Corgi VA05007 MGA Open Top - 50th Anniversary gold Plated

Decertificated by Corgi, no Limited Edition certificate

The MGA was launched in September 1955 and was the first all new sportscar from MG since 1936! It had been previewed at Le Mans 4 months earlier, where 3 cars had run as MG EX 182 prototypes. Based around a strong box section chassis frame and BMC's ubiquitous B series engine it was called the MGA because having just launched the Z type Magnette MG had, according to their then General Manager John Thornley, run out of alphabet! It was marked the beginning of a new chapter for MG and a successful one at that; for over 100,000 examples were sold during its 7 year life.