MG M-Type

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MG M-Type Midget sports two-seater (1930)
MG M-Type Midget sports two-seater (1930)
M-type midget
Production period: 1929-1932
Class : Sports car
Body versions : Roadster , coupe
Engines: Gasoline engines :
0.85 liters
(15-20 kW)
Length: 3162 mm
Width: 1308 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 1981 mm
Empty weight : 505 kg
successor MG C-Type Midget , MG J-Type Midget

The MG M-Type was a small sports car that MG manufactured from April 1929 to 1932. Sometimes it is also referred to as the MG 8/33 . It was presented at the London Motor Show in 1928 when sales of the larger MG vehicles collapsed due to the Great Depression. With this little car, the first Midget , MG opened up a new market segment, which probably saved the company from collapse. Early examples were made at the Morris plant in Cowley , but from 1930 production moved to Abingdon .

The two-door sports car had a revised version of the in-line four-cylinder engine with an overhead camshaft (ohc) and vertical shaft, as was already used in the Morris Minor from 1928 and in the Wolseley Ten with a single SU carburetor. The 847 cm³ unit made 20 bhp (15 kW) at 4000 rpm. The engine power was passed on to the rear wheels via a non-synchronized three-speed gearbox. The chassis was also based on that of the Morris Minor, but had less ground clearance. The two rigid axles with wire-spoke wheels with central locking hung on semi-elliptical leaf springs and friction shock absorbers from Hartford . The car had a 1981 mm wheelbase and a track width of 1067 mm.

In 1930, some improvements were introduced: The pull-rod brake system from Morris, in which the handbrake acted on the cardan shaft, was replaced by a cable pull system with a hinged handbrake. The brake on the cardan shaft was omitted. The engine output increased to 27 bhp (20 kW) thanks to a sharper camshaft and a four-speed gearbox was available on request. The doors were hung at the front. A turbocharged version was also available as an option from 1932, with a top speed of 128 km / h.

Early car bodies consisted of a fabric-covered wooden frame, in 1931 there was a transition to the composite construction (wooden frame planked with sheet steel). Most of the cars were bodied by Carbodies in Coventry and offered by MG as either open two-seaters or "Sportsman" coupes, but some chassis went to other wheelwrighters, such as Jarvis . The plant even produced a station wagon as a workshop vehicle. The cars reached a top speed of 105 km / h and consumed 7.2 l / 100 km. The open version cost £ 175 when it came out, a price that quickly rose to £ 185. The coupé cost £ 245, the supercharged version from 1932 £ 250. A total of 3235 vehicles were built.

The M-Type had amazing sporting successes; Both the works team and private drivers won gold medals in the Land's End Trial in 1929 and class wins in the Brooklands Double Twelve in 1930. Two cars were also entered in the 1930 Le Mans 24 Hours , but none made it to the finish.

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  • MG M-Type Midget sports two-seater (1929)

  • MG M-Type Midget sports two-seater (1929)

  • MG M-Type Midget sports two-seater (1930)

  • MG M-Type Midget sports two-seater (1930)

  • MG M-Type Midget sports two-seater (1930)

  • MG M-Type Midget sports two-seater (1931)

  • MG M-Type (1930)

  • MG M-Type 1931

Web links

Commons : MG M-Type  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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  • Green, Malcolm: MG Sports Cars , CLB International, (1997), ISBN 1-85833-606-6
  • Sedgwick, Michael & Gillies, Mark: AZ of Cars of the 1930's , Bay View Books, (1989), ISBN 1-870979-38-9
  • Culshaw, David & Horrobin, Peter: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975 , Veloce Publishing plc., Dorchester (1997), ISBN 1-874105-93-6