It also appears that the author has never himself owned an MGB - nor does
he acknowledge the existence of any other type of MG. Midget, RV8 etc. He
spouts a prejudicial opinion and then, later, reinforces it with another:
"Every real MG from the dawn of time had its engine up front, pointing
north-south and driving the rear wheels." Like 'em or not; 1100's Metros,
etc. are real MG's if the guy who owns the marque sticks it on them.
The author's further ignorance is displayed later in the same paragraph:
"This mid-engined layout is seldom seen in anything less than Italian
supercars, Ferraris and the like." Seldom? No mention of X1/9's Fieros, or
MR2s, production for any one of which is higher than all "Italian
supercars" combined.
I don't doubt the MGF is a fine car. I liked the looks of the couple I've
seen, and on paper it seems to have the right stuff. Praise from the likes
of this writer doesn't do anything to make me want to run out get one,
though. (As if I could.)
Phil Vanner
'61 Midget.
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Erickson [SMTP:eric@erickson.on.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 1999 1:20 AM
To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: "the MGB was an awful car"
Eric wrote:
>
> He (McGovern) may not want to admit it publicly, but you can see he
> knows the MGB was an awful car.
Just one comment... notice that the author of the article puts the words
into McGovern's mouth... he never actually said this!
Eric
'68MGB MkII
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