MG Cars can trace its roots back 100 years to the UK, and over the decades since its founding, the company made its name with tremendous little sports cars like the Midget, the MGA, and the MGB. By 2007, and following a familiar tale of business trouble that seemed to hound British carmakers, the brand became part of SAIC Motor – China’s largest vehicle manufacturer.

Fast forward a decade and MG is rejuvenated, making a splash with its excellent roster of vehicles that includes the MG 3 small car, MG ZS and MG HS crossover SUVs – including the ZS EV – and the recently launched MG4 EV hatchback.

These vehicles don’t necessarily bring back memories of those MG sports cars of old, but at Auto Shanghai MG announced a car that will bring a smile to its fans.

That car, called the Cyberster, is a production version of a concept revealed a couple of years ago and it is one very tasty-looking sportscar, one that pays homage to MG’s roadster heritage with a modern design twist, including very supercar-like scissor doors.

The two-seater roadster will have an all-electric powertrain and while details and specifications are thin on the ground, reports suggest both a 230kW single-motor, rear-wheel-drive variant and a 400kW dual-motor, all-wheel-drive variant will be available. Those reports, apparently taking information from leaked documentation in China, suggest a sub-four second 0-100km/h time and a top speed of 200km/h.

Whatever the specifics may turn out to be, the Cyberster is planned to be on sale in Europe by the middle of next year, including in the right-hand-drive UK market. That means Australia will see the Cyberster at some point in the near future. We can’t wait!

Source: Motor Trader e-Magazine (May 2023)

16 May 2023