

Matters of moment, June 1974
Multum in Parvo Whether or not you believe that in the lifetime of the present generation the World's supplies of crude oil and other fuels will dry up completely, so…
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The test car bad centre-lock wire wheels. The braking, aided by Lockheed di-es on the front wheels, is impeccable and is one .of the highlight, of this very taut, controllable sports car.
The M.G.-A 1600 certainly motors. Its engine is astonishingly smooth and all 100 willingto take you well ” into the red.” The indieated maxima in the gears. without exceeding 6,000 r.p.m., -are 27, IA arid 75 m.p.h., respectively, second gear being, perhaps, on the low side. Given a reasonably elear run the speed in top gear just staggers up to the tim and 89-m.p.h. cruising is ehieken-feed to this docile M.G.-A. The ..s, 1-mile is disposed of in under 20 seconds.
The exhaust note is ..pirited without being obtrusive. and for town _driving the M.G. will poodle along at absurdly low speed in top cog. It has very good Lucas headlamps for fast night driving.
Altogether I was captivated, as I always am, hy the sense of ,secnrity and eager performance of the M.G.-A, which is excellent value-for-outlay at £940 7s. 6d. inclusive of p.t. Driving it moderately hard it returned 27 m.p.g. and 100-octane petrol was not required. Traffic negotiation increased this to 24 m.p.g. The absolute range was 265 miles. After 570 miles the oil level had fallen rather ,alarmingly, but a quart of Castrol restored it.
1 could grow old gracefully driving such a car with the hood down in_ a climate of perennial sunshine.A .