The MG File: All Models Since 1922 (Eric Dymock Motor Book) (AF)

Dymock, Eric

ISBN 10: 095341423X / ISBN 13: 9780953414239

Published by Dove Publishing, Bute, 2001

About this Item

A very close to new copy in a very good dust jacket. A chronological, car?by?car survey of MG?s evolution, beginning with the early Cecil Kimber era and moving through the iconic Midgets, T?series, MGA, MGB, and later models. The emphasis is on how MG became a global symbol of accessible sports motoring: not the fastest or most expensive cars, but machines that captured imagination through character, racing pedigree, and sheer popularity. The book highlights landmark achievements such as class wins in the 1933 Mille Miglia and the 1934 TT, and it explains how MG?s identity survived decades of industrial change.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The MG File: All Models Since 1922 (Eric Dymock Motor Book) (AF)
• Publisher: Dove Publishing, Bute
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 095341423X
• ISBN 13: 9780953414239
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • History
  • Transport
  • Non Fiction

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Synopsis

This book is a car-by-car account of MG models from their foundation in the 1920s through to the 21st century. Some cars have become classics because there were so few. MGs became classics because there were so many. The best known sports cars in the world, MGs were already an institution in the 1930's, the founder Cecil Kimber having set a motor industry example of niche marketing which was followed for the rest of the century and beyond. Rarely the most expensive or the fastest of cars, MGs exemplified the sports two-seater in its purest form. An open MG became an aspiration of the young at heart throughout the world; its name bolstered by a sporting reputation that transcended its outright victories. MGs were class winners, as in the 1933 Mille Miglia; they won epic events on handicap like the 1934 TT, when the great Nuvolari drove the splendid K3. MG's survival in the rough and tumble of the motor industry was testament to a reputation forged when the charismatic Midget of 1929 lit a spark of enthusiasm that never went out.