MG A 1600 Coupe

Overview
Produced: 1959-1961, 2771 produced.
Types: Coupe,2 doors,2 seats

78 bhp @ 5500 rpm

0 - 50 mph - 9.1 secs

Standing Q - m - 19.8 secs

Fuel Consumption - 29.7 mpg

Max Speed - 96.1 mph

Source: Motorbase
Engines
CapacityConfigModelBore/StrokeCR
1588ccS4 OHVBMC B-Series75.4mm x 89mm8.3
Drivetrain and Suspension
DrivetrainSteeringFront SuspensionRear Suspension
Auction Sales History
Lot
Num
Description Auctioneer Date Hammer Price Hammer Price
(inc premium)
061 MG A 1600 MkI Coupe Brightwells Auctioneers and Valuers 22 Sep 2010 Not sold
210 MG A 1600 Mk I Coupe Coys 30 Apr 2010 - €20050.00
03 MG A 1600 Coupe H&H Sales Limited 9 Dec 2009 - £11000.00
113 MG MGA 1600 Fixed Head Coupe Barons 8 Sep 2009 £8300.00 -
027 MG A 1600 MkI Coupe Brightwells Auctioneers and Valuers 22 Oct 2008 £7100.00 -
228 1959-60 Cooper-Climax Monaco Sports-Racing Two-Seater Bonhams 1 Sep 2006 £100000.00 £111500.00
10 MG A 1600Coupé BCA 20 Feb 2006 - £5375.00
012 MG A 1600 Coupe H&H Sales Limited 8 Jun 2004 £5500.00 -
636 MG A Coupe Lambert & Foster 27 May 2004 Not sold
045 MG A 1600 Coupe H&H Sales Limited 7 Apr 2004 £6750.00 -
1036 MGA Twin Cam Roadster (1960) Coys 21 Jun 2003 - £11174.00
739 MGA 1600 MKII (1961) Cheffins 7 Jun 2003 £11200.00 -
006 MGA Twin Cam (1959) Christies 5 Jun 2003 - £30550.00
001 MGA 1600 Roadster (1960) H&H Sales Limited 7 May 2003 Not sold
207 MGA Roadster (1960) Coys 12 Apr 2003 - €12000.00
115 MGA 1600 Roadster (1960) Barons 8 Mar 2003 €19500.00 -
1016 MGA 1600 Coupe (1960) Bonhams 2 Dec 2002 - £4370.00
042 MGA Twin Cam 1.6 (1959) H&H Sales Limited 2 Oct 2002 - £9713.00
370 MGA 1600 Coupe (1960) Cheffins 21 Sep 2002 £4200.00 -
064 MGA 1600 Roadster (1960) BCA 5 Aug 2002 Not sold
030 MGA 1600 Coupe (1961) H&H Sales Limited 24 Jul 2002 - €7350.00
88A MGA Roadster (1961) Coys/Barrett Jackson 17 May 2002 Not sold
050 MGA Roadster (1961) Coys 5 Apr 2002 - CHF17610.00
019 MGA 1600 Roadster (1960) H&H Sales Limited 20 Feb 2002 - £8715.00
779 MGA Roadster to Police Specification (1960) Bonhams 3 Dec 2001 £17000.00 -
083 MGA 1600 Roadster (1960) BCA 3 Dec 2001 Not sold
069 MGB Roadster (1966) H&H Sales Limited 28 Nov 2001 Not sold
170 MGA 1600 (1961) Bonhams & Brooks 11 Aug 2001 Not sold
058 MGA Fhc (1959) Barons 31 Jul 2001 Not sold
036 MGA 1600 (1960) H&H Sales Limited 25 Jul 2001 Not sold
058 MGA 1600 (1959) BCA 23 Jul 2001 - £6527.00
206 MGA Roadster (1961) Coys 27 May 2001 Not sold
205 MGA Coupe (1961) Coys 27 May 2001 - £9200.00
055 MGA 1600 Roadster (1959) BCA 21 May 2001 - £8560.00
027 MGA 1600 (1960) Poulain LeFur 23 Apr 2001 £71000.00 -
038 MGA 1600 MKII (1960) Coys 5 Mar 2001 Not sold
409 MGA Twin Cam (1960) Bonhams & Brooks 26 Feb 2001 - £10580.00
083 MGA 1600 (1960) H&H Sales Limited 4 Oct 2000 £4000.00 -
397 MGA 1600 Roadster (1960) Greens 30 Sep 2000 - €11175.00
241 MGA 1600 Roadster (1960) RTS Auctions Ltd 17 Sep 2000 - -
038 MGA 1600 (1959) BCA 7 Aug 2000 - £7918.00
158 MGA 1600 Coupe (1959) Brooks 27 May 2000 - £94300.00
405 MGA Sports (1960) Brooks 28 Feb 2000 - £3680.00
038 MGA Fhc (1959) Barons 8 Feb 2000 £4800.00 -
Unknown MGA Roadster (1960) RM Auctions 20 Jan 2000 - $18788.00
016 MGA Sports Racing (1959) Christies 29 Aug 1999 - $46000.00
138A MGA 1500 (1959) Coys 31 Jul 1999 £10000.00 -
548 MGA 1500 Roadster (1959) Sothebys 16 Jul 1999 - £8625.00
032 MGA 1600 (1961) BCA 21 Jun 1999 £7700.00 -
073 MGA 1600 (1959) H&H Sales Limited 9 Jun 1999 £9750.00 -
079 MGA (1960) H&H Sales Limited 9 Jun 1999 £4800.00 -
026 MGA (1961) Coys 26 Sep 1998 Not sold
054 MGA 1600 Roadster (1959) H&H Sales Limited 23 Sep 1998 £13500.00 -
016 MG Midget MKI (1959) BCA 10 Aug 1998 £4500.00 -
296a MGA Twin Cam Roadster (1959) Brooks 8 Aug 1998 - £40250.00
009 MGA (1960) Poulain LeFur 22 Jun 1998 Not sold
Unknown MGA 1600 MKI (1960) Parkes 18 Apr 1998 Not sold
