SAIC MG's New Electric Hardtop Sports Car MG CyberGTS Debuts at Goodwood Festival
TapTechNews July 11th news, this afternoon Beijing time, SAIC MG's all-new pure electric hardtop sports car MG CyberGTS officially made its debut during the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK. The car adopts a two-door four-seat layout and still has the optional scissor door design, and adopts the theme painting named Flaming Red Lips. This new car is still in the concept car state and is expected to be launched in the market next year.
TapTechNews note: 2025 is also the 60th anniversary of the birth of MG's classic two-door four-seat sports car MGBGT, which was once known as the civilian version of Aston Martin.
According to AutoExpress, Jozef Kaban, vice president of MG's global design center, said that the interior of the CyberGTS is still in the design process. The convertible has always been our main focus, but it provides us with the opportunity to manufacture a two-door sports car. The Cyberster intends to be a sports car, and we have given it the proportions of a sports car, and it has a kind of evocative form, and our current electric vehicles need this form to attract people to use it.
Carl Gotham, senior design director of SAIC Group, said, Next year is the 60th anniversary of the birth of MGBGT, anything is possible. Suggesting that the car is expected to be launched in the market next year.
The car has a smooth and sleek shape, and the front and rear are almost the same as the convertible version of MG Cyberster. For comparison, the MG Cyberster has a length, width and height of 4535/1913/1329mm (about 14.9/6.3/4.4 feet) and a wheelbase of 2690mm (about 8.8 feet), and has an electronically controlled scissor door with a golden opening and closing angle of 61°. It provides two single-motor versions with low power of 231kW and high power of 250kW, as well as a dual-motor four-wheel drive model with a front axle equipped with a 150kW permanent magnet synchronous motor and a rear axle equipped with a 250kW permanent magnet synchronous motor, and the zero-to-hundred acceleration can be as fast as 3.2 seconds.
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