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The very first ADO88, as the design office had labelled the Metro, was shown to the public to test the water so to speak, failed miserably on its slab-sided styling. Griffin was responsible for guiding the car for years through the maze of BMC and BL till its actual production in 1982. A fellow named Charles Griffin was the catalyst for the Metro, with Fred Coultas as the suspension designer. Triple ‘M’ how ever within MG circles refers to the pre-war Magnette, Magna and Midget, so we tend to refer to the later cars as the MG’M’ models. The end result was the triple-‘M’- MG’s of the Metro, Maestro and Montego.
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However, the market was still there for a more sporting version of the mother company’s family saloons. The little open topped sports cars had all gone by 1981, not many firms were building open cars due to the American markets jittery attitude to the effects of one Ralph Nader and his cronies. The survival rate of the model is very low indeed.īack in the early 1980’s MG were to take a completely different tack on the car markets. The Metro, (Austin, MG and Rover versions,) are disappearing fast. But twenty-five years have gone by, and the car is now getting rare. It seems that only a few years ago the little MG Metro was introduced to the world. This feature from the October 2007 edition of Safety Fast! follows the story of the MG Metro that was introduced to the world back in 1982. Reproduction in whole or in part of any article published on this website is prohibited without written permission of The MG Car Club.