Britain's most popular sporting marque, MG is one of only a handful of British motoring names to have survived into the twenty-first century.

From the quintessential open two-seater MG 'Midget', through the booming post-war years and the emergence of MG as a provider of sports cars for the world, Jonathan Wood provides an in-depth analysis of the rise and fall of a motoring legend. Examining the various models in detail, the author covers the financial and corporate traumas which afflicted the company, its brief resurgence in 1995 with the release of the MGF, and the final sad chapter which saw a British icon sold off to foreign investors.

This is an informative and at times touching glimpse into the history of one of the world's most recognisable sports cars.