MGs are primarily thought of as sports cars, but the company always offered sporty versions of more pedestrian family cars and still does in its current Chinese-owned incarnation. Cecil Kimber trademarked the #MorrisGarages name in 1923 and in time it became synonymous with sports cars, but the first MG products were actually just sporty versions of Morrises - sort of like AMG versions of regular Mercedes models today. They weren’t necessarily de facto family cars but they were closer to mainstream cars than the famous M and T type midgets that would popularize #MG in the 1930s. The biggest and fastest of MG’s senior sedans (er, saloons…) were the SA, VA and WA, offered just before the war. At the time MG were working on a smaller saloon to bridge the gap between the T-series sports cars and the big SA. As the "Morris Garages" name implied, MG was part of Morris Motors - at first William Morris’ personal property and then part of his corporate entity after 1935. MG also sometimes used components from Wolseley, another Morris subsidiary since 1927. The new design, based on the Morris Ten, was the #MGYtype. Unfortunately the war intervened, and it was eight long years before the Y-type entered production. Even the Y-type, modest compared to the SA/WA/VA, was a pricey car in rationing-era #England, but Y-type buyers were treated to light handling (thanks to an advanced-at-that-time independent front suspension) and more power than a typical British 10hp car (a tax rating, not actual horsepower) from the XPAG engine shared with the MG TC. Austerity kept the Y-type from being a big success but it was the first MG sedan exported to North America and those who could obtain one got a very nice machine, plus, if you liked them, the prewar looks - which are part of the Y-type’s appeal as a classic. The YA gave way to the YB in 1951, with improved brakes and beefier tires, but by then the car was looking very dated, even if that's part of its appeal today. Less than 1,400 YBs were built before the car was replaced by the ZA Magnette for 1954. #mgdrivers #british #britishcars #classiccar #practicalclassics #classicandsportscar #morrisgarages #drivetastefully #MGYB https://www.instagram.com/p/BnOrwbenQIa/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rp8msda82h5j
