MG’s first post-war saloon, the Y-Type employed the advanced features of coil-spring independent front suspension and rack-and-pinion steering, both of which would later appear on the TD sportscar.

The Y-Type shared the contemporary TC sportscar’s 1,250cc four-cylinder XPAG engine, albeit in single-carburettor form and, MG being part of the Nuffield Group, made use of some body panels from the Morris Eight.

Introduced for 1952, the YB incorporated a number of improvements including Lockheed twin-leading-shoe brakes, stronger clutch, 15”-diameter wheels and a hypoid bevel rear axle, while modifications to the suspension curbed the Y’s tendency to oversteer.

YB production ceased at the end of 1953, by which time just 1,301 examples of this charming small sports saloon had been made.

An important part of MG’s competition history in the post-war era, ‘UHK 111’ was driven by Dick Jacobs to three consecutive wins in the BRDC’s Daily Express-sponsored Production Touring Car race at Silver...