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Classics World editor Simon Goldsworthy and Senior Operations Manager at Lancaster Andrew Evanson each choose one car that they would recommend as an alternative.

Simon Goldsworthy – Triumph TR2

The TR2 is one of the cars that made life so difficult for MG towards the end of the T-type’s life, offering as it did far more modern styling and performance that was in another league. Some 70 years later the differences are perhaps not quite so acute, but the TR2 still offers more than the MG in terms of power, comfort and ease of maintenance. That doesn’t mean you could or should expect it to drive anything like a modern car, but then again if it did, why bother buying it in the first place? Club support is every bit as good for the Triumph as it is for the MG, and so is the spares back-up. As a restoration project it is also slightly easier. Slightly...

Andrew Evanson – Morgan Plus 4

In many ways a Morgan is the obvious alternative to an MG T-type, with its similar 1930s styling and Tally Ho! persona. You could argue that it is also the easy choice given that it was built in three distinct phases – 1950-1969, 1985-2000 and 2005-2020, meaning that there is a wide range of powerplants to choose from, starting with the Standard Vanguard’s wet-liner OHV four pot and ranging through the TR2’S engine (the same basic unit as in the Vanguard) and more modern DOHC units from Fiat, Rover and Ford. There were even four-seater options along the way. Nothing else looks or drives quite like a Morgan, and I mean that in a good way.