068 MGA Roadster (1960) H&H Sales Limited 8 Apr 1998 £7300.00 -
057 MGA (1960) Poulain LeFur 30 Mar 1998 Not sold
295 MGA 1600 Coupe (1959) Brooks 11 Mar 1998 Not sold
519 MGA 1600 Coupe (1960) Brooks 24 Feb 1998 £6800.00 -
418 MGA Roadster (1959) Kruse 15 Nov 1997 Not sold
542 MGA 1500 Sports (1959) Brooks 25 Sep 1997 - £8855.00
016 MGA 1600 Roadster (1961) H&H Sales Limited 24 Sep 1997 £7800.00 -
046 MGA MKII (1960) H&H Sales Limited 23 Jul 1997 £3200.00 -
035 MGA 1600 Coupe (1960) H&H Sales Limited 4 Jun 1997 £4400.00 -
045 MGA 1600 Roadster (1960) H&H Sales Limited 4 Jun 1997 £4500.00 -
007 MGA 1600 Coupe (1960) H&H Sales Limited 16 Apr 1997 £4000.00 -
029 MGA 1600 Roadster (1959) H&H Sales Limited 16 Apr 1997 £6700.00 -
105 MGA 1600 Coupe (1960) BCA 7 Apr 1997 £3400.00 -
005 MGA 1600 MKII (1961) ADT 16 Dec 1996 - £6300.00
057 MGA 1600 MKI (1961) Poulain LeFur 9 Dec 1996 FF50000.00 -
041 MGA 1600 Coupe (1960) Coys 3 Dec 1996 Not sold
244 MGA (1960) RTS Auctions Ltd 9 Nov 1996 £6350.00 -
319 MGA Fhc (1960) Lambert & Foster 10 Oct 1996 Not sold
033 MGA 1600 MKII (1961) Sandown 21 Sep 1996 £7800.00 -
239 MGA (1960) RTS Auctions Ltd 15 Sep 1996 £7000.00 -
428 MGA MKI (1960) Dreweatt Neate 17 Aug 1996 £9300.00 -
064 MGA 1600 Roadster (1960) ADT 12 Aug 1996 - £8925.00
458 MGA 1600 (1960) Sothebys 15 Jul 1996 Not sold
023 MGA Twin Cam (1961) Coys 13 Jun 1996 - £14950.00
326 MGA 1600 Roadster (1960) Brooks 8 May 1996 - £13225.00
210 MGA 1500 MKI (1961) Sothebys 6 May 1996 - £10350.00
035 MGA 1600 (1959) Coys 30 Jan 1996 - £10638.00
019 MGA 1600 Roadster (1968) Coys 30 Jan 1996 - £9890.00
843 MGA 1600 Roadster (1960) Brooks 4 Dec 1995 £11500.00 -
061 MGA Fhc (1960) ADT 27 Nov 1995 Not sold
044 MGA (1960) H&H Sales Limited 23 Nov 1995 £3250.00 -
006 MGA 1500 Sports (1956) Brooks 21 Oct 1995 Not sold
031 MGA 1600 Roadster (1960) H&H Sales Limited 21 Sep 1995 £6700.00 -
033 MGA 1600 (1960) Coys 19 Sep 1995 - €6160.00
022 MGA 1600 (1959) Coys 19 Sep 1995 Not sold
251 MGA (1960) RTS Auctions Ltd 17 Sep 1995 Not sold
160A MGA 1600 Roadster (1959) Christies 9 Sep 1995 - £10925.00
029 MGA Coupe (1960) ADT 24 Jul 1995 Not sold
036 MGA 1600 Roadster (1959) H&H Sales Limited 20 Apr 1995 Not sold
12A MGA Twin Cam Roadster (1959) Coys 21 Mar 1995 Not sold
024 MGA (1959) Sandown 25 Feb 1995 Not sold
048 MGB (1960) ADT 20 Feb 1995 £11900.00 -
110 MGA 1600 Roadster (1959) ADT 20 Feb 1995 Not sold
080 MGA 1600 Fhc (1960) ADT 28 Nov 1994 £4050.00 -
491B MGB (1959) Sandown 26 Nov 1994 Not sold
054 MGA Fhc (1960) ADT 3 Oct 1994 £4000.00 -
088 MGA (1960) ADT 3 Oct 1994 Not sold
024 MGA Twin Cam (1959) Coys 20 Sep 1994 £13000.00 -
042 MGA (1961) Coys 20 Sep 1994 £8000.00 -
026 MGA 1600 (1960) Coys 30 Jul 1994 £5750.00 -
069 MGA Twin Cam Ex-Works (1959) Coys 30 Jul 1994 £38000.00 -
063 MGA 1600 MKII (1961) H&H Sales Limited 28 Jul 1994 £13000.00 -
568 MGA MKII (1962) Sothebys 18 Jul 1994 £7800.00 -
020 MGA MKII 1600 (1960) ADT 18 Jul 1994 £8000.00 -
069 MGA Fhc (1960) ADT 18 Jul 1994 £3800.00 -
093 MGA (1960) ADT 13 Jun 1994 £7100.00 -
040 MGA (1959) H&H Sales Limited 24 Feb 1994 £6000.00 -
043 MGA Twin Cam (1961) ADT 21 Feb 1994 £14000.00 -
059 MGA (1960) ADT 11 Oct 1993 £3750.00 -
022 MGA MKII (1961) ADT 11 Oct 1993 £8100.00 -
022 MGA 1600 Coupe (1957) Greens 2 Oct 1993 £3250.00 -
005 MGA 1600 (1960) Coys 9 Jun 1993 £10000.00 -
067 MGA 1600 Fhc (1960) ADT 19 Apr 1993 £6300.00 -
040 MGA Fhc (1960) ADT 15 Feb 1993 £4800.00 -
077 MGA Twin Cam 1.6 (1959) Brooks 14 Oct 1992 Not sold
099 MGA 1600 (1961) Christies 20 Jun 1992 Not sold
Books
Magazine Articles
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Article Buying guide - MGA 1955-1962
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Publication Practical Classics December 2012
