MG F-type

{{redirect|MG Magna|the similarly-named car produced between 1933 and 1934|MG L-type}}

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{{Infobox automobile

| name = MG F-Type "Magna"

| manufacturer = MG

| production = 1931-1932
1250 built{{cite book |last=Sedgwick |first=M. |title=A-Z of Cars of the 1930s|year=1989 |publisher=Bay View Books |location=Devon, UK |isbn=1-870979-38-9}}

| predecessor = none

| successor = MG L-type Magna

| class = sports car

}}

{{Infobox automobile

| name = MG F1

| image =

| production = 1931-1932

| body_style = 4-seat open tourer
Foursome Coupé

| engine = 1271 cc In-line 6

}}

{{Infobox automobile

| name = MG F2

| image = MG F2, Bj. 1932, Heck (2008-06-28) ret.jpg

| production = 1932

| body_style = 2-seat open tourer

| engine = 1271 cc In-line 6

}}

{{Infobox automobile

| name = MG F3

| image =

| production = 1932

| body_style = 4-seat open tourer
Foursome Coupé

| engine = 1271 cc In-line 6

}}

}}

The MG F-type Magna is a six-cylinder-engined car that was produced by MG from October 1931 to 1932. It was also known as the 12/70.

Looking for a car to fill the gap between the M-Type Midget and the 18/80, MG turned to another of the engines that had become available from William Morris's acquisition of Wolseley. This was the 1271 cc 6-cylinder version of the overhead camshaft engine used in the 1929 MG M type Midget and previously seen in the 1930 Wolseley Hornet and had dummy side covers to disguise its origins. Fitted with {{convert|1|in|0|abbr=on}} twin SU carburettors it produced {{convert|37.2|bhp|abbr=on}} at 4100 rpm at first, later increased to {{convert|47|bhp|abbr=on}} by revising the valve timing. Drive was to the rear wheels through a four-speed non-synchromesh gearbox of ENV manufacture. The chassis was a {{convert|10|in|mm|sing=on}} longer version of the one from the MG D-type with suspension by half-elliptic springs and Hartford friction shock absorbers all round with rigid front and rear axles. Wire wheels with 4.00 x 19 tyres and centre lock fixing were used. The car had a wheelbase of {{convert|94|in|0|abbr=on}} and a track of {{convert|42|in|0|abbr=on}}.

With its sloping radiator and long bonnet the F-Type is an attractive car capable of reaching {{convert|70|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}. 188 of the cars were supplied in chassis form to outside coachbuilders such as Abbey, Jarvis, Stiles and Windover.