MG D-type

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|image =

|name = MG D-type "Midget"

|manufacturer =MG

|production =1931–1932

|predecessor =MG M-Type Midget

|successor =MG J-Type Midget

|class =sports car

|layout = FR layout

|body_style =four-seat roadster
four-seat Salonette

|engine =847 cc In-line 4

}}

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The MG D-type "Midget" is a sports car that was produced by MG in 1931 and 1932. It used the engine from the MG M-type in the chassis from the MG C-type and was only available as a four-seater. Of the 250 cars produced, 208 were open tourers, 37 were salonettes and five went to external coachbuilders.

The car used the M-Type 847 cc engine that was derived from the overhead camshaft engine from the 1928 Morris Minor and Wolseley 10 with a single SU Carburettor producing {{convert|27|bhp|abbr=on}} at 4500 rpm. Drive was to the rear wheels through a three-speed non-synchromesh gearbox with a four-speed gearbox was an option on later cars. The chassis came from the C-Type and took the form of a ladder frame with tubular cross members and passed under the rear axle. The suspension used half-elliptic springs and Hartford friction shock absorbers with rigid front and rear axles and centre lock wire wheels, the brakes were cable operated with {{convert|8|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}) drums. At {{convert|84|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}), {{convert|86|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}) after the first 100 cars, the wheelbase was longer than the C-Type to cater for the larger body, but the track remained the same at {{convert|42|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}).

In spite of its looks the car was not very fast, {{convert|60|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} being just possible in the tourer, the body being really too much for the small engine. The cars are quite rare today, many having been converted into C-Type replicas. At the same time as the D-Type was being made MG was also offering the 6-cylinder 1271 cc F-Type, and externally the two are virtually identical. The extra power of the F-Type made it a much better car, and it proved a bigger seller.