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MG Cyberster 2024.

Electric roadster MG Cyberster: photos of the production version and power figures.

A week before the world premiere in Shanghai, photos of the MG Cyberster electric roadster flashed in the database of the Chinese Ministry of Industry, the all-wheel drive version will have a power of 544 hp.

As a concept car, the MG Cyberster debuted exactly two years ago at the Shanghai Motor Show, the premiere of the production version will take place there next week, and the Chinese Ministry of Industry, as usual, uploaded photos of many new products to the Web, including the MG roadster.

However, we already know what the serial roadster looks like from patent images, but photographs, of course, give a better idea of ​​the new product.

The serial MG Cyberster does not look as impressive as the concept, but in its appearance there is continuity with the last primordially British MG F / TF roadster (produced from 1995 to 2011), which was equipped with rather weak gasoline 4-cylinder engines with a capacity of no more than 160 hp. With.

The electric Cyberster will be much more powerful and noticeably larger than its «hydrocarbon» ancestor, whose length did not exceed 4 m.

Overall length of the new sports car — 4535 mm, width — 1913 mm, height — 1329 mm, wheelbase — 2690 mm. At the same time, there are only two seats in the cabin, a folding roof is made of cloth, two powerful safety arcs are visible behind the headrests of the seats.

The maximum stock tire size is 245/40 R 20 front and 275/35 R 20 rear. The declared curb weight is 1985 kg, the gross weight is 2210 kg (for which version the weight values \u200b\u200bare indicated is not yet clear).

The basic version of the roadster will have a single electric motor on the rear axle with a capacity of 231 kW (314 hp) or 250 kW (340 hp).

The all-wheel drive twin-engine version will have a 250 kW (340 hp) engine at the rear and a 150 kW (204 hp) engine at the front, making the twin-engine version’s total output 544 hp.

Battery capacity and other specifications have not yet been announced.

For the MG brand, which, we recall, has been owned by the Chinese concern SAIC since 2005, the Cyberster roadster is an important milestone, symbolizing the return of MG to its historical roots, that is, to sports cars. The Cyberster is aimed primarily at European customers, while in China MG has recently been offering petrol-powered sports models such as the spectacular MG 7 liftback.

In 2022, the MG brand was not able to sell 150,000 vehicles in Europe as planned, but nevertheless recorded an impressive sales growth of 116% compared to 2021 to 113,672 vehicles (data from JATO Dynamics).