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"I was brought up on rear wheel drive cars so.." my grandma could do a better drift on her zimmer frame.
ОтветитьRace a Triumph vitesse saloon, see if really is the ‘two seater beater’
ОтветитьGrate video
ОтветитьTR4A v MGB? Might be fun.
ОтветитьHere in sunny California USA I raced my 1967 MGB against my father who was driving his 1970 Triumph Spitfire back in 1980. I of course won hands down.
Ответитьi just bought a spitfire
ОтветитьGenuinely surprised by that result. Can't wait for the next one though. Best car. I reckon the DeLorean will take it. I've driven Bs and your DeLorean. The Stainless Steel Dream Machine has a lot more low down and still isn't hugely heavy. Placing my bet now.
ОтветитьGet a gt6 on
ОтветитьTriumph GT6 vs MGB GTV8 would be a nice race. I'm sure the MG would win but I just want to listen to the soundtrack
ОтветитьAs an owner of a '70 MGB and a '69 Spitfire, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I'd be interested to see the MGB up against a Fiat 124 Spider which I also own (mine is a '78).
ОтветитьA friend of mine had a B identical to this one, all be it that the steering wheel was on the other side. These races are really great fun to watch and as an owner of a '77 B for the last 30 years I will keep tuning in.
ОтветитьTr6 vs the mg would be more evenly matched
ОтветитьDont fold the MGBs top like that! You'll ruin it quickly!
ОтветитьLoved the video. Two of my fav cars but B just rocketed away.
ОтветитьPut a TR4 against it they were out to get the same customers back in the day!
Ответитьbut i still would take the spitfire over the mg, i had a 1968 spitfire mk 3 for over 30 years and triumph fan the spitfire will always win for me, but i like mgs.
ОтветитьI was actually expecting the MGB to outpace the Spitfire by more. In the end, I'd take the MGB for performance and the Spitfire for looks. That said, the real beauty of both these cars is found via the enjoyment of top-down motoring. Where the sound of the exhaust while running through the gears easily trumps any exhilaration provided by the resulting acceleration (or lack thereof). Speaking of slow, my first car was a 1972 Spitfire MK IV that I bought in 1979. (Quite the rarity in rural Illinois, USA.)
ОтветитьDriver difference. MGB had better launch and spitfire guy was short shifting.
ОтветитьSpitfire 1500 vs MG Midget 1500 ???
ОтветитьThe Mk V Spitfire with 71bhp would be very close I reckon!
ОтветитьA GT6 against the MG B would be a better match.
Ответить🤣 the drone kept up the whole race 🤣
Ответитьfun bunch of races. mgb for the win, but you don't have to go fast to look good. to my eyes the spitfire wins the beauty contest. so much so i bought one. same color too.
ОтветитьPlease Fiat 2300S Coupe vs MGB
ОтветитьThe two cars fit in the same category, but driving them is quite a different experience. The unibody design of the MG makes for a much more solid feeling vehicle, compared to the body on frame construction of the Spitfire, which also leads to the B having much more efficient use of space (loads of legroom, for example.) Also, the B's engine is a much better design than the Triumph, more stout design with better and bigger bearings. Far more durable when pushed hard.
ОтветитьLol...............tortoise v slug shoot-outs are always fun!
ОтветитьGiven the choice of cars, I'd probably choose the Spitfire... I like the styling much more.
Ответитьsurprised it was that close with the extra power of the mgb,
ОтветитьI never lost a race in my 327 cu. in. V8 powered Austin Healey 100, 0-60mph in < 4 seconds …
my first car was a 1964 MGB which was a wonderful experience. Three Spitfires followed years later and now my lust for V8 torque and exhaust song is satisfied by my 1967 Sunbeam Tiger …. Still miss my Healey though 😢
That should of been up and down the road,
ОтветитьIt’s like watching a race between two grannies with Zimmerman frames!
ОтветитьThe true contest for the MGB would be the Triumph GT6, with its 2-litre 6cylinder, which produced pretty much as the MGs B-series. In period there were road tests comparing the GT6 and the MGB GT. Unfortunately Triumph never produced a roadster version of the GT6, which they should have, though plenty of people have done conversions. When I lived in the UK in the 1990s I owned a lovely white Mk.III GT6 and later another Mk.III in Mimosa Yellow with the 2.5 litre engine from a Triumph saloon - now that was a car! I had a mate who owned a stunning Mk.II GT6 and we regularly hit the Heathrow Tunnel late at night, side by side in our GT6s, the noise echoing off the tunnel walls was amazing! Great days they were. Later on I also owned one of the last Triumph Mk.I saloons built in manual form in Conifer Green, lovely car. But I'm also an MG fan and back in OZ owned a number of MGBs, and later in UK an MGC GT Downton tuned Stage 3 and a converted MGB GT to V8 - which was a wolf in sheeps clothing, it looked stock 4-cylinder from the outside, no V8 badges etc.
ОтветитьThe Spitfire’s design is still making it a looker today. The MGB looks like an old British roadster. Grazie, Signore Michelotti! 😊
ОтветитьI thought the cameraman in the back was following on a bicycle until I saw the drone in the next shot 🤣
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