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FIRST LOOK: MG Cyberster. The electric car to convert petrolheads? | Electrifying
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MG is returning to the brand’s roots with a two-seat roadster which is due to go on sale in time for summer next year. The company has finally revealed the production version of its all-electric Cyberster, and we’ve along to the brand’s London HQ to have a look around.
Although technical details are sparse, there are a number of features that already mark the Cyberster out as one to watch - including ‘scissor’ style doors. We also know that the car will have a range-topping four-wheel drive model and up to 536bhp - more than many supercars. A single motor version is also expected to be offered.
It is also much bigger than many buyers will be expecting. Instead of being a rival for the best-selling Mazda MX-5 or a direct replacement for MG’s successful MGB and MGF, it measures 4,535mm long and 1,913mm wide - the same as much larger, luxury models.
Join Tom as he takes a close look around the new MG Cybertster. What do you think? Are we ready for a fully electric roadster? Is this the car to open up electric motoring to a much wider audience? As always, we love to hear your views, so please let us know in the comments below.
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I would buy one in the blink of an eye, but my better half would not be too keen.
MG have nailed it with this,looks gorgeous.and those doors, just beautiful.
Sell the better half, buy the MG ... sorted.
I have a 1990 Miata I drove to work today. It's essentially an MG, Triumph, Austin-Healy that Mazda walked in and simply made reliable. Simple, light, fun to drive and not a muscle car. Easy does it.
@@paulklem9249 All my MGs, Triumphs, Rovers and MGs since I bought the first one in 1960s have been very reliable and completed high mileages as my work travel cars. These include company cars when allowed to chose. Currently have several MGs and Rovers in the immediate family's fleet, all have been and still are reliable. Those Including an MG ZS 120 bought new in 2003.
Friends, relatives, work colleagues you name it, as a result of incessant "British Rubbish, Foreign Best" brainwashing from our payola riddled media have accused me of being lucky with all my cars being so reliable.
Indeed, my long term "Always buys German" car enthusiast friend is convinced that our cars being so reliable is due to their ... wait for it :~
HONDA ENGINES.
I kid you not. Proof positive of brainwashing right there. When I told him that the Rover L-Series Diesel engine was considered good enough by the honourable HONDA Motor Car Company of Japan. they fitted to their Diesel version of the Accord, he all but called me a liar. Such is the level of deep and ingrained anti-Brit car brainwashing in the land of the increasingly self-inflicted.
Mind you, hold my hands up. One of my MGs does NOT have an MG or Rover engine. It has a common or garden Ford one. With a Galloping Equine on its Throttle Body.
I remember the rumours from years ago saying it'd have around 400hp. 536 is a terrifying amount of power when you consider just how brutal EV acceleration is and I am 100% here for it.
not really considering the weight
@@MrDead1975 lol no.
My EV6 does 0-60 in 4.5s with "only" 321hp at 2 tonnes. This car at 1.8t and 536hp is going to be seriously, terrifyingly quick. Electric isn't like combustion; almost all of that 536hp will end up at the wheels. The power and weight figures are similar to the 2023 BMW M3 and no one is going to say the M3 is anything other than bloody quick.
@@benanderson89 Yeah, that's serious power especially it's an electric.
@@benanderson89 M3 will walk the EV6 unless it’s the GT spec, then the Kia will tag along somewhat to 170-200 then the M3 shoots past up to 300-320 kmh depending on spec.
It’s pointless to compare EVs to anything ICE really, my Ninja 636 obliterated a Polestar 2 DM, I could just as well used my slow FN2 Type R instead 😂
@@_TrueDesire_ I wasn't comparing the EV6 to the M3. I was comparing the MGC to the M3. Brush up on your reading comprehension, lad.
