Page 7 - Mar2023
P. 7
From Our Cover
A Rare 1995 MG R V8
IThis is my right hand drive 1995 MG
R V8, with a factory 3.9 Rover V8
engine and factory air.
The color is called woodcot e green.
Only 1800 of these cars were made
for world wide distribution. They were
only built for two years and came in
only three colors.
Nice t o Know: "The t oponym Woodcot e means 'cot t age in
I've owned my car for about six
t he wood'. Woodcot e was first document ed in 1109, when it
months now but I looked for one for
was a dependent set t lement of Sout h St oke, which in t urn
years. They were never introduced in
was a possession of Eynsham Abbey . Today, Woodcot e is a
the United States market. This one is
village and civil parish in Sout h Oxfordshire, about 5 miles
from Japan.
(8 km) sout heast of Wallingford and about 7 miles (11 km)
Jeremy Stillwel
l
nort hwest of Reading, Berkshire, in t he Chilt ern Hills."
7
