ROUND 4: MIDGET vs SPITFIRE

ticking with the sports car theme but moving down to the lightweight division, we've got two perennial favourites of the classic car scene – MG’s Midget and Triumph’s Spitfire. Now, before we get into the cars themselves, I do need to explain a little about what is and what isn't included under the MG banner. That’s because from 1961, MG Midgets and Austin-Healey Sprites were produced alongside each other on the Abingdon lines, with little other than badges and a few bits of trim to distinguish one from the other. After the licencing agreement with Healey was cancelled in January 1971, there were also 1022 cars badged simply as Austin Sprites, after which production carried on under the MG banner alone. Therefore, I don't think that too many people will cry 'foul' when they learn that I have included all of these in the MG sales totals.