So great to see MG on the road. Growing up in the 60's, all the kids loved the British sports cars & the Alfas. We drove E-types, A's, B's, TR4's, GTV's & Spyders. Our neighbor was an ex-British racer and service manager at the D.C. Jag dealer, Arthur Tweedale, He'd help maintain our cars in exchange for yard work. The perfect inspiration for us kids. This is why we're glad to the new MG. If they can keep the price low enough for the common man the way they used to, it will be a success. What used to be price of houses is now the price of cars.
On looks alone it's already a winner. Anything else is just a bonus.
So you be happy with poor ride poor performance poor reliability but ok if it looks good ?
Yes fabulous and far cheaper than an equivalent Porsche or Tesla convertible..
@SSHHABBA 1234 has it got poor reliability, bad handling, and a low top speed? I haven't driven it yet but sounds like you know more than anybody else here, so please enlighten us.
@@Hell-Hound1 It was a comment on your stupid one not the car
@@Hell-Hound1You said these things like you have driven it before.
If MG can continue in this direction they have a real winner on their hands. They should bring subtle little touches from old MG sports cars, and integrate them into new electrics like this.
they already have winners MG4 sold out MG ZS sold out
Finally. An open sports car. Take my money
This has everything the S2000 had back in the day: Beautiful looks, performance, affordability. Nice job.
I'd highly doubt it drives anything like an s2000. it'll handle terribly and i bet the driving position is way too high due to the batteries. It'll have performance without a doubt but it's easy to get performance from an electric motor.
@@vwukben I really hope you're wrong. We need another affordable classic.
Except the reliability
Nice to see the MG badge on a sports car again
So amazing! MG are definitely on the right track! On the come back!
Except they're Chinese, sadly....😢
@@stephenduffy9370 That's not sad in the slightest.
@@stephenduffy9370 even Volvo is owned by Chinese
@@stephenduffy9370 And the Mug Nation and its Government at the time allowed that to happen! With some types dancing on the rubble of Longbridge taking selfies!
Very very sad and it is getting worse with the world and his many wives arriving on our shores to make things worse! Money always found for Public Sector bottomless money pits, not private companies by that party I voted for three times at General Elections.
I fitted a Chinese MG6 engine in my MG ZT-T 1.8T daily driver workhorse I saved from the breakers when a friend asked me if I wanted it as a project. I took it on and towed it home with the Cylinder Head removed. The engine was bought for some other project but swift change of plansd. One of the best engine swaps I've ever done.
To their credit, having been allowed to acquire the MG-Rover IPRs for buttons, the Chinese made a fine job with their version of the MG-Rover 1.8T K-Series. Shame the folks up at Longbridge were denied the opportunity to do this when the Bavarian shower were in controlling ownership.
I have been amazed by the number of Chinese MGs I see now when out and about. They are everywhere! Four new ones down my street of hundred plus houses alone. Car consumers like them. Two pure BEVs ( an MG 5 and a ZS EV ) and two hybrids. Me being me I speak to their owners. They like them.
@@stephenduffy9370 As opposed to say, Saab, where the Chinese were willing to step in and keep the brand going, but they refused to release the brand, and so Saab, its factory, and the local workforce all went away?
At the guessed price, the single motor version could be within reach of my planned midlife crisis and finance ending on my MG4. I've had a ZS-EV and it was great. The improvements made in the MG4, I believe, were aimed at answering all the previous feedback. Brand snobbery is being eroded by each MG release, and prices are creeping up to reflect that. At six figures, BMW has a lot more to prove. If you're looking for a roadster then MG is going to be considered by everyone looking, and likely to offer tempting specifications. Very exciting times. How will performance compare to the yet to be released dual motor MG4? Could they do a soft-top dual motor MG4 for less than 50k?
No chance they’re gonna do a cabrio MG4 and eat into their Cyberster sales - not for a while at least. They’re gonna want to up sell!
