Ah, but with MG (unlike Bugatti or Jensen) there is continuity, or damn
close to it.
After production of the MGB and Midget stopped there were just a couple
of years of MG-less-ness before first the MG Metro, then Maestro and
Montego came out - cars built by the same company (British Leyland, by
then re-named Austin Rover), souped-up versions of Austin cars. Claims
that they weren't real MGs will be referred to the Magnettes, the
Y-series, and indeed the first ever MG 14/28 as souped-up versions of
standard saloon cars.
Within a year of the Montego and Maestro coming to an end the MG RV8
came into limited production - and you can't tell me that isn't a real
MG. Production of the RV8 finished about the time the MGF was launched,
and that remained in production until MG Rover went bust a couple of
years ago, the last few years also saw the MG ZR, ZS and ZT range of
uprated saloons and hatches.
The company may now be Chinese-owned, but MGFs will be rolling out of
the Birmingham factory early next year (we are promised), as well as the
factory in China.
I appreciate that most of this has not been visible from the States, and
you have not seen any MG-badged car since 1980, but the continuity of
tradition in this country has been good enough to satisfy me. IMHO, of
course!
Richard & Sammy
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