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Date:	Thu, 8 Feb 90 00:44:56 EST
From:	mjb%hoosier@cs.utah.edu (Mark Bradakis)
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I'll not bore all of you with the details of the $50,000 MGA Twin Cam in
the recent Autoweek, or the juxtaposition of two ads in "The Apex", RMVR's
monthly. (Hi Kirk!)  Suffice it to say the one end was a, shall we say nice,
GT6 for $8500, the other was a TR4A, you haul away for $25.  What I will
include is an item from the March 1990 Car and Driver, the "FYI" section:

"Return of the MG?  Rover may build this alluring MG roadster [color rendering
of aero-egg convertible] to be sold as a competitor to Mazda's MX-5 Miata.
The MG will ride atop the front-drive Honda Concerto platform and will be
powered by the 114 hp, 1.6 liter Honda built engine currently used in the
Rover 200.  Rover;s Graham Morris has intimated that the Triumph and Austin
names may be similarly resurrected as part of a five year plan to become a
niche marketer in the United States."

Now, if only Rover would so something like make the alloy 3.5 liter V8 
available in a rear drive open roadster - what?  The TR8?  Oh, never mind.

mjb.