I don't think brand snobbery is eroded with MG, I think they're riding on the existing marque's laurels - BYD, GWM, Nio et al will still have trouble competing against euro and Japanese OEMs
why does my midlife crisis have to go together with a bad back? Just when I need a sporty car to convince me I'm still in my prime, my bad back shows me I'm full of BS. 🤣🤣
MG’s brand isn’t bad because of snobbery. Its because a British sports sports car company is now selling bland rebadged cheap SUVs and economy cars. The MG name has been dragged through the dirt for sales and the only thing that can properly win back people’s favour is making sports cars. Yes the MG4 is decent, but its main selling point is the cost compared to rivals. This Cyberster is easily the best thing modern MG has released, and I’m happy at what this represents.
MG Cyberster test drive. ruclips.net/video/vi5LZWZQzHA/видео.htmlsi=k6pbf6LuGACuHq_O
Hmm...
Let me think...
£52k for a MINI EV Convertible with a 120ish mile range...?
Or £55k for the Cyberster with 300+ mile range...?
I know where my money would be headed... (not that I have that much anyways...!)
Very impressed with MG. Nice to see an EV that looks like a car with just a hint in its styling it could be electric. Please keep the nice, clean designs coming MG.
Epic, but there needs to be a smaller MX5/Daihatsu Copen EV
Yeah, but it needs to be the size of a penny and do three million miles, because I want to drive to mars for my holiday.
Looks terrific, MG are really putting it up to Western manufacturers, both traditional and tesla
That Looks like an MG! My Dad had a couple a MGB's in le 60's/70's, the exhaust note was unmistakable.Equalled only these days by a subtle Subaru Flat Four odd exhaust header pipe Rumble!
At last MG are back stunningly beautiful
Yeah, it looks fantastic. MG streets ahead of other....
Damn is MG going to make a compact. If so this proves just make EVs cool and fun to drive and people will buy them. You dont have to make them look like some crazy future, cyberpunk. Just make a good-looking car.
EVs are already cool and fun to drive!
@@TriviaChallenge not really most EVs are too expensive and the ones that people can afford are so ugly or Meh. Even if you can afford the more expensive ones. The petrol counterpart is just better and cheaper.
Have you seen the 4?
@@markuc what the ID.4?
@@nomsi4263 no! MG4
This might be one of the most stunning looking cars i have seen in a long time...
Looks alone wins me ...
MGS are back for good ! beautiful!❤❤❤
This car is absolutely beautiful!
It looks very very promising :) . Waiting for the performance, handling and Fun factor drive test.
I swear if this doesnt come to the US ima cry. It looks so cool and would be future proofed here in Cali
Looks ace. Hoping the e drivetrain means lots of useful storage. Would be a great replacement and upgrade for my Z4 (e89).
Yeah, hopefully MG takes a full advantage of the EV drivetrain and puts a big front trunk/boot under the hood/bonnet. That long nose is not needed for an engine, so make it luggage space instead.
looks great, the badge is a little over sized though?
Agreed.
I thought the badge design, Finnish and size was spot on.
The first sports car since the old MGF/TF. MG back to doing what they’re best known and loved for, and that’s sports cars. But moving forward and keeping with the times.
Man I love MG and had one way back in my days when I was 😎 cool I do hope we get thus in the US, only EV I can afford util I hit big and buy the Bautista Pininfarina
I agree, I think their claim is extremely bold when they say is going to be as good dinamically as the other cars. This cars is going to weight 1,850kg. The BMW Z4 is about 1,650 and not to mention cars like porsche (around 1,400), alpine a110 (1,100) and Mazda MX-5 (1,100).
Can't see this tempting me out of my 2ltr MX5, it's not all about the straight line speed for me it's how it goes around corners. This is heavy so I'm dubious.
Looks like a fantastic proposition! I just think they should’ve gone for normal doors. These scissor doors look like a whole bunch of unneeded weight in the form of safety and servos.
I m told they do come with normal doors. The scissors doors are only an option in the premium model.
Why not?
