1930 MG M-Type Midget

The MG M-Type Midget was introduced at the 1928 Olympia Motor Show. The small sports car, the work of Cecil Kimber, was based on the contemporary Morris Minor and had boat-tailed body with an ash frame paneled in fabric covered plywood by Coachbuilder Carbodies. Power was from an 847cc, overhead-camshaft, four-cylinder engine derived from the Wolseley Ten, and mated to a three-speed crash gearbox. Horsepower was initially rated at 20 bhp, growing to 27 horsepower by 1930. Production was initially located at Cowley, later transferred to Abingdon when the MG factory moved there in the autumn of 1929. In 1930, the M-Types earned the Team Prize in the Double Twelve 24-hour race at Brookalnds. The lightweight M-Type Midgets would prove to be very competitive in hillclimbs, rallies, trials, and at circuits across Europe.

By the time production came to a close in 1933, a total of 3,253 examples had been produced.

by Daniel Vaughan | May 2019