Coordinates | 29°57′53″N90°4′14″N |
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name | MGA |
manufacturer | MG Cars |
parent company | British Motor Corporation |
production | 1955–1962101,081 made |
predecessor | MG TF Midget |
successor | MGB |
assembly | Abingdon, EnglandEnfield, NSW, Australia |
class | Sports car |
layout | FR layout |
body style | 2-door roadster2-door coupe |
length | |
width | |
height | |
weight | 1988 pounds (902 kg) |
wheelbase | }} |
The MGA is a sports car produced by MG division of the British Motor Corporation from 1955 to 1962.
The MGA replaced the older T-type cars and represented a complete styling break from the older vehicles. The car was officially launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1955. A total of 101,081 units were sold through the end of production in July 1962, the vast majority of which were exported. Only 5869 cars were sold on the home market, the highest export percentage of any British car. It was replaced by the MGB.
It was a body-on-frame design and used the straight-4 "B series" engine from the MG Magnette saloon driving the rear wheels through a 4-speed gearbox. Suspension was independent with coil springs and wishbones at the front and a rigid axle with semi-elliptic springs at the rear. Steering was by rack and pinion. The car was available with either wire-spoked or steel-disc road wheels.
name | MG A 1500 |
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production | 1955–195958,750 made |
engine | I4 }} |
An early open car was tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1955 had a top speed of and could accelerate from 0– in 16.0 seconds. A fuel consumption of was recorded. The test car cost £844 including taxes.
name | MG A Twin Cam |
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production | 1958–19602,111 made |
engine | I4double overhead cam }} |
The temperamental engine was notorious for warranty problems during the course of production, and sales were poor. Ironically, the source of the problem was only discovered after production had ended; many restored Twin-Cams are running more reliably today than they ever did during production. The Twin-Cam was dropped in 1960 after 2,111 had been produced.
An open car was tested by the British The Motor magazine in 1958 and was found to have a top speed of , acceleration from 0– in 9.1 seconds and a fuel consumption of was recorded. The test car cost £1,283 including taxes of £428.
name | MG A 1600 |
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production | 1959–196031,501 made |
engine | I4 }} |
31,501 were produced in less than three years.
Externally the car is very similar to the 1500 with differences including: Amber or white (depending on market) front turn indicators shared with white parking lamps, separate stop/tail and turn lamps in the rear, and 1600 badging on the boot and the cowl.
A number of 1600 De Luxe versions were produced with leftover special wheels and four wheel disc brakes of the departed Twin-Cam, or using complete modified Twincam chassis left redundant by the discontinuance of that model. Seventy roadsters and 12 coupés were built.
A 1600 open car was tested by the British magazine The Motor in 1959. It had a top speed of and could accelerate from 0– in 13.3 seconds. A fuel consumption of was recorded. The test car cost £940 including taxes of £277.
name | MG A 1600 Mark II |
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production | 1960–19628,719 made |
engine | I4 }} |
The engine size was increased again to 1622 cc by increasing the bore from to for the 1961 Mark II MGA. It also had a higher ratio 4:1 rear axle, which made for more relaxed high-speed driving. An inset grille and Morris Mini tail lamps appearing horizontally below the deck lid were the most obvious visual changes. 8,198 Mark II roadsters and 521 coupés were built.
As with the 1600 De Luxe, there were also some Mark II De Luxe versions; 290 roadsters and 23 coupés were produced.
The later MG prototype EX 182 was very close to the final production MGA and was the car actually raced at Le Mans in 1955. Three MGA prototypes were entered at Le Mans in 1955. Two of the cars finished the race placing 12th and 17th overall, proving the worth of the new car. The third car crashed with serious injuries to the driver, Dick Jacobs.
The MGA has been raced extensively in the U.S. since its 1955 introduction and with considerable success. In Sports Car Club of America competition the MGA has won numerous regional and national championships. It has also been a favorite choice of those competing in vintage racing. The MGA continues to win races even at the highest levels. Kent Prather has been the most successful American MGA driver to date with G Production wins at the SCCA national championships in 1986, 1990, 1995, 2002, 2003, and 2005. Prather and his MGA accomplished this despite the fact that his MGA was often the oldest vehicle competing among several hundred race cars at the SCCA Runoffs.
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