MG 14/40

MG
MG 14/40 sedan (1927)
14/40 (Mark IV)
Production period:	1927-1929
Class :	Middle class
Body versions :	Touring car , limousine , coupé
Engines:	Otto engine : 1.8 liters (25.7 kW)
Length:	3810 mm
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase :	2692 mm
Empty weight :
Previous model	14/28
successor	18/80

The MG 14/40 or MG 14/40 Mark IV was a middle class -PKW, the MG 1927 as successor of the MG 14/28 brought out. It was based on the contemporary Morris Oxford and was built on Edmund Road in Cowley, Oxfordshire , where MG had moved in September 1927. It was the first model to have the octagonal MG badge on the radiator; the predecessor still had the "Morris Oxford" logo. About 700 copies were made. The successor was the MG 18/80 .

The name change from 14/28 to 14/40 was more for marketing reasons. The reason for the designation 14/40 Mark IV (Mark II and Mark III do not exist!) Is not exactly known, but it is assumed that it should indicate the fourth year of production. From the outside, the different models look very similar.

There were some changes compared to the 14/28 chassis and the brake booster was omitted.

Web links

• Photo and brief description of the MG 14/40 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Green, Malcolm: MG Sports Cars , CLB Godalming (UK) (1997), ISBN 1-85833-606-6
2. ↑ Baldwin, N .: AZ of Cars of the 1920s , Bay View Books Devon (UK) (1994), ISBN 1-870979-53-2
3. ^ Allison, Mike: The Magic of MG , Dalton Watson London (1972), ISBN 0-901564-09-5