Despite their relatively humble origins in the Nuffield parts bin of 1935, the SVW range of cars has come to epitomise the style of the late 30s sports saloon.

Since becoming totally obsessed with the MGSA in 1970, I've spent a lot of time looking at, rebuilding and driving 1930s sports cars. In my hopelessly biased opinion, there's nothing to compare with an SA saloon for sheer style and purity of line - NOTHING!

Since each of the three SVW models was made with standard factory saloon bodywork, drop head coupé bodywork by Salmons and sons and tourer bodywork, there was effectively a range of nine variants.

The numbers of each produced, and their survival today, is shown in the following table:

SVW Production & Survival Figures
Production
	DHC	Saloon	Tourer
SA	696	1945	90
VA	564	1238	591
WA	86	265	9
Approximate Survival
	DHC	Saloon	Tourer
SA	93	223	23
VA	89	116	187
WA	25	34	1

 

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MG SA Saloon	MG SA Tourer
MG VA Saloon	MG VA Tourer
MG WA Saloon	MG SA Tickford

MG SA Tickfords in Blue & Cream or Burgundy   MG VA Tickford   MG WA Tickford   2 more of the biggest MG ever made-the WA Tickford