Fine looking car. It will be good to see MG back with proper sports cars - and this one sounds as if it will tick all the boxes, though the price is a bit disconcerting. But clearly they are aiming to move up-market and expand their profit margins.
This car looks amazing but I have to be honest, it is hard for me to think about driving an MG without a manual. I used to own a 1957 MGA Coupe and I LOVED that car. It was a very sad day when I had to let it go. A big part of the fun was rowing my own gears and listening to that amazing sound it made.
I'll be honest, I love it. I just want a 4 seat hard top convertible. Rag tops just don't quite keep the road noise out.
After owning two British sports cars for several years it always seemed that the electrical system was their Achilles heal. The thought of an electric MG is frightening!
Well said sir. This looks beautiful, but as the bard wrote: "All that glitters is not gold."
Excellent job with the presentation. Presenter is a talented speaker.
I have been amazed by the number of Chinese MGs I see now when out and about in the UK. They are everywhere! Four new ones down my street of hundred plus houses alone. Car consumers like them. Two pure BEVs ( a 5 and a ZS EV ) and two hybrids. Me being me I speak to their owners. They like them.
And the Mug Nation and its Government at the time allowed that to happen! With some types dancing on the rubble of Longbridge taking selfies!
Very very sad as others here commenting confirm. Getting worse with the world and his many wives arriving on our shores to make things worse! Money always found for Public Sector bottomless money pits, not private companies like Longbridge by that party I voted for three times at General Elections.
I fitted a Chinese MG6 engine in my MG ZT-T 1.8T daily driver workhorse I saved from the breakers when a friend asked me if I wanted it as a project. I took it on and towed it home with the Cylinder Head removed. He needed a car for work sharpish and bought a Rover 75.The engine was bought for some other project but swift change of plans. One of the best engine swaps I've ever done. So good I have obtained another MG6 engine which I will put in the MG ZT 1.8T saloon I've had for ten years which is showing signs of over heating lately. I drove the donor car so know how good the engine is.
To their credit, having been allowed to acquire the MG-Rover IPRs for buttons, the Chinese made a fine job with their version of the MG-Rover 1.8T K-Series.That based on my ownership of two MG6s and the ZT-T with the MG6 transplant. Shame the folks up at Longbridge were denied the opportunity to do this when the Bavarian asset stripping shower were in controlling ownership. Aided by a biased short term sighted selfish Government who denied rescue funds rendering thousands redundant.
Only in the UK :sigh:
Hello John how are you doing 😊
@@helenarusso Hi Helena, doing quite well considering how many miles I have on my personal clocks.
Just got in from power washing the Family's MG ZS 120 runabout, now showing 116,000 reliable miles since bought it new in 2003. The local Sea Gulls had excelled themselves in the early morning light by giving the hatch and most of the roof a severe whitewashing. Never seen anything like it.
Looking good after the power wash treatment.
@@T16MGJ Hello my pleasure to meet you John. I’m looking for a new friend so if you’re interested 😊
@@helenarusso If I was fifty years younger, then just maybe ... Good luck finding a friend. There's some nice ones out there. Trick is finding one. Never give up.
This is a huge win for MG and a British marque resurrected. There isn't any competition in that segment yet and critically, when EV becomes commonplace, performance is no longer important, aesthetics and design are, and this has it.
Beautiful. Would be great if they sold it in the States…
Oi! I liked my MGF with Metro parts 😄 This looks great! Hopefully it is actually priced sensibly.
If it's any consolation, Tom owned (and loved) a TF!
Depends if you call 50-60k sensible I guess.
Looks great, think the MG badge is a bit big for my liking. Could be a bit smaller whilst still being able to easily read in pictures and be better proportioned. Just a small thing though haha
It looks fantastic, with hints of honda s2000 from the front
I really like the presenter. He gives me cozy vibes
Looks great. I read somewhere else that there's no chance it will come here to Canada or even the US. Hope that's wrong. Can anyone confirm?
