ROUND 8: MGC vs TR6
'The MGC, eh? What a load of rubbish. Handles like a pig and drinks like a fish.' I wonder how many times owners have had to listen to bar-room pundits spouting nonsense like that. Not that the C was perfect, nothing ever is, but some cars seem to get a reputation early on that no amount of improvement and explanation can ever shift. (Yes, it will be the turn of the Triumph Stag to go under our microscope shortly!)
The MGC’s troubles started early on. Since 1957, Abingdon had been building first the Austin-Healey 100-6, and later the Austin-Healey 3000. By that point though, the big Healey was coming to the end of its life as forthcoming US legislation would render it obsolete. MG had taken good care of the Austin-Healey, but naturally they were keen to develop a
