MG Y-type
| MG Y-Type | |
|---|---|
MG YA
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | MG (Morris) |
| Production | 1947–1953 |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class |
sports saloon tourer |
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 99-inch (2,500 mm) |
| Length | 164-inch (4,200 mm) |
| Width | 59-inch (1,500 mm) |
| Height | 57 in (1,400 mm) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | MG VA |
| Successor | MG ZA Magnette |
| MG YA | |
|---|---|
MG YA
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| Overview | |
| Production | 1947-1951 |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | 4 door saloon |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 1250 cc XPAG 4-cylinder, single SU carburettor |
| MG YT | |
|---|---|
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| Overview | |
| Production | 1948–1950 |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | 4-seat open tourer |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 1250 cc XPAG 4-cylinder, twin SU carburettors |
| MG YB | |
|---|---|
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| Overview | |
| Production | 1951–1953 |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | 4 door saloon |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | 1250 cc XPAG 4-cylinder, single SU carburettor |
The MG Y-Type is an automobile produced by MG in England from 1947 to 1953. It was offered in four-door saloon and limited production open four-seat tourer versions.
When production ceased, 8,336 "Y" Types had been produced, 6,131 of which were "YA" saloons, 904 were "YT" Tourers and 1,301 were "YB" saloons.
In the years immediately before the Second World War, MG had sought to supplement its popular range of ‘Midget’ sports cars with three saloons of various sizes and engine capacities. These were the "S", "V" and "W" models. The MG factory at Abingdon on Thames had grown by developing what were in essence Morris based products and they were always to be closely associated with what was to become the Nuffield Organisation (Morris, Wolseley and later Riley). The "WA" had an engine displacement of 2,561 cc, the "SA" 2,288 cc and the smallest of the group, the "VA", had an engine of 1,548 cc. The next development to the range was to include one more saloon, of smaller engine capacity than the "VA", and for a component base the Cowley design office turned to Morris’s Ten-Four Series M saloon, which was introduced during 1938, and the smaller Eight Series E which was launched at the Earls Court Motor show the same year.
The prototype "Y" Type was constructed in 1939 with an intended launch at the Earls Court Motor show, the following year. However, as a result of the hostilities the public had to wait a further eight years before production commenced. All prototypes originating from the MG Factory at Abingdon were allocated numbers prefixed by the letters EX; this practice continued until the mid-fifties. Although the prototype of the MG "Y" Type was primarily a Morris concept from Cowley, much of the ‘fleshing out’ was completed at Abingdon. As a result it was allocated the prototype number EX.166.
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