Nice, but the Toyota GR86, Subaru BRZ and the Next Generation Mazda Miata might be a cheaper option...and they all look better too...
Plus the cars you mention have character which an electric appliance like this "MG" will never have.
I was hoping it would be a cheaper, short range but fun to drive/commute MX-5 wannabe circa 0-60 between 6-8 seconds.
As used EV prices are falling through the floor a second hand one will only be £18k in 2025😂
@@forestdad Let's hope so.
With the abundant of horsepower in the ev era, can't call it sporty if it is over 4sec
@@forestdad maybe by 2027 I will be able to pick one up on aces and bids for sub 10K with only minor problems.
@@sc5922 Yeah I know what you mean. Although to me at any rate "sporty" isn't just about 0-60 times which is why as a minimum I thought the old hot hatch benchmark of 8 secs worst case would be good enough. (=smaller motors, less energy used, smaller batteries, lighter car, cheaper car)
Looks amazing. The small engine would be fine for me - finally it has too much power for me. But fast charging, range and a good boot space are essential for me.
That looks pretty damn good to me.
MG's success was built on affordable, SMALL, basic, no frills sport cars. Repeat that formula with an EV version and they'd have a world beater. Very few people are in the position to splash out 60K on a weekend toy.
I agree but MG have said its not about sales and I think they'll sell less than a 1k.
It's a halo car for the marque.
No it was not. Not only that, it was started before WW2 when they produced very fine elegant sporting 4-door saloons and Drop Head Coupes now very highly prized by collectors. I'm just old enough to remember seeing those beautiful pre-WW2 MGs about on our roads when I was a very small boy. They also made very small two seat Sports Cars which American Forces over here liked and took some home at war's end..
Consider this. When I bought my first MGB back in the 1960s, MG enthusiasts told me it was not a proper MG. I kid you not. If the new owners of MG want to put the MG badge loud and proud on any of their cars, good for them. A mug Nation allowed them to do that when the MG-Rover IPRs were sold of dirt cheap by a very short sighted then UK Government into far eastern ownership and control.
Many car purchases in the UK now are company purchases. Fleets etc. Some of my contacts run their own companies and expensive cars are bought and costs set against business accounts. Few private buyers can do that and few can purchase a new car outright. The last new car i bought ( An MG ZS 120 twenty years ago I paid cash for. No finance although I was pestered by the nice lady in the dealership to take advantage of finance and use the cash for something else. I declined and negotiated a good discount as no part exchange was involved.
Speaking to folks in the trade, many new car buyers now are NOT concerned at all about the cost of the car, only the cost of the monthly payment. This creates a very false impression. By the way, in ten days time, the family runabout MG ZS used by all four family members will reach its twentieth birthday. Now showing 116,000 miles and never misses a beat. I do all the service and checking on the family's cars. That keeps costs well down and enables me to see potential future surprise expenses and sort them before they arrive. My "Old School" ways of car ownership were the norm decades ago. Now many folks have not even bothered to find out where the bonnet release is on their cars. My MoT tester and AA rescue van driver neighbours confirm this.
Finally, do a web search for images of those pre-WW2 elegant MG saloons and DHCs. They are truly beautiful.
@@T16MGJ Hi John. I'm aware of MG's heritage and I've always been a fan of MG/Rover. My point was that there's definitely a market for a cheap electric sports car, and sadly the Cybster is not going to be it. The company is missing a great opportunity.
@@phuketexplorer Whilst what you say is a valid point, the Chinese are not Mugs and their British Designers are aware of that miniscule gap opportunity in their whole model range market. They could design and produce something like that in no time. They clearly have that capability.
However, the better option is firstly for MG to become well established in the volume sector worldwide providing Cars car consumers not just enthusiasts want. They appear to be doing that if my observations of the number of Chinese built MGs I see on UK roads is a reliable indicator across the Nation and elsewhere.
