By 1959, the MG Car Company was looking to update the somewhat dated and underpowered MGA sports car with a new more modern design that incorporated the latest unibody construction. This new project, code-named the EX 205, was given to Sydney Enver to design and would incorporate parent company BMC’s 1798 cc “B” series motor into an all new steel unibody construction monocoque that hung the front suspension off an attached steel subframe. Unveiled to the press in September 1962, the new MGB, as it was now known, featured a stiffer body (which in turn enabled softer springing) and more interior space and creature comforts than any other British sports car in its price range. Selling for just £834, the new MGB became an instant hit that resulted in nearly 500,000 examples being built over the next 18 years.
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