At 192 1, Ceci kimball joined Morris? Garage, as the sales manager of the company, began to develop the existing Morris? Special model based on automobile.
Cecil Kimber, the founder of MG brand, designed an octagonal logo for MG's first model. It was not until June 1923 1 1 that the octagonal MG logo first appeared in an Oxford newspaper. And in May 1924, Morris? Garages officially registered the octagonal MG trademark, and the familiar MG was officially born.
The first car of MG was born in 1924 and named as 14/28. Cecil Kimber personally participated in the body design of 14/28, which is also regarded as the No.1 car of MG. 14/28' s unique "bull nose" design, compact body size and sporty chassis made 14/28 full of driving pleasure, and people rushed to buy it for a time, becoming one of the best-selling models in the British market at that time. It is worth mentioning that in 1924, when Cecil Kimber hired six beautiful women from Oxford University to drive out of the ancient city with an octagonal sign with MG written on it, Oxford cheered for it and the whole UK fell for it. From then on, the world automobile industry began to show the elegance of famous cars like beautiful women with beautiful female car models, and car models came into being. Therefore, MG is also the originator of "car model inventor".
1928 is a very historic year for MG, which officially became independent from Morris company. In the same year, the first MG model 18/80 completely separated from the chassis of Morris automobile was born, and the classic MG octagonal logo was affixed to the front of the car.
1930, John thornley became a mg? The owner of M-Type, not long after, he met two other MG fans and founded MGCC, the largest single brand car club in the world.
In the same year, MG produced a special record racing car for George Ashton-MG? EX 120. On the specially designed car body, MG equipped it with M-type micro-engine and adopted supercharging technology. It set a world record in 1930, won the team prize in the "Double Twelve" event in Brooklyn in the same year, and in 193 1, George Eyston drove the MG? EX 120 set a speed record of 12.
The legendary carroll shelby, whom we are familiar with, was driving a MG in May of 1952. TC debuted. Shelby won his first game, which gave him the right to take part in the second game. Even if he later met a strong enemy driving a bigger and faster car like Jaguar, he finally defeated them and won again and again. It was MG that strengthened Shelby's confidence and made Shelby have an indissoluble bond with the car.
In 1962, MG introduced MGB model, which became the most successful model in the history of MG. By the end of 1980, the global production of MGB series vehicles had exceeded 500,000. The Queen of England once used MG as a private car, and she was also the owner of MGB, a sports car with a single model selling more than 500,000 cars. And in 1969, Prince Charles of England also bought an "antique green" MG? c？ GT？ 3.0L, and gave this car to Prince William 19 as a birthday present. Since then, this car has become one of Prince William's favorites.
From the late 1960s to the early 1990s, MG brand experienced low tide and turbulence, and after several twists and turns, MG finally settled in China. On July 22, 2005, Nanjing Automobile Group Co., Ltd. successfully acquired British MG Rover Automobile Company and its engine production division, which was the first time that a China enterprise acquired a famous foreign automobile enterprise. The merged company was named Nanjing MG Automobile Co., Ltd. Until April 2007, Shanghai Automobile Group Co., Ltd. acquired Nanjing Automobile Group in an all-round way, thus becoming the new owner of MG brand, and the current SAIC MG was born.
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