FIRST LOOK: MG Cyberster. The electric car to convert petrolheads? | Electrifying
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MG is returning to the brand’s roots with a two-seat roadster which is due to go on sale in time for summer next year. The company has finally revealed the production version of its all-electric Cyberster, and we’ve along to the brand’s London HQ to have a look around.
Although technical details are sparse, there are a number of features that already mark the Cyberster out as one to watch - including ‘scissor’ style doors. We also know that the car will have a range-topping four-wheel drive model and up to 536bhp - more than many supercars. A single motor version is also expected to be offered.
It is also much bigger than many buyers will be expecting. Instead of being a rival for the best-selling Mazda MX-5 or a direct replacement for MG’s successful MGB and MGF, it measures 4,535mm long and 1,913mm wide - the same as much larger, luxury models.
Join Tom as he takes a close look around the new MG Cybertster. What do you think? Are we ready for a fully electric roadster? Is this the car to open up electric motoring to a much wider audience? As always, we love to hear your views, so please let us know in the comments below.
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I would buy one in the blink of an eye, but my better half would not be too keen.
MG have nailed it with this,looks gorgeous.and those doors, just beautiful.
Sell the better half, buy the MG ... sorted.
I have a 1990 Miata I drove to work today. It's essentially an MG, Triumph, Austin-Healy that Mazda walked in and simply made reliable. Simple, light, fun to drive and not a muscle car. Easy does it.
@@paulklem9249 All my MGs, Triumphs, Rovers and MGs since I bought the first one in 1960s have been very reliable and completed high mileages as my work travel cars. These include company cars when allowed to chose. Currently have several MGs and Rovers in the immediate family's fleet, all have been and still are reliable. Those Including an MG ZS 120 bought new in 2003.
Friends, relatives, work colleagues you name it, as a result of incessant "British Rubbish, Foreign Best" brainwashing from our payola riddled media have accused me of being lucky with all my cars being so reliable.
Indeed, my long term "Always buys German" car enthusiast friend is convinced that our cars being so reliable is due to their ... wait for it :~
HONDA ENGINES.
I kid you not. Proof positive of brainwashing right there. When I told him that the Rover L-Series Diesel engine was considered good enough by the honourable HONDA Motor Car Company of Japan. they fitted to their Diesel version of the Accord, he all but called me a liar. Such is the level of deep and ingrained anti-Brit car brainwashing in the land of the increasingly self-inflicted.
Mind you, hold my hands up. One of my MGs does NOT have an MG or Rover engine. It has a common or garden Ford one. With a Galloping Equine on its Throttle Body.
So great to see MG on the road. Growing up in the 60's, all the kids loved the British sports cars & the Alfas. We drove E-types, A's, B's, TR4's, GTV's & Spyders. Our neighbor was an ex-British racer and service manager at the D.C. Jag dealer, Arthur Tweedale, He'd help maintain our cars in exchange for yard work. The perfect inspiration for us kids. This is why we're glad to the new MG. If they can keep the price low enough for the common man the way they used to, it will be a success. What used to be price of houses is now the price of cars.
On looks alone it's already a winner. Anything else is just a bonus.
So you be happy with poor ride poor performance poor reliability but ok if it looks good ?
Yes fabulous and far cheaper than an equivalent Porsche or Tesla convertible..
@SSHHABBA 1234 has it got poor reliability, bad handling, and a low top speed? I haven't driven it yet but sounds like you know more than anybody else here, so please enlighten us.
@@Hell-Hound1 It was a comment on your stupid one not the car
@@Hell-Hound1You said these things like you have driven it before.
I remember the rumours from years ago saying it'd have around 400hp. 536 is a terrifying amount of power when you consider just how brutal EV acceleration is and I am 100% here for it.
not really considering the weight
@@MrDead1975 lol no.
My EV6 does 0-60 in 4.5s with "only" 321hp at 2 tonnes. This car at 1.8t and 536hp is going to be seriously, terrifyingly quick. Electric isn't like combustion; almost all of that 536hp will end up at the wheels. The power and weight figures are similar to the 2023 BMW M3 and no one is going to say the M3 is anything other than bloody quick.
@@benanderson89 Yeah, that's serious power especially it's an electric.
@@benanderson89 M3 will walk the EV6 unless it’s the GT spec, then the Kia will tag along somewhat to 170-200 then the M3 shoots past up to 300-320 kmh depending on spec.
It’s pointless to compare EVs to anything ICE really, my Ninja 636 obliterated a Polestar 2 DM, I could just as well used my slow FN2 Type R instead 😂
@@_TrueDesire_ I wasn't comparing the EV6 to the M3. I was comparing the MGC to the M3. Brush up on your reading comprehension, lad.