Car consumers vastly outnumber car enthusiasts like you and I clearly are. The last new MG I bought was in 2003. An MG ZS 120 with the 1.8 K-Series now fast approaching its 20th birthday this month now showing 116,000 reliable miles. Mainly driven by my good lady and my sons. My daily driver an MG ZT-T 1.8T workhorse. My Sunday and high days car is also an MG with eight cylinders and a galloping equine on its Throttle Body. Bought my first MG back in the 1960s.
At the supermarket recently, loading the weekly shopping into the load space of my ZT-T, I was next to a woman doing the same in her MG Hybrid. We got talking about our cars. She told me how pleased she was with her Chinese MG. However, the thing which really stood out was when she told me she was a serial new Ford car buyer most of her life. It takes something different to break a lifetime's brand loyalty. The Chinese appear to have done that very successfully. The new MGs down my street are parked where previously, Lexus, BMWs and Mercedes once were parked. Two pure EVs and a couple of hybrids. How about that!
Hey @@T16MGJ, hope you're well! I was expecting / hoping for a TF replacement, which this clearly isn't, its more of an SV replacement as far as the halo effect goes I guess. I hope this does well and that they spin off a smaller, TF sized replacement off the MG4 platform as I suspect that would be rather popular. But I suspect this will sell well, there aren't many 2 seater EV roadsters at the moment and in all the markets MG sells into, I suspect there's enough demand to make this successful.
Unless they manage to get the finance deals down towards £300-400pm though (doubtful), it's not going to be on my ID3 replacement list in just over 3 years.
Stunning and seems like great performance. Will it come to Canada?
Doubt it. Most cars won't be sold in Canada unless they are also marketed in the US, and this car will never be sold in the US because of its tariff on cars made in China.
@@tren133 It's a matter of national security and the US may kill the brand
@Kevin Rich Every time the US cannot compete with a Chinese product, they will claim "national security" and try to ban it for sale. In this case, the result will be that American consumers keep paying extra for EVs for years to come while cheap Chinese EVs start flooding into all the other international markets that the US has no control over.
Polestar 6 is another EV convertible. £200k though!?!? This looks wonderful. Doors are an unnecessary complication though?
An to my eyes, this looks a lot nicer than the polestar 6. This may well force some of these companies to reconsider their pricing. Especially those that still new brands like Polestar. Porsche can trade on their name.
Very nice build, those lines are so striking! Well done MG.. Awesome car!!!! ❤️
I'm with you, were do I sign. Unfortunately for me, it's in my dreams only just a wee bit out of my financial reach. I say for anyone interested in the car, do not hang about this is one bold statement of a car. Great work MG . :}
Would like a hard too coupe version but overall it looks mint
Depends if MG use their LFP or NCM batteries. NCM would allow for more range within the same footprint but LFP would allow same range with less KW
Better looking than my old MGB
Hello Gren how are you doing 😊
AWESOME 😎 👏
Proud to wear a MG badge. I want one !
It definitely looks amazing and the price will mean they sell loads of these. That said there are some issues I'd be concerned about. I have an MG 4 and the software is a little bit off and I wonder what this will be like with that 3 screen display. I think the steering yoke is an absolutely terrible idea and they probably did it because Tesla has but it's just dumb no matter if the yoke is attached to the steering column or even if they have steer by wire. Then there is the fact that the UK has UK weather and UK crime. I think equipping this with a soft top will put people off and there should be a hard top version to allay some of those worries.
The dash has a Knght Rider feel to it
Looks fantastic!! I own a 1998 MGF and a MG ZS EV as our family car. But splashing out 50 grand for new roadster is a bit much…
£50/£60k for an MG? Thats a big barrier to overcome. Give it a smaller battery, reducing cost & weight then it would be great.
The TF finally gets an upgrade 👍
Looks great. Has supercar type looks. Amazing value for money too! Definitely onto a winner.
As a younger car guy, this is definitely something I hope to see in Canada at some point.
