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MG F

MG F / MG TF
MG F Mark I.JPG
MGF Racing
Overview
Manufacturer Rover Group (1995–2000)
MG Rover (2000–2005)
MG Motor (2007–2011)
Body and chassis
Class Roadster
Body style 2-seat convertible
Layout Transverse Mid-Engine, Rear-Wheel Drive
Chronology
Predecessor MGB
MG RV8
MG F
MG F Convertible.JPG
Overview
Manufacturer MG (Rover Group, later (MG Rover)
Production 1995–2002
Assembly Longbridge, Birmingham, UK
Body and chassis
Class Roadster
Body style 2-seat convertible
Layout Transverse Mid-Engine, Rear-Wheel Drive
Powertrain
Engine 1.6 L K-Series Straight-4
1.8 L K-Series Straight-4
1.8 L VVC K-Series Straight-4
Transmission 5-Speed Manual
CVT
MG TF
MG TF 2002.jpg
Overview
Manufacturer MG MG Rover) (2002–2005)
MG Motor (Nanjing, later SAIC Motor) (2007–2011)
Production 2002–2005
2007–2011
Assembly Longbridge, Birmingham, UK
Pukou, Nanjing, China
Body and chassis
Class Roadster
Body style 2-seat convertible
Layout Transverse Mid-Engine, Rear-Wheel Drive
Powertrain
Engine 1.6 L K-Series Straight-4
1.8 L K-Series Straight-4
1.8 L VVC K-Series Straight-4
1.8 L N-Series engine
Transmission 5-Speed Manual
CVT
Chronology
Predecessor MGB
MG RV8

The MG F and later MG TF are mid-engined, rear wheel drive roadster cars that were produced by MG from 1995 until 2005, and by MG Motor from 2007 until 2011. The MG F was the first car to bear the MG marque since the MG MGB that was produced from 1962 to 1980. Production of the MG TF paused in 2005, when MG Rover went into receivership, and resumed in 2007 under the company's new owners Nanjing of China.

MG had stopped producing sports cars in 1980 when British Leyland closed their Abingdon, Oxfordshire plant, although the badge of MG was used on badge-engineered hatchbacks and saloons between 1982 and 1991. In 1992, the company (by this time Rover Group) restarted production of the classic MGB as the limited edition RV8, and positive reaction led the company to develop the MG F.

It was revised and renamed using the historic TF name in 2002, but production was halted, following the collapse of the MG Rover Group in April 2005. However, after Nanjing Automobile Group acquired the rights to the MG TF, the completion of the new factory for MG in Nanjing saw production being restarted in March 2007.

The MG F was launched in the Northern Hemisphere autumn of 1995 by the Rover Group, making it the third car to be launched since the takeover by BMW. It was powered by a 1.8 L K-Series 16-valve engine, the basic having 118 hp (87 kW) while the more powerful VVC (variable valve control) had 143 hp (107 kW). Rover Special Projects oversaw the development of the F's design and before finalising the styling bought-in outside contractors to determine the most appropriate mechanical configuration for the new car.


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