MG

MG MGA 1600 SPECIAL

· Generation

Source and record

Swiss Typenschein type approval (pre-1985)

Official source: ASTRA (Federal Roads Office), type-approval overview table (pre-1985)

: Brand and model come from the official catalogue.

Data as of: 2026-08-01

This page describes a vehicle configuration (type/variant/version), not an individual vehicle.

Original document

Open PDF in a new tab · Official scan of the type approval. Source: FEDRO (Federal Roads Office), served from our archive holdings.

Vehicle stock in Switzerland

22 actively registered

Colours

  • Red9
  • White6
  • Green3
  • Black3
  • Blue1

Cantons

  • 3
  • 3
  • 2
  • 2
  • 2
  • 2
  • 2
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1

First registration by year

  • 19584
  • 195913
  • 19605

Vehicle category

Most common value in Swiss registrations

  • Passenger car

Fuel

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • Petrol

Body form

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • Offen · No official English label

Drivetrain

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • Rear-wheel drive

Gearbox

  • Manual
  • Automatic

Axles

  • 2

Cylinders

Authoritative value — per the Typenschein (pre-1985)

  • 4

Postcodes

  • 19..
  • 41..
  • 80..
  • 10..
  • 11..
  • 30..
  • 31..
  • 34..
  • 45..
  • 46..
  • 50..
  • 63..
  • 68..
  • 69..
  • 70..
  • 72..
  • 87..
  • 90..
  • 92..

VIN prefixes

  • YD3...
  • YD21...
  • YD2...
  • YD31...
  • GHNL70...
  • GHNL75...
  • HDA4348...
  • YD12...
  • YD22...
  • YD32...
  • YM12...

Key data

Marke
MG
Marke und Typ
MG MGA 1600 SPECIAL
Treibstoffcode
B ·
Hubraum
1586
Zylinder
4
Leistung kW
0
Fahrzeugart
001
Karosserieform
175
Antrieb
H
Bestand in Verkehr
22
Bestand ausser Verkehr
31

Field labels are the German originals of ASTRA's overview table (pre-1985); no official translations exist for this corpus ("Lien RT" is the official French label of the French scan).

Typenschein – all fields

TG
2653A
Link TG
Official scan (ASTRA portal)
Lien RT
Official scan (ASTRA portal)
Erstellung
vor / avant 10.03.2004
TG-Format
1. Generation
Marke
MG
Marke und Typ
MG MGA 1600 SPECIAL
Markencode
5057
Fahrzeugart
001
Karosserieform
175
Treibstoffcode
B ·
Leistung kW
0
Hubraum
1586
Zylinder
4
Antrieb
H
Sitze von
2
Bestand in Verkehr
22
Bestand ausser Verkehr
31