The MGC and MGB GT V8

During the MGB’s life span, Abingdon also produced two high performance versions of the car. Neither of them was a commercial success but both are very interesting and worthy cars. Their stories are very different, though. As can be expected, the cars have very useful performance as can be seen in the comparative table below.

	MGB	MGC	MGB GT V8
engine	1798 cc L4	2912 cc L6	3528 cc V8
power@rpm	95 BHP.@5,400	150 BHP.@5,250	137bhp@5,000
torque@rpm	110 lb.ft@3,000	174 lb.ft@3,500	193 lb.ft@2,900
top speed	107.4 mph	126 mph	125 mph
0-60 mph	11.8 sec.	9.8 sec.	8.25 sec.

MGC

MGB GT V8