, the Cyberster, which went on sale in 2024. [54] In 2024, MG introduced the new generation of the three of its internal combustion engine vehicles, the MG3, MG HS, and MG ZS.
The "Blue Streak" was an inline-6 development of the B series, adding two extra cylinders to create a 2.4 L (2,433 cc) engine. Different market demands in Australia required the fitting of a six-cylinder engine to a car the size of BMC's mid-range Farina model and the corporate C-series engine would not fit, requiring the development of the ...
The engine is still cast now (2011), in an improved version, by Coscast in Birmingham, UK. As well as appearing in Rover cars, the engine was sold by Rover to small car builders, and has appeared in a wide variety of vehicles. Rover V8s feature in some models from Morgan +8, TVR, Triumph TR8, Land Rover and MGB V8, among many others.
Canadian built example using running gear, engine, transmission, diff and brakes from a Toyota Corolla GT-S Twin Cam, uprights from a Hyundai Stellar and steering rack from MG MGB. Locost spaceframe. Locost frame and some body panels. A Locost is a home-built car inspired by the Lotus Seven.