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£10,125 (Est: £12,000 - £16,000)
1989 MG Metro GTi 'Project Pride' Speed Record Car
United Kingdom • 22 Feb 2025
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AI Listing Summary
This is a factory-built, high-performance 1990 MG Metro GTi, one of two cars built to contest land speed records. It is the only survivor in its original format and condition, with just 3,356 miles and recent mechanical recommissioning.
Condition
8
The car has been stored in a de-humidified garage for over 20 years and has recently been mechanically recommissioned using nearly £2,000 worth of consumable parts. The car presents in excellent condition, having covered just 3,356 miles from new. It starts easily and runs well.
/ 10
Transmission:
Manual
Chassis No:
SAXXPDNCBAD601064
Odometer:
3,356 miles
Reg Number:
C138 JWO
RHD/LHD:
RHD
At Iconic Auctioneers we do thoroughly enjoy the weird and wonderful and this little Metro manages to seamlessly be both.
This is the original, factory-built, high performance Metro, engineered to break various speed endurance records, some un-broken since the 1930s, remaining almost exactly as built by the factory.
'Project Pride' took place ahead of the official launch of the MG Metro GTi at the 1990 British International Motor Show, designed to compete in the 'hot-hatch' market that’s so synonymous with the late 1980s and 1990s.
The GTi was a development of the earlier MG Metro Turbo and MG Metro 1300 models, aligning with the shift toward modern fuel-injection systems helping enhance performance and efficiency.
This Metro GTi is rather special.
It's one of two cars built by MG to take on and contest a number of land speed records, doing so with flying colours.
In late 1989, a voluntary team of enthusiastic Rover Group engineers worked with the company management to produce a...
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£3,000
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£7,475
Median Price (Since 2020)
£22,400
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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