MG Cyberster's yoke steering wheel is banned today by Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of PRC for the reason of safety. Chinese version of MG Cyberster will be no longer available for yoke steering wheel. Some automaker's in China while setting yoke steering wheels up, they seems mostly never do anything about adjusting on steering ratio.
Yokes are a joke.
@@nordic5490 Unsafe and counter-intuative
It looks fantastic. But blimey, do you really think the new Boxster EV could have a six figure price tag?! 😢
I definitely want something remarkably similar!
Each to their own, but it needs to be an MX-5 without the ICE and with useful storage. Nobody wanted the funny doors, nobody needs Tesla acceleration, for DNA reasons it needs to be two wheel drive and the power operated roof needs a manual option. Having a high central tunnel for the batteries can give the rigidity that the doors are trying to solve.
The badge is also a bit large for the UK market. Sports cars are for cruising not spirited driving so it does not have to be exceptionally powerful. Lightweight is better, hence get rid of the funky doors and roof motors.
It is close but sometimes less is more.
I could be interested if it was half the price and weight and could be recharged almost anywhere in 5 minutes.
I think it is way cool looking. I wonder if it will ever make it to the USA? Will it be made in the UK or China?
MGs are currently made in India I believe? I may be wrong
It's definitely a nice looking car and if it drives and it as reliability as good as it looks then they've got a winner.
Electric cars have been converting petrolheads for decades. The modern wave of EVs actually started in the 60s not 2008. When EVs proved popular companies and politicians funded by oil made moves to shut them down.
I'm 58. I grew up with all my faourite cars being petrol. In 2015 I drove an Ariel Atom and vowed to have a go in one every year. In 2016 I got a bog standard (by today's criteria) EV and the urge to drive even an Ariel Atom disappeared instantly. I had three petrol cars over the space of 20 years. My last petrol car I had for 12 years. I sold it in the morning and picked up my EV in the afternoon. I could never go back. And though I was considered an early adopter, I was many years behind the real early adopters.
Remember in the 90s when GM produced the EV1 in the US and it was popular among celebrities like Danny DeVito, Mel Gibson, Dino DeLaurentis, Ed Begley Jr? The EV1 was meant to be a disaster, but even with that goal the engineers couldn't help making it excellent. GM were so determined to cover up the success of the electric car that they recalled them all and forcibly removed them from their owners. They then destroyed all but a dozen or so cars and removed the electric motor from those. They then made it a condition of displaying an EV1 that you cannot make it functional. This is how far they went to cover up the fact that it worked and it was popular.
So, to sum up, many petrolheads have been converted to electric. You can watch videos on social media that show die hard petrolheads having to swallow their pride when they are destroyed in a drag race by non-professional drivers in EVs or taken on a ride in a performance EV. Some cars may convert more petrolheads, but we've long passed the point when one can claim to be the first to do so.
But im a petrolhead and yet I still hate evs for how quiet and boring they are, so stop BS because u don't know the truth which is that we petrolheads will keep hating on evs
Lovely looking car but…I find it incredible how £60000 just rolls off your tongue like thats normal! It’s a heck of a lot of money for a depreciating asset that’ll be worth 20-30 per cent less in a year. You wouldn’t expect those losses with your savings would you! I wish manufacturers would start making sensibly priced cars that don’t mean you’ll have to sell vital organs to buy one. I’ll wait for the secondhand market. Boring, but my head won’t let me do otherwise!!
Well we've been losing 10% or more on our savings for a couple of years now...
@@Penmaenmawr101 I think you might be saving with the wrong banks then!! Not allowing for inflation my savings have made money unlike my car which is a depreciating piece of metal.
@@Michaellipmanactor inflation, exactly about 12% and work interest rates so low your losing our
Hello Ian Jones how are you doing 😊
Looks awesome just a pity that there is no petrol version
Sorry, what’s it called? Cyberster? It's just unpronounceable. Should have called it MGS for sport. Looks great though!
