MG 1100 and 1300

The MG 1100 was the sporting, better trimmed badge engineered version of the BMC ADO16 family of small front wheel drive saloons. It was introduced at the end of September 1962, a few weeks after the Morris 1100, and was assembled at Cowley. It had a more powerful 55 bhp twin carburettor version of the A-Series engine and a more luxurious interior than the Austin and Morris versions. In 1967 a 1275 cc engine arrived and the car became the MG 1300, with a Mark II in October 1968. In the United States it was sold as the MG Sports Sedan, and in several export markets it was offered with two doors, which the home market only saw from 1968. Versions were built under licence in Spain by Authi and in Chile with a fibreglass body. The home market MG 1300 was dropped in 1971 and export sales ended in 1973.