ArthurK101 wrote:
> The Spitfire was not in the same niche as the TR4. It was smaller, had less
> power and was lower in price -- it was aimed at a different market - the same
> market as the AH Sprite and the MG Midget. I used to refer to the Spitfires
> of that time as "my car's kid brother." MG owners felt the same way about the
> Midget. I'm not shooting any thing down here - I like Spits (even had a '74
> for awhile) but when new they really were more comparable to the Sprite and
> the Midget than to the MGB.
To throw another wrench into this though, I have both an MGB and an
MG Midget and I prefer the MG Midget by quite a wide margin.
The fun factor just can't be beat.
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Trevor Boicey
Ottawa, Canada
tboicey@brit.ca
http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
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