{"id":24341,"date":"2022-06-11T12:04:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T16:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=24341"},"modified":"2022-06-11T12:04:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T16:04:12","slug":"mg-cyberster-roadster-production-ev-leaked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=24341","title":{"rendered":"MG Cyberster Roadster Leaked, Looks Like An Electric BMW Z4 Rival"},"content":{"rendered":"

MG is finally launching a vehicle worthy of the badge, an exciting looking roadster for the current age. So far the manufacturer has only officially shown the radical Cyberster concept, but now courtesy of leaked patent renderings, we can finally see what the production version is actually going to look like.<\/p>\n

It actually bears little to no resemblance to the concept, but that\u2019s not really a negative point since it actually looks like a convincing roadster – a real electric alternative to something like a BMW Z4<\/a>. MG hasn\u2019t tried to make the production Cyberster<\/a> look overtly electric, so it still has a clearly defined grille\/intake area (which doesn\u2019t appear to be closed off).<\/p>\n

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The hood is quite long too, giving this vehicle a very recognizable sports car shape. Its front section isn\u2019t quite as long as the BMW\u2019s, but it\u2019s not far off. The design of the rear seems a bit Polestar-esque, although MG<\/a> added two outward-facing arrows for extra personality – they also seem to be integrated with what appears to be some type of mesh, possibly an air exhaust for cooling.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t yet know where MG wants to place this model in terms of performance. The Cyberster concept<\/a> was said to be able to accelerate to 100 km\/h (62 mph) in under 3 seconds, and MG mentioned a bespoke EV architecture and a maximum range of 497 miles on one charge.<\/p>\n

The first new MG to debut won\u2019t be this roadster, but a hatchback called the MG 4, which should arrive in the UK by the end of this year. Known in China as the MG Mulan, it\u2019s around 4.3 meters (169 inches) long, it has a decent size 73 kWh battery pack in the long range version and it is basically MG\u2019s answer to the Volkswagen ID.3 or the newly launched Renault Megane Electric.<\/p>\n

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MG, which since 2007 has been owned by China\u2019s SAIC<\/a>, has actually been doing quite well over the last two years in Europe and in the UK. Earlier this year it announced that it tripled its Euro and UK sales in 2021 with 52,000 units sold and it also increased the number of sales and service locations from 150 to 400.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t really need to have an exciting sports car in its range. It\u2019s been doing quite well selling Chinese electric crossovers in Europe, but since parent company SAIC can afford it, they are doing it to boost the brand\u2019s image. They are essentially trying to revive the brand\u2019s sports car past in EV form (again, just because they can), and we\u2019re curious to see more.<\/p>\n

The Cyberster is expected to go into production in 2024 and it shouldn’t be too expensive to buy when it comes out.<\/p>\n

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MG is finally launching a vehicle worthy of the badge, an exciting looking roadster for the current age. So far the manufacturer has only officially shown the radical Cyberster concept, but now courtesy of leaked patent renderings, we can finally see what the production version is actually going to look like. It actually bears little […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24342,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}