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MG MGB GT V8 and MG RV8

Having failed to create an Austin-Healey 3000 with the MG MGC, MG tried again with the V8 versions of the MGB GT, launched unfortunately just as the fuel crisis hit the world, and then killed off by British Leyland who saw the MG V8 as a competitor to Triumph models. But in 1992 British Leyland dusted off some MGB shells, filled them with Rover V8 engines and a bit of modernisation and rekindled the MG name with the MG RV8.

MG MGB GT V8 - grille badge	MG RV8 - grille badge	MG MGB GT V8 - grille	MG MGB GT V8. Only the V8 badge on the grille gives a clue to the 3528cc Rover V8 engine fitted behind	MG RV8. Underneath the Porsche 99 lights, and the 'soft' front lies a remanufactured MG MGB shell dating back to 1962.
MG MGB GT V8. Launched in 1973, unfortunately just as the fuel crisis began, the V8 raided the Rover parts bin for its 3528cc V8 engine.	MG MGB GT V8. Produced from 1973 to 1976, the MG MGB V8 sold 2591, sales were hampered by the 1973 fuel crisis and high purchase price.	MG MGB GT V8. The MG MGB GT V8 was launched in 1973 with the traditional grille, but when it was withdrawn in 1976 all MGs were 'rubber bumper' versions	MG MGB GT V8.	MG RV8. Based on a remanufactured MGB shell, the RV8 was given a 3947cc V8 rover engine, but much of the engineering was still MGB and out of date at the 1992 launch.
MG RV8. In production from 1992 to 1993, the RV8 sold 1982 copies of which 1500 went to Japan.	MG RV8 - lights. The headlamps are supposed the same as a Porsche 911.	MG MGB GT V8. The Dunlop alloy wheels are the only really conspicuous distinction between standard MGB GT and V8	MG RV8. In 1988 British Motor Heritage started remanufacturing MGB bodyshells, and it was this product that was adapted to become the RV8 with some re-styling and a new power unit.	MG MGB GT V8. It looks just like an MG! One of the criticisms made of the MGV8, owners paid a premium for the 8 cylinders, but had little to show for this in their car.
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