Vintage Karmann Ghia Commercial (97)

I want you tell me how unreliable deutsch-bonnet's and bugattis were, despite making it through the entire 24 heurs de le mans when the vast majority of cars that started that race didn't finish. I want you to give me a good reason why an air cooled vw 1800cc engine should have less power output than an mg 1.3 liter water cooled engine, when an air cooled 2cv engine or deutsch-bonnet had more power per cc than either.

"Dude the 2CV is a piece of junk, as are all French-designed cars." Oh really? I want you to remove the pistons from the rear pair of cylinders in a type 1 and then race against a 2cv ( That way you have roughly the same displacement). Next I want you to visit pebble beach, and tell all the bugatti and tabot owners how you think their cars belong in the junkyard.

Dude the 2CV is a piece of junk, as are all French-designed cars.

The type-1's reliability speaks for itself in massive sales.

thats just funny as hell

is it 100% stock type 1?

A Beetle! I'd race a midget in it anyday around the lanes where I live

SO let me get this straight. I am comparing cars that were contemporary to each other. and you are comparing a 10 year old car with a 30 year old car. Name one small car of the period availible in england for the price of an mgb that is still faster than the cars on the road 20 years later.

no I said the MGB gt so called sports car lost!! the race!! with a 10 year old (with 90.000 miles on the clock) Escort Van! full of work stuff LOL! the Guy The Guy was probably of the same ilk as you LOL If I'd been driving a KG I would have beat him! they do over a Ton! (100mph)stock 1600

the MG was the second slowest in the test. I LOVE RAGGING ON THE SLOWEST!

They did a lot more than "upped the revs and put a different carb", they changed the camshafts for a better profile, upped the compression, and changed the ignition advance curve as well. lets compare like to like here. The Citroen 2CV was made at the same time as the VW Beetle. It had a 602cc that produced 33hp. Thats .0548 hp/cc the type 1 vw engine (stock) got 40 hp from 1200cc or .0333 hp/cc. The 2cv is extreemely reliable. Why couldn't VW match those figures?

Well thats all fine and good, but when you add the extra weight of a KG all Steel body (in place of the aluminum one) and swap out the engine for the pathetic 55 horse 1800 you have one pathetic excuse for a sportscar.

I dont know how they were advertised in the UK but the sales brochure I have from the states for 1970 shows a hippy and a flowerchild with the midget. It was a way to get your feet wet and own a real sportscar for vert little money. Often you would then move on to other more powerful cars. Still it was a step up from the KG

Yeah well at least the mgb gt had an easier time keeping up with the escort than your KG. Besides, the type of race, the year of each car, and the condition are important to mention. Why didn't you? The fact that your engine still works after all this time is irrelevent. Mine still works too and like I said before the numbers match factory records. As for the value, please lets be fair and adjust for inflation.

The Horse Power was kept Down (and the revs) So that The Engine would easily last for 150,000 miles + yours will be very on it's way out by then ! the Type 1 engine is the Same as the 356Porches except they upped the revs and put a different carb on it is essentially the same engine,

MG engines are just Rubbish compared to a Aircooled engine

Why are you so concerned with MG Midgets? Do you have NHS glasses and a beard?