Little known in the United States, the MGB Costello V8 is admired as one of the most historically important variants of the car produced. A skilled engineer and talented racing driver, Ken Costello saw a need to increase the performance of the standard MGB without resorting to measures that would adversely affect reliability. Costello considered…
The fact that the high-performance MGB GT V8 shared the same appearance as its more pedestrian siblings was deemed harmful to its position in the marketplace especially as it was difficult to distinguish the more potent car in various advertising efforts. As always with most British manufacturers, cost was an issue but it was deemed…
It hardly seems possible that twenty years ago, the only V8 engined MGs were either a few American Ford V8-engined TD Midget “home brew” specials or Ken Costello’s exciting and well engineered (but expensive) Rover V8 engined MGBs. In early 1973, the best that British Leyland had to offer MG fans were a Midget and an MGB…
