1947 MG TC Roadster

"The great point about this car is, naturally, that it is intended for the section of motorists known as enthusiasts, but the appeal is far from being limited to those of ages in the twenties. The sports car characteristics which it embodies are appreciated by anyone who revels in driving for its own sake and who values accuracy of control and road stability developed to a fine art, allied with a performance that permits the car to be driven about as fast as anyone could wish under average conditions on main road or by-road, not to mention rough stuff of trials character." "Driving position is of the kind again appreciated by the keen driver, with a back rest which can be adjusted close to the vertical and the spring-spoked wheel in a position where one has full power over it. Adjustments in connection with driving position are well arranged; both the column rake and the wheel itself can be adjusted and the seat cushion is easily moved fore and aft. It is most satisfactory, too, to sample again the fly-off type of handbrake lever, held to its ratchet only when the knob is depressed, and released by a slight pull."

Motor Sport, January 1947

"The gear change has synchromesh on second, third and top, and with a short vertical lever, which is well placed, this works very well for really quick upward and downward changes when the utmost is being made of the performance potential. The instruments include a rev counter, and the engine can be taken round to 5,500 r.p.m. with celerity and it will readily go beyond that figure."

The Autocar - October 1947

"The TC can haul you back to 1948 in about two seconds, a sort of sunny afternoon time machine."

Top speed 125 kph, standing quarter mile 22.2 second.

Car and Driver - December 1979