MG (Morris Garage) is an English automotive marque registered by the now defunct MG Car Company Limited,[note 1] a British sports car manufacturer begun in the 1920s as a sales promotion sideline within W R Morris's Oxford city retail sales and service business by the business's manager, Cecil Kimber.[1] Best known for its two-seat open sports cars, MG also produced saloons and coupés. Kimber was an employee of William Morris.