> > From: Allen Nugent[SMTP:A.Nugent@unsw.edu.au]
> > Reply To: Allen Nugent
> > Sent: Thursday, March 05, 1998 3:11 AM
> > To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: MGB vs. Spitfire!!
> >
> >
> >
> > Brian, perhaps if you had already finished your automotive eng.
> course
> > you
> > wouldn't need to ask. In my opinion, Triumph was technically and
> > stylistically ahead of MG by 5-10 years, from the TR2 onwards (at
> > least!).
> Reply: Yeah especially the 1500 engine is a fine piece of advanced
> technology, never seen an engine thats made for high revs if not the
> 1500.
> Seriously, the later MGB engine is much more rugged than the spit
> 1500engine and offers more power. Styling wise, well, its a matter of
> taste. Rear suspension on the spit is not really smashing but the B
> doesn't offer much either, though I think for a non experienced driver
> its easier to come to term with the MGB.
> > And another thing: I've never met an MG owner or appreciator who was
> > technically competent, or a particularly good driver. Could there be
> a
> > correlation?
> That probably results of your life long isolation in Greenland, could
> it?
>
> Gernot
>
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