According to MG Midgets.net, the roots of the Midget can be traced back to 1958 and the Austin-Healey Sprite which was announced to the press in Monte Carlo by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) on 20th May 1958, just before that year's Monaco Grand Prix. It was intended to be a low-cost model that 'a chap could keep in his bike shed', yet be the successor to the sporting versions of the pre-war Austin Seven. The Sprite was designed by the Donald Healey Motor Company, which received a royalty payment from the manufacturers BMC. It first went on sale at a price of £669.

The Following pictures are of Brochures of the MG Midget.

1962 MG Midget brochure cover.

1965 MG Midget brochure cover.

MG Midget between two trucks. I hate to
be hit while driving this small car.

More information:

1. http://www.mgmidgets.net/history.htm
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_Midget
3. http://thatcarguy.typepad.com/car_lust/2009/03/morris-garages-mg-midget.html