Record-breaking MG Metro, capable of 135mph and holder of 21 Class F speed records, goes on sale for £16,000—a unique piece of motoring history up for grabs in Coventry.

Fastest Metro that broke 21 speed records selling for £16,000

Record-breaking MG Metro, capable of 135mph and holder of 21 Class F speed records, goes on sale for £16,000—a unique piece of motoring history up for grabs in Coventry.

The fastest Metro that broke 21 speed records is on the market for £16,000.

The MG – which could do 135mph – is being sold for the first time in 20 years.

It was one of two cars built by MG to contest land speed records, some un-broken since the 1930s.

In 1989 a voluntary team of enthusiastic Rover Group engineers worked with the company management to produce a modified version of the new fuel-injected Metro with the intention of contesting the Class F, 1,100cc – 1,300cc, records.

The GTI was a development of the earlier MG Metro Turbo and MG Metro 1300 models, aligning with the shift toward modern fuel-injection systems helping enhance performance and efficiency.

They succeeded in increasing the power of the 1,396cc twin-cam, K-Series engine from 95bhp to 140bhp, along with a resilient fuel delivery system, a specialist roll cage and a number of other performance variations meaning the car was capable of speeds up to 135mph.

Some 500 people ended up being involved in the project and 6,500 hours were spent preparing the car to the required level.

The project was incredibly well executed and despite achieving all their objectives and some publicity at the time, the team’s success appears relatively unknown and has slipped under the radar, until now.

Supervised by the RAC, the 24 hour event took place at Millbrook Proving Ground in June 1990 with the two cars continuing to lap the high speed bowl, despite heavy rain as darkness fell, until all 21 Class F records for it had been broken.

Within the car’s history file is an official list of all the records broken including covering 2,911 miles 1,727 yards in exactly 24 hours at an average speed of 121.33mph.

The car is the only one to survive in its original format and condition following the event as reported by Luxury Auto News.

Its listing reads: “It presents in excellent condition, having covered just 3,356 miles from new.

“Its state of preservation is commensurate with it being kept in a dehumidified garage for over 20 years and recently mechanically recommissioned using nearly £2,000 worth of consumable parts, including replacement of the four petrol pumps and the brake servo, as well as being freshly MOT’d.

“With the exception of a new stainless steel exhaust, no changes have been made to the car.

“It starts easily and runs at tick-over once it is warmed up a little with the petrol pumps performing as they should.

“This is an outstanding opportunity to own a record breaking MG, a unique piece of motoring history with outstanding performance for a car of its size.

“A road-going, record breaking works car at today’s guide seems remarkable value.”