Buying guide - MGA 1955-1962 - How to choose a great example of MG's glorious roadster and coupe series cars.
Article Icon on test - Living with an MGA Roadster
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Publication Practical Classics July 2011
Icon on test - Living with an MGA Roadster - Ross Alkureishi gets to know MG's finest drop-top.
Article Group Test - Cover versions
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Publication Practical Classics November 2010
Group Test - Cover versions - MGA 1600 MKII Coupe v Sunbeam Alpine GT v Triumph GT6 MKIII - your favourite all-weather sports classics road-tested.
Article Modified MGAs
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Publication Practical Classics April 2005
Modified MGAs - The MGA is one of Britain’s favourite sports cars - so good, you just can’t resist the urge to make it better.  Dale Drinnon reports.
Article Buying guide - MGA (1955-1962)
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Publication Classic Cars September 2003
Buying guide - MGA (1955-1962) - The most beautiful MG ever? Most think it is and if you buy a good one - with the help of this guide - it can be one of the most reliable and enjoyable MGs to drive, too.
Article Dual Circuit
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Publication Practical Classics December 2002
Dual Circuit - Classic racing is the new rock 'n' roll, but if you'd really like to play, you've got to know what sort of car you want.  Danny Hopkins and Dale Drinnon prepare two very different racers, a dual-purpose GT6 and a racing MGA.
Article Buyers Guide - MGA
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Publication Practical Classics June 2001
Buyers Guide - MGA - The first 100mph MG is a ton of fun but buy the wrong one and you will be in for a ton of grief, says Theodore J Gillam
Article Buying power - MGA
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Publication Classic Car Weekly 17 December 2008
Buying power - MGA- A T too traditional? A B too bland? Then the MGA might be just what you are looking for, as IAN SEABROOK discovers.
Article Top of the class - MGA 1955-1962
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Publication Classic Car Mart September 2008
Top of the class - MGA 1955-1962- Great looks, lively performance - it's no wonder the MGA always scores highly.
Article Twin Test - MG TF vs MGA
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Publication Classic Car Mart October 2007
Twin Test - MG TF vs MGA - If you want to step out of a B and move back along the BG time line, is the MGA too close or the MG TF a step too far?
Article Winter Warmers
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Publication Classic & Sports Car March 2006
Winter Warmers - MG's sports GTs - roadsters with roofs - are practical classic transport all year round.  David Richards leaves his thermals at home to compare the A, B and C.
Article Buying Power - MGA
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Publication Classic Car Weekly 2 February 2006
Buying Power - MGA - The first 'modern' MG sportscar was the MGA of 1955, arguably the best-looking model that Abingdon ever produced.  RICHARD GUNN looks at buying the car that made MG serious.
Article MGA - 50th Anniversary
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Publication The Automobile April 2005
MGA - 50th Anniversary - On its 50th anniversary, Jonathan Wood explores the background and history of the MGA, the most popular sports car in the world.
Article Road Test - MGA
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Publication Classic Car Weekly 21st January 2004
Road Test - MGA - Built 1955 to 1962.  Roadster/coupé, two-seater, front-engined, rear-wheel-drive sports car.
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