[TR] Fw: MG vs. Triumph

[Wayne Lee]

 I'd have to agree with You they had some diversity in the Product line. I
 grew up with more than a few Magnette's and 1100's that did make
 it to our Shores and thru my Father's dealership. Still less than the
Herald and 2000 Lines that were here simultaneously.
 Cheers,
 Wayne Lee
 Douglas, MA
64 TR4
 75 TR6
 Other Brit Saloons and Light Trucks

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> From: "John Macartney" <macartney.john at yahoo.co.uk>
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 6:42 PM
> To: <TR250Driver at aol.com>; <spitlist at cox.net>; <triumphs at autox.team.net>; 
> <fot at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [TR] MG vs. Triumph
>
>> Sorry, Darrell - I have to disagree. While MG may be known stateside for 
>> the T
>> series, A, B, and Midget - you have to remember that MG also made a wide 
>> range
>> of saloons as well, both pre and post war that were just as important to 
>> the
>> company and its customers as the two seaters. You may not have seen the
>> non-two seater models in the US as much as we did in Europe, but they're 
>> still
>> MG's in every sense of the word and deserve absolute and equal 
>> recognition :)
>> Jonmac
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: "TR250Driver at aol.com"
>> <TR250Driver at aol.com>
>> To: spitlist at cox.net; triumphs at autox.team.net;
>> fot at autox.team.net
>> Sent: Mon, 25 January, 2010 22:30:07
>> Subject: Re: [TR] MG
>> vs. Triumph
>>
>> In a message dated 1/23/2010 9:03:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> spitlist at cox.net writes:
>>
>> It came  down to a difference in personality:
>> Triumph were raucous, snarly
>> little  things, all torque and attitude, while
>> MGs were more refined, often
>> slower,  but usually better built
>>
>>
>> Hey Joe,
>> I
>> know as an owner of multiple Triumphs that for much of  the glory days of
>> the
>> competition between the two marques, one had  a lot of choices of
>> different
>> models with Triumphs. Triumphs evolved  over the years that they were
>> produced.  Three distinct  changes in the legendary Hairy Chested TR 
>> series,
>> several changes in  the Spitfire series and then modern Shape of Things 
>> to
>> Come the last  of the TR series. Not to mention Stags, Heralds, etc. 
>> "Variety
>> is the spice  of life."  With MG it basically came down to two types. 
>> You
>> had  chrome bumper and rubber bumper in midget or regular size.  Ha! No
>> comparison!!!!!
>> Darrell