MG MOTOR has outed a 2+2 Coupe model of its electrical Cyberster sports activities automotive on the current Goodwood Competition of Pace (FOS) within the UK.
In a replay of the 2023 FOS, when MG Motor debuted the Cyberster roadster, the commemorated Chinese language model wasted no time unveiling the newcomer dubbed MG Cyber Coupe GTS – only some hours after the pageant gates opened.
Competition patrons had been handled to a pattern of issues to come back from the Coupe GTS (a manufacturing prepared idea automotive) whose efficiency proved to be as putting because it appears gauged from the automotive’s tyre-shredding, tail snaking antics off the road which left lurid black tyre marks a great distance out from the beginning line of the FOS hill climb course.
FOS organisers enthusiastically embraced the brand new MG with collective approval saying “it’s good to see vehicles like this arriving on the scene, good enjoyable EVs which are going to start out elevating eyebrows and gathering the curiosity of drivers who’re searching for a little bit of enjoyment on the highway”.
MG Motor was tight lipped about GTS particulars, however it’s anticipated to run the identical powertrains in single- and dual-motor configuration because the Cyberster with related underpinnings and options including two extra seats and different minor adjustments together with enhanced physique rigidity due to the steel roof.
To recap, the Aussie spec’ Cyberster makes use of a twin electrical motor AWD powertrain delivering a claimed 375kW and 725Nm output, adequate to propel the practically 2000kg roadster from 0 to 100km/h in a fast 3.2 seconds.
The identical powertrain in a doubtlessly lighter laborious high might ship related if not superior efficiency.
A single-motor, rear-wheel drive Cyberster might be out there elsewhere and it’s anticipated the RWD format will discover its manner into the GTS which carries over many Cyberster design parts with recognisable styling cues together with the feline frontal styling, wheels, distinctive taillights, doorways and aspect spotlight traces… topped on this case by the sloping quick again roofline.
Although MG Motor has not confirmed manufacturing plans for the GTS the idea represents an exploration into increasing its electrical automobile line-up.
In a media launch on the FOS, MG Motor hinted on the potential for a GTS mannequin within the EV period, suggesting a mix of efficiency, type, and heritage that might resonate with fashionable fanatics and collectors alike.
Pundits are already tipping the GTS may make it onto the market subsequent yr and given a lot of the preparatory work has already been achieved with the Cyberster, they may very well be right.
Including veracity to the prediction is the truth that subsequent yr marks the sixtieth anniversary of the MG B GT tin-top fast-back, an occasion MG Motor can be eager to capitalise on significantly with the synergies between the GTS and the MG B GT.
When requested concerning the GTS at MG Motor Australia’s current Cyberster preview in Sydney, the corporate’s chief business officer Giles Belcher adopted the company line and was non-committal (with a sneaky grin).
Mr Belcher had earlier enthused that large issues had been in retailer for MG with a raft of recent and refreshed fashions within the pipeline. Right here’s hoping certainly one of them is the Cyber Coupe GTS.
