MG Badge Dates Notes 1923 1924 1925 1928 1962 First used in advertising. Registered as a trademark, Appeared on car door tread plates First appeared on the radiator of a 14/40 Mk IV. End of production of the MGA saw the end of this design 1962? 1969 New design used on the MGB Use of this design stopped Red and silver colour scheme continued, but now mounted on black octagonal surround. 1969 Used on BL MGBs, with the recessed grill. The shield returned, but this time red instead of black 1973 Traditional grille returned, but in plastic Red background with gold lettering 1975 Rubber bumper MGB arrived, and gold lettering used during the Jubilee year Lettering changed to silver 1976 Continued to be used on the MGB until production ceased. silver lettering, red background 1982 MG Metro, MG Maestro and MG Montego. Metro 6R4 used same scheme but a smaller badge. 1992 Original design relaunched for the MG RV8 and MGF