MG D-type

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MG D-Type Midget (1932)
MG D-Type Midget (1932)
D-type midget
Production period: 1931-1932
Class : Sports car
Body versions : Touring cars , roadsters
Engines: Otto engine :
0.85 liters (20 kW)
Length: 3302 mm
Width: 1308 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 2134-2184 mm
Empty weight :
Previous model MG M-Type Midget
successor MG J-Type Midget
MG D-Type racing version (1932)

The MG D-Type Midget was a small sports car manufactured by MG from 1931 to 1932. He owned the engine of the M-Type and the chassis of the C-Type . There was only a four-seat version. Of the 250 cars of this type produced, 208 were touring cars, 37 were salonettes and five chassis were delivered to other coachbuilders.

The car had the engine of the M-Type with 847 cm³ displacement, which had been developed from the four-cylinder in-line engine with overhead camshaft (ohv) and vertical shaft, such as the Morris Minor from 1928 and the Wolseley Ten had. The engine had a single SU carburetors and provided 27 hp (20 kW) at 4500 min -1 . The engine power was transmitted to the rear wheels via a non-synchronized three-speed gearbox. Later there was also a four-speed gearbox on request. The chassis came from C-Type and had a ladder shape with cross members made of round tubing. The chassis also extended under the rear axle. It took up the two rigid axles, which hung on semi-elliptical leaf springs and friction shock absorbers from Hartford . The wire spoke wheels were fastened with central locks. The brakes had drums with a diameter of 203 mm. At 2,134 mm, or - after the first 100 units, 2,184 mm - the wheelbase was longer than that of the C-Type in order to accommodate the longer bodies, but the track width remained the same at 1,067 mm.

Despite its rapid appearance, the car was not very fast; the touring car only achieved a top speed of 96 km / h, because the large bodies were really too heavy for the small engine. The cars are very rare today as many were converted into C-Type replicas. At the same time, MG also offered the externally identical F-Type with a 1.3-liter six-cylinder engine. The larger engine was a better fit for this car, and so - unlike the D-Type - the Magna became a huge sales success.

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