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MG MGA - Road and Track tests

I have the Road & Track June, 1982 35th anniv issue that lists the 0-60mph time, 1/4 mile time and speed for every car they ever road tested . It's very cool!

sample, 0-60 SEC:

1954 mgtf 1500 - 16.3
1955 MGA - 14.5
1957 MGA COUPE - 14.2
1957 TR-3 - 11.4
1957 PORSCHE 1600 COUPE - 14.4
1958 mga twin cam - 9.9
1959 ALFA ROMEO 2000 SPIDER - 14.2
1959 AH 3000 - 9.8
1959 MGA 1600 - 13.3
1961 MGA MKII - 12.8
1962 MGB - 12.5
1968 FIAT 124 SPORT SPIDER - 11.9
1976 MGB - 18.3
1977 TVR 2500M - 9.3
Fred H

Go the Twin Cam....nearly quicker than a 3000.

Shows how much later MGB's lost too.

Mark.
PJB 147 & 801
Mark Hester

why would a coupe be faster than a roadster?
george

If the roadster test was done with the top down.... Then the aerodynamics of the coupe would make it slip through the air better? All reports indicated the coupe has a higher top end than the lighter roadster. I seem to recall a test using a Judson on a car with a continental kit was very unflattering.



Or it was different drivers. The test reports from different magazines years ago on the same car showed a lot more of a variation than the above tests.

Just a couple of thoughts.

Chuck
Chuck Schaefer

Drivers ability, driver weight, air temperature, could all make a difference, although coupes ARE faster. The Shelby cobra wasn't competetive until it was a coupe. On the other hand....

1967 JAGUAR XK-E - 8.0
1967 JAGUAR XK-E COUPE - 8.0

HERE ARE SOME MORE:

1956 AH 100M - 9.6
1962 AH 3000 - 11.2
1961 JAGUAR XK-E - 7.4
1953 JAGUAR XK-120C(C-TYPE) - 6.6
1956 JAGUAR D-TYPE - 4.7
Fred H

I have a hard time believing that a 1600 Porsche was only .1 second faster than a 55 MGA 1500.

But you never know
J Delk

I don't know much about Porsches, but this may help.

1956 PORSCHE CARRERA COUPE - 11.5
1957 PORSCHE 1600 COUPE - 14.4
1958 PORSCHE 1600 SUPER SPEEDSTER - 10.5

1963 LONDON BUS 0-35MPH - 59.0
1967 SOPWITH CAMEL - 5min.

1958 MGA TWIN CAM - 9.9
1958 MG JUDSON(mga?)- 12.5

This like a football faamasy league!

Any requests?
Fred H

Anyone who ownes a Coupe(like I do) knows the superiority of this model over roadsters, Style comfort sex appeal. There's just no better and all in a civilized package. Any you don't get wet when it rains and if you get wet... in the rain... just get into the Coupe and drive a few miles and you are heat dried in no time, what a car. ( a little humour for your morning). Gordon
Gordon Harrison

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