‘Kim’ produced affordable sports cars but for Morris’s accounts department, models weren’t shifting quickly enough
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How many people first competed in an MG? Until diluted to a mere badge, these unassuming machines based on common mechanicals were a reliable way into many competitive car pleasures. Here is the man who made it happen – Cecil Kimber, known as ‘Kim’, warts and all.