The MG C-type was a competition sports car made in 1931 and 1932, a replica of the special EX120 built from the M-type Midget so George Eyston could take the 750 cc 24-hour record at Montlhery in France. Its short-stroke 73 mm version of the overhead-camshaft engine of the Morris Minor and Wolseley 10 gave 44 bhp at 6400 rpm, or 52.4 bhp with a Powerplus supercharger. The door-less body had a pointed tail carrying the spare wheel and cycle-type wings, with a spectacular fishtail exhaust. A works team of fourteen took the first five places in the 1931 Double Twelve at Brooklands.
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The MG C-type is a sports car that was produced by MG from 1931 to 1932.
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The car used a tuned short-stroke (73 mm) version of the bevel gear driven overhead camshaft engine from the 1928 Morris Minor and Wolseley 10 with a single SU carburettor and a new crankshaft producing 44 bhp (33 kW) at 6400 rpm.
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MG is a British automotive marque founded by Cecil Kimber in the 1920s, owned by Chinese automobile manufacturer SAIC Motor since 2007.
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