In 191, William Morris, the founder of MG, founded Morris in Oxford, England. Garage, that is, Morris garage, is the predecessor of MG, but at this time MG is only a garage, not an automobile manufacturer. It was not until 192 that William Morris, the founder of MG, built the first Morris car in Cowley, a small town, which opened the road to William Morris' car.

in p>1921, Ceci Kimball joined Morris? Garage, as the sales manager of the company, began to develop the existing Morris? Special models based on automobiles.

Cecil Kimber, the founder of MG brand, designed the octagonal logo for the first listed model of MG until November 1923, when the octagonal MG logo first appeared in an Oxford newspaper. And on May 1, 1924, Morris? Garages officially registered the octagonal MG trademark, and the MG we are familiar with was officially born.

The first car of MG was born in 1924, named 14/28. Cecil Kimber personally participated in the body design of 14/28, and this car is also regarded as the No.1 car of MG. 14/28' s unique "bull nose" styling design, compact body size and sporty chassis made 14/28 full of driving pleasure, and people rushed to buy it for a while, 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, Oxford cheered for it and the whole Britain fell for it. Since then, the world auto industry has begun to use beautiful female car models to show the elegant demeanor of famous cars like beautiful cars, and car models came into being. Therefore, MG is also the originator of "car model inventor".

1928 was a year of great historical significance for MG, and it officially became independent from Morris Company. In the same year, 18/8, the first MG model completely separated from the chassis of Morris automobile, was born, and the classic MG octagonal logo was affixed to the front of the car.

In 193, John thornley became a MG? The owner of M-Type, not long after, he met two other MG fans, and set up MGCC, the world's largest single-brand automobile club.

In the same year, MG produced a special record racing car for George Ashton-MG? EX12。 In the specially designed body, MG equipped it with M-type Midget engine and used supercharging technology. It set a world record in 193, won a team prize in the "Double Twelve" event in brookline in the same year, and in 1931 George Eyston drove the MG? EX12 set 12 speed records.

And the legendary Carol Shelby, whom we are familiar with, drove the MG in May 1952? TC debuted. Shelby won his first game, which gave him the right to participate in the second game. Even if he later encountered a strong enemy driving a bigger and faster car like Jaguar, he finally defeated them and won again and again. It was the MG racing car that strengthened Shelby's confidence and made Shelby have an indissoluble bond with the racing car.

in 1962, MG introduced the MGB model, which became the most successful model in the history of mg. by the end of production in 198, MGB series models had sold more than 5, vehicles all over the world. The Queen of England once used MG as a private car, and she herself is the owner of MGB, a sports car with a single model selling more than 5, cars. And in 1969, Britain's Prince Charles also bought an "antique green" MG? C? GT? 3.L, and gave this car to Prince William as a birthday present on his 19th birthday. Since then, this car has become one of Prince William's favorites.

from the late 196s to the early 199s, MG brand experienced a low ebb and turbulence, and after several twists and turns, MG finally settled in China. On July 22, 25, Nanjing Automobile Group Co., Ltd. successfully acquired British MG Rover Automobile Company and its engine production division, which was the first time for China enterprises to acquire famous foreign automobile enterprises. The merged company was called Nanjing MG Automobile Co., Ltd. Until April 27, Shanghai Automobile Group Co., Ltd. acquired Nanjing Automobile Group in an all-round way, so it became the new owner of MG brand, and thus the current SAIC MG was born.

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