Warwick University: Modern Records Centre MSS.226 - British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Collection As of June 2020, it was reported that MG is set to launch an electric sports car based on the 2017 E-Motion concept In May 2020, MG showed a concept for a successor to the TF which they call the MG Cyberster. Car Company was used from March of that year.Kimber stayed with the company until 1941, when he fell out with Morris over procuring wartime work. Best known for its open two-seater sports cars, MG also produced saloons and coupés, with engines up to three litres in size. MG is a British automotive marque founded by Cecil Kimber in the 1920s, and M.G. From its earliest days MGs have been used in competition and from the early 1930s a series of dedicated racing cars such as the 1931 C-Type and 1934 Q-type were made and sold to enthusiasts who received considerable company assistance. For the current manufacturer of MG cars, see Northey, Tom. "MG: A Great Sporting Name", in Ward, Ian, Executive Editor. Car Company Limited was absorbed along with Morris into By now, MG was nothing more than a marque used by BLMC, and from about 1972, the name "M.G. Car Company Limited" ceased to be used.The marque name apparently originated from the initials of Morris Garages, William Morris's private retail sales and service company.In the beginning, the marque was used predominantly for two-seater sports cars made at the M.G Car Company factory in Following partial nationalisation in 1975, BLMC became British Leyland (later just BL). This stopped in 1935 when MG was formally merged with Morris Motors and the Competition Department closed down. After the Second World War record-breaking attempts restarted with 500 cc and 750 cc records being taken in the late 1940s. British Leyland's management and engineering staff were predominantly from the former Though many plants were closed within British Leyland, none created such an uproar among workers, dealers, clubs, and customers as this closure did. The marque is now owned by Chinese automotive giant SAIC Motor Corporation Limited.
A decision was also taken to return to racing and a team of MGAs was entered in the tragedy-laden In 2001 MG re-launched their motor sport campaign to cover the In January 2012, MG Motor announced that it would enter the This article is about the history of the MG marque and the M.G. In spite of the formal racing ban, speed record attempts continued with Goldie Gardner exceeding 200 mph (320 km/h) in the 1100 cc EX135 in 1939. Car Company Limited was the British sports car manufacturer that made the marque famous. MG cars had their roots in a 1920s sales promotion sideline of MG underwent many changes in ownership over the years. Morris's Debate remains as to when MG car production started, although the first cars, rebodied Morris models that used coachwork from In 1928, the company had become large enough to warrant an identity separate from the original Morris Garages, and The M.G. A series of experimental cars had also been made allowing Captain George Eyston to take several world speed records.