MG 18/80

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MG 18/80 Mark I touring car (1930)
MG 18/80 Mark I touring car (1930)
18/80 Mark I-III
Production period: 1928-1932
Class : Middle class
Body versions : Touring car , limousine , coupé
Engines: Otto engine :
2.5 liters (59 kW)
Length: 3988-4369 mm
Width: 1549-1676 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 2896 mm
Empty weight : 934-1212 kg
Previous model MG 14/40

The MG 18/80 was a mid-range car that MG brought out in 1928 as the successor to the 14/28 and 14/40 types .

description

While the predecessors were technically and optically optimized Morris Oxford "Bullnose" , the MG 18/80 was the first model in which the factory had designed the chassis itself and thus showed the typical MG radiator grille with vertical for the first time vertical slats and vertical center bar and higher set headlights.

The Mark I and Mark II were available in a variety of different body styles, two- and four-door, two- and four-seater and both closed and touring cars. The Mark I was built a total of 501 times between 1928 and 1931. From 1929 the Mark II was offered in parallel , which was produced 236 times.

The large cars were equipped with six-cylinder in-line engines with chain-driven overhead camshafts (ohc) and a displacement of 2468 cc. The power was around 60 bhp (44 kW) and had a double carburetor with only one float chamber. The top speed was 80 mph (128 km / h), as indicated by the 80 in the product designation 18/80.

The Mark III was also known as the 18/100 and was the racing version, only five vehicles of which were produced in 1930. This version had dry sump lubrication and achieved 80 hp (59 kW).

There was no direct successor. It wasn't until 1936 that the next large MG came onto the market, the SA .

Web links

Commons : MG 18/80  - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • David Culshaw, Peter Horrobin: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975. Veloce Publishing, Dorchester 1997, ISBN 1874105936 .