Description
H&H Classic Auction @ The Imperial War Museum, Duxford/ Cambridgeshire
20th September, 2023 10:00
1996 MG R V8
Estimate £20, 000 - £25, 000
Registration No: 33 MGX
Chassis No: SARRAWBMBMG002022
MOT: May 2024
Imported from the car-friendly climate of Japan in 2010
Fitted with an MPH speedo with 13, 250 miles recorded since arrival in the UK
Offered with V5c and cherished MG registration number
Launched at the 1992 Birmingham Motor Show, the R V8 signaled MG's return to the open sports car market. Just as the Cobra grew out of the less muscular AC Ace, so the R V8 evolved from the immortal MGB Roadster (hence the car's 'Project Adder' development code). Built around a thoroughly re-engineered and neatly restyled version of its predecessor's monocoque bodyshell, it was powered by a 3948cc V8 engine that developed some 190bhp and 318Nm of torque. Less than two thousand were manufactured between 1992 and 1995, with most being exported to Japan like the sale example.
Offered here is an attractive MG R V8, an example of the latter-day‘ MG B’. Originally finished in Woodcote Green ‘33 MGX’ has been repainted in the rare MG R colour of Flame Red. This particular example was destined for the far-off shores of Japan, a market that recorded miles in KMH, upon being repatriated to the UK, its understood it was fitted with a MPH speedo which now displays a recorded 13, 250 miles since its return in 2010. The Japanese climate is very much a ‘car friendly’ environment where cars are less prone to rust on ‘salt-less’ roads and we are told the MG formed part of a museum collection in Japan . The R V8 is coming to market having had 3 former UK keepers and is offered with a current V5C, car cover, wind deflector and a relevant cherished MG registration ’33 MGX’.
