Sports car projects : Aston MGB

The Aston-MGB as launched to the press in June 1980: William Towns created a very effective makeover of the existing car, given that there were no significant changes made to the car (beyond the use of an MGB GT windscreen and surround).The Aston MGB The 10th September 1979 became known as “Black Monday” among MG enthusiasts around the world, because it was the date that BL finally went public with their plans to shut the Abingdon factory, after fifty successful years of sports car production. Shockwaves reverberated around the industry, and it did not take long […]
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Sports car projects : ADO76

Given itWhen MG met Michelotti Until recently, AROnline listed the ADO76 project as a rubber-bumpered version of the MGB, but in essence there was much more to it than that… Moves were afoot in both Abingdon and Pressed Steel-Fisher (PSF) in Cowley to produce something with a clear 1970s style for the upcoming decade… sadly, it […]
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In-house designs : The SSV cars

Safety first Following Ralph Nader’s 1965 report Unsafe At Any Speed, which highlighted the poor handling and/or crash-resistance of numerous cars sold in the US, the race was on by the car manufacturers to prove that they took the safety issue seriously, despite the old automotive adage that “safety doesn’t sell”. Like all other companies […]
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MG B versus Triumph TR4 : EDITO février 2011

Il y a des modèles que nous apprécions particulièrement parmi les anglaises que nous vendons et nous souhaiterions vous en faire partager la passion.
Celles que nous opposons aujourd’hui aujourd’hui sont deux icônes des années 60, celles que tout “fils à papa fortuné” se devait de posséder pour briller en société au coeur des 30 glorieuses. […]

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