Yeah, I love everything about it except the name. The font is ugly too.
Loved my MGF, and my old man his MGB that he picked my mum up for the first time and many others in. Where do I sign?
Still not cheap, but way closer to be a roadster for the people. I'm about to order one as soon as that's possible.
Looks fantastic but the MG name will put off a bucket load of UK buyers at the start that's for sure. I hope it works out and does well.
Very nice but the only downside are the doors. Scissor doors I dont think belong on a car at this price point. Are the doors an option or are there normal doors too?
Where do I sign?
Well done MG, although i've got a Tesla MY, i've also got an MG4 and it's a great car. I've high hopes for the Cyberster and if i was in the market for a roadster, this would be up there.
Looks great, Just hope it handles well.
Are they going to come to the u.s.
I will never understand how every god dam "driver's car" gets built without the ability to recline the seats. I mean, I've gone on a road trip before. Getting the stearing wheel, seat height, seat angle, etc 'just right' is AS IMPORTANT as the car being sporty. I mean if you are driving for more than 15 minutes straight. I look at a car like this and go "man, how fun would that be to take on a weekend getaway"... Then I realize I've be "locked in place" in a cramped cockpit, and suddenly it would seam more like "torture" than "fun"...
Interior design reminded me Knight Rider immediately
The doors wins it for me , Lamborghini memories. Very lovely overall body design for a sport EV.
looks fantasticoooo and very much like how a 40year on development of the MGB roadster would look now. If only I could find the need for a topless pleasure drive as a second vehicle, but I love my practically shaped Berlingo Van style and this might get replaced by something similar
At last, back to their sporting heritage. I thought they had lost the plot after my MG with all of those terrible petrol-engined bricks they have produced recently.
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Finally some justice to the MG name
Here in Australia I can't imagine state governments approving that car until they change those taillights. Who the hell thought it would be a good idea to have a car driving down a narrow country road, at night, and approaching two red arrows that direct you to the left and right.
just seen it on another channel. the outer arrow on each side is the indicator. dunno if I’d get one, but it’ll definitely turn heads on the road. definitely getting Z4 vibes from this.
Never liked MG, but that is one very nice car. Refreshing in this market with all them SUVish things or outlandish ones. Something that look sleek for a change.
It’s gonna take a lot more to convert me!
But yeah despite it’s electric it’s a nice one!
Curious to see what it looks like in all black.
Not really, they aimed at the lightweight sports car and hited the 2 seater convertible GT, this thing weights over 1.800kg, is far from lightweight. So, would this convert petrolheads into electricheads? Nope.
1800? Wow! Tesla did it right from the beginning. Their Roadster weighed 1240kg
@@jamesengland7461 That's because the Tesla Roadster started out as a Lotus Elise. For my electric sports car, I'll wait to see what Lotus comes up with.
@@tomindenver1331 yes, I know that. 15 years ago, they built a viable ev sports car a half ton lighter than this. A Model 3 can be had at this weight
Why they put arrows ???
Lovely, I presently have a Peugeot e-208 GT. I would very much like to get one of these.
Stunning, great styling! The only thing we need now is someone who will put a decent V8 under the bonnet!
The only design element that I think needs improvement is the headlights. They just seem a little plain.
what happened to the 25k price tag or are just forgetting about that !
Amazing from the front and side but the back end is awfull. Whats with the arrow lights?
Good looking car, but those scissor doors will be a deal breaker for me. How the heck do you open that when it's parked next to your Range Rover in the garage. Hopefully they make that just an option when the car goes into production.
they got the car right but got the price wrong. you can get a model 3 performance for less money. should have priced it around 35k considering it's chinese and the mg 4 costs around 26k. this car is cheaper to make than an mg 4 and a tesla model 3. you can get a mazda mx5 for 19k. you could convert a mx5 to electric and add scissor doors and it would still be less than 50k!
Nice, but please MG make the logo on the front smaller!