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The British brand MG (Morris Garages) maintained a continuous relationship with motorsport from its origins in the 1920s, competing in both circuit racing and road events, including rallying. Although MG is better known for its successes in races and speed records, several of its sports models were also used in international rallies, particularly during the 1950s and 1960s. At that time, rallies admitted production cars relatively close to standard specification, which allowed numerous lightweight British sports cars, including MGs, to take part in long-distance events across Europe. Models such as the MG T-series, the MG MGA and later the MG MGB were used by private teams and, in some cases, by structures supported by the brand itself in competitions such as the Rallye Monte-Carlo, the RAC Rally and the Tulip Rally. During the 1950s and 1960s the brand benefited from the reputation of its lightweight, agile and reasonably reliable sports cars, characteristics that made them well suited to the European rallies of the era. Although MGs rarely challenged for outright victory against more specialised or powerful cars, they achieved respectable results in various engine capacity classes and performance index classifications.