A contemporary MG sports activities automobile has been hinted at for years by the British marque and now one has lastly arrived within the type of the Cyberster, which was revealed on Monday on the 2023 Shanghai auto present.

MG is arguably finest identified for its light-weight, open-topped sports activities vehicles of the Nineteen Fifties and ’60s, however the model has been owned by Chinese language auto large SAIC since 2006 and since then has targeted on extra worthwhile segments like crossovers and hatchbacks. These efforts have paid off as MG now has the capability to return to its sports activities automobile roots, beginning with the Cyberster.

The Cyberster is an electrical roadster with two seats, an influence soft-top roof, and scissor-style doorways much like these utilized by supercars. It is on account of go on sale in 2024 in markets the place MG operates.

The design has clear hyperlinks to MG’s sports activities vehicles of the previous, notably with the lengthy hood and drooping nostril. Carl Gotham, superior design director at MG’s design studio in London, mentioned the mission was to create a design that was respectful of MG’s heritage whereas pushing the model into the long run to draw a brand new era of sports activities automobile followers.

2024 MG Cyberster

MG was brief on specs, however a minimum of two variations of the Cyberster are anticipated: a base mannequin with a single motor rear-wheel-drive powertrain and roughly 309 hp, and a range-topper with dual-motor all-wheel drive and round 536 hp. The curb weight is predicted to return in at 4,078 kilos for the bottom mannequin and 4,376 kilos for the dual-motor mannequin.

MG’s MSP modular EV platform will possible underpin the automobile. It was unveiled in 2022 and confirmed by the model as able to supporting sports activities vehicles.

The Cyberster is unlikely to succeed in the U.S. given MG’s absence in these components, however one other firm plans to supply electrical MG sports activities vehicles right here. A British agency is constructing reproduction MGBs powered by batteries, and left-hand-drive variations are within the pipeline.