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MGA - The Revolutionary MG

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The MGA truly marked a revolution in MG sports car design, with its appearance quite unlike any previous production car from the celebrated British marque. Entering production in the summer of 1955, it broke with the time-honoured tradition of narrow-gutted, flat-sides, upright styling, with the distinctive large grille, exposed headlamps, separate wings and sharply cut-off tail that had serviced the majority of MG sports cars for well over thirty years. Many die-hard MG enthusiasts of the time were understandably outraged, but the decision to break with tradition proved to be a good one: over 100,000 cars were produced over the model's seven-year lifetime. This book, from celebrated author David Knowles covers: the circumstances that led to the momentous decision to amek such a fundamental design change; the production, 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 largely untold story of overseas assembly in Australia, Ireland, Mexico and South Africa.

About the author

David Knowles has been researching and writing about British cars for well over a quarter of a century. In that time, he has been lucky enough to meet and befriend many of the key people who were crucial to the design, development and manufacture of the great MG and Triumph sports cars. David Knowles is by profession a Chartered Civil Engineer. He is currently working on a sister volume to this one: MGB - The Superlative MG.

Product details

Authors David Knowles
Publisher Wiley
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 31.07.2019
 
EAN 9781785005671
ISBN 978-1-78500-567-1
Dimensions 215 mm x 280 mm x 29 mm
Weight 1378 g
Illustrations 200 colour photographs 300 black & white photographs, Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert, Raster, farbig, Raster,schwarz-weiss
Subjects Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Car, motorcycle, moped

CRAFTS & HOBBIES / General, Motor cars: general interest

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