MG MGC

The MGC was a six-cylinder version of the MGB sports car that MG sold from 1967 until 1969, with some sales running on into 1970. Its 2,912 cc straight-six engine was a seven-main-bearing development of the C-Series engine from Morris Engines that also powered the Austin 3-Litre, and with twin SU carburettors it produced 145 bhp. The car was meant to replace the Austin-Healey 3000, whose own successor never got beyond a design proposal, and was given the model code ADO52. Fitting the heavy engine meant revising the body shell around the engine bay and floor pan, adding a bonnet bulge, and using different brakes, 15 inch wheels, a lower geared rack and special torsion bar suspension. It was built as a roadster and as a coupe (GT) and could reach 120 mph. The press gave it a mixed reception, partly because the launch cars were run on incorrect tyre pressures, and it was cancelled in 1969 after less than two years of production.