[Spridgets] Thinking out loud

[Bud Osbourne]

At the time that the slogan was first thought of (1930-something). MG was to 
the sports car world what Porsche was to become to it (the sports car world) 
in the 1950s & early 60s.  In the world of high performance, "fast" is 
generally a relative term.  The "safety" in Safety Fast had to do with safe, 
predictable handling characteristics, which was always an MG trait.
Who made it up?  I'm sure I've read it somewhere (MG by McComb???).  Maybe 
Cecil Kimber, maybe someone in the advert department, at Morris Motors, 
maybe.....   I need to re-read some of that history, I guess.
Bud Osbourne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank" <spritenut at comcast.net>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 9:29 PM
Subject: [Spridgets] Thinking out loud


> Today at lunch I grabbed a glass out of my cupboard, one of Ed's MG Safety 
> Fast  glasses.
> So I was thinking about this MG slogan. Safety-Fast.
> MGs were not the safest cars of their time nor were they very fast.
> So who made up this slogan?
>
> -- 
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> My own Fleet of Sprites