On 9/6/2010 6:32 PM, Mike Eldred wrote:
> ***5. MG: The MG became a household name on the strength of the number of
> models introduced into North America by soldiers returning home from Europe
> after the Second World War. The MGA was the first MG sports car to invade
> North America...***
>
> As an editor/reporter, I am often embarassed by my younger colleagues' failure
> to do the most basic research. I can't decide if this writer thinks the MGA
> is the "first" MG because of the "A," or if he thinks WWII ended in the mid
> '50s.
I had a 1949 TC in 1956. I don't think the A was the first into the USA.
-Rocky Frisco
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