The D-Type Midget looked like a proper sports car but wasn’t one — 60mph was about the limit, the body too much for its small engine. Many survivors today have even been converted into fake C-Type replicas.
Lead trim: D-Type 847 four, single SU (27 bhp at 4,500 rpm)
MG D-Type MidgetD-TYPE · 1931–1932
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FactThe D-Type Midget looked like a proper sports car but wasn’t one — 60mph was about the limit, the body too much for its small engine. Many survivors today have even been converted into fake C-Type replicas.
The MG D-type (also a Midget) was built in 1931 and 1932, using the M-type's 847 cc engine (derived from the 1928 Morris Minor and Wolseley 10 overhead-camshaft engine, with a single SU carburettor producing 27 bhp at 4500 rpm) in the C-type's ladder-frame chassis with tubular cross members, and was available only as a four-seater. Of 250 built, 208 were open tourers, 37 salonettes and five went to external coachbuilders. Drive was to the rear wheels through a three-speed non-synchromesh gearbox (a four-speed optional on later cars); suspension was half-elliptic springs and Hartford friction shock absorbers with rigid axles and centre-lock wire wheels, with cable-operated 8 in drums and a track of 42 in. The wheelbase was 84 in, and 86 in after the first 100 cars, longer than the C-type's to suit the larger body, but the body was really too much for the small engine and 60 mph was just possible in the tourer. The six-cylinder F-type, externally virtually identical, was much the better car and a bigger seller; many D-types have been converted into C-type replicas.
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Trims & Figures
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D-Type 847 four, single SU (27 bhp at 4,500 rpm) | 1931–1932 | 0.8 L Inline-4 | 27 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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