MG Y-type
car model
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. While the original production records were sadly lost or destroyed when the factory closed it is currently thought that of the 6,935 Y chassis that were made they were split 6,133 were "Y" saloons and 902 were "YT" Tourers. (The exact split is a subject of ongoing research and is always subject to amendment as new evidence comes to light.) There were 1,301 were "YB" saloons.
MG YA (1947–1951)
Development and launch
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 Organization (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.
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