Background
Announced late in 1945, the TC was based on the TB and possessed comparable performance but featured a widened body and improved suspension.
More than any other car it was the MG TC that was responsible for starting the American love affair with the British sports car, and many of the 10,000 produced up to the end of 1949 found customers in the USA.
This was in large part due to a British government directive that told British manufacturers that unless they could guarantee to export 30% (soon rising to 50%) of their products, the government would refuse to supply them with steel.
This measure had three principal effects: lots of UK car manufacturers withered and died; others turned to aluminium as the medium of choice for crafting their vehicles; and a few, like MG, pursued overseas markets like their businesses depended on it – which they did.