Finally. An open sports car. Take my money
If MG can continue in this direction they have a real winner on their hands. They should bring subtle little touches from old MG sports cars, and integrate them into new electrics like this.
they already have winners MG4 sold out MG ZS sold out
Nice to see the MG badge on a sports car again
This has everything the S2000 had back in the day: Beautiful looks, performance, affordability. Nice job.
I'd highly doubt it drives anything like an s2000. it'll handle terribly and i bet the driving position is way too high due to the batteries. It'll have performance without a doubt but it's easy to get performance from an electric motor.
@@vwukben I really hope you're wrong. We need another affordable classic.
Except the reliability
At the guessed price, the single motor version could be within reach of my planned midlife crisis and finance ending on my MG4. I've had a ZS-EV and it was great. The improvements made in the MG4, I believe, were aimed at answering all the previous feedback. Brand snobbery is being eroded by each MG release, and prices are creeping up to reflect that. At six figures, BMW has a lot more to prove. If you're looking for a roadster then MG is going to be considered by everyone looking, and likely to offer tempting specifications. Very exciting times. How will performance compare to the yet to be released dual motor MG4? Could they do a soft-top dual motor MG4 for less than 50k?
No chance they’re gonna do a cabrio MG4 and eat into their Cyberster sales - not for a while at least. They’re gonna want to up sell!
I don't think brand snobbery is eroded with MG, I think they're riding on the existing marque's laurels - BYD, GWM, Nio et al will still have trouble competing against euro and Japanese OEMs
why does my midlife crisis have to go together with a bad back? Just when I need a sporty car to convince me I'm still in my prime, my bad back shows me I'm full of BS. 🤣🤣
get it. YOLO! Your heart wants what it wants. Work harder later.
MG’s brand isn’t bad because of snobbery. Its because a British sports sports car company is now selling bland rebadged cheap SUVs and economy cars. The MG name has been dragged through the dirt for sales and the only thing that can properly win back people’s favour is making sports cars. Yes the MG4 is decent, but its main selling point is the cost compared to rivals. This Cyberster is easily the best thing modern MG has released, and I’m happy at what this represents.
Epic, but there needs to be a smaller MX5/Daihatsu Copen EV
Yeah, but it needs to be the size of a penny and do three million miles, because I want to drive to mars for my holiday.
So amazing! MG are definitely on the right track! On the come back!
Except they're Chinese, sadly....😢
@@stephenduffy9370 That's not sad in the slightest.
@@stephenduffy9370 even Volvo is owned by Chinese
@@stephenduffy9370 And the Mug Nation and its Government at the time allowed that to happen! With some types dancing on the rubble of Longbridge taking selfies!
Very very sad and it is getting worse with the world and his many wives arriving on our shores to make things worse! Money always found for Public Sector bottomless money pits, not private companies by that party I voted for three times at General Elections.
I fitted a Chinese MG6 engine in my MG ZT-T 1.8T daily driver workhorse I saved from the breakers when a friend asked me if I wanted it as a project. I took it on and towed it home with the Cylinder Head removed. The engine was bought for some other project but swift change of plansd. One of the best engine swaps I've ever done.
To their credit, having been allowed to acquire the MG-Rover IPRs for buttons, the Chinese made a fine job with their version of the MG-Rover 1.8T K-Series. Shame the folks up at Longbridge were denied the opportunity to do this when the Bavarian shower were in controlling ownership.
I have been amazed by the number of Chinese MGs I see now when out and about. They are everywhere! Four new ones down my street of hundred plus houses alone. Car consumers like them. Two pure BEVs ( an MG 5 and a ZS EV ) and two hybrids. Me being me I speak to their owners. They like them.
@@stephenduffy9370 As opposed to say, Saab, where the Chinese were willing to step in and keep the brand going, but they refused to release the brand, and so Saab, its factory, and the local workforce all went away?
That Looks like an MG! My Dad had a couple a MGB's in le 60's/70's, the exhaust note was unmistakable.Equalled only these days by a subtle Subaru Flat Four odd exhaust header pipe Rumble!
At last MG are back stunningly beautiful
It looks very very promising :) . Waiting for the performance, handling and Fun factor drive test.
Very impressed with MG. Nice to see an EV that looks like a car with just a hint in its styling it could be electric. Please keep the nice, clean designs coming MG.
Looks ace. Hoping the e drivetrain means lots of useful storage. Would be a great replacement and upgrade for my Z4 (e89).
Yeah, hopefully MG takes a full advantage of the EV drivetrain and puts a big front trunk/boot under the hood/bonnet. That long nose is not needed for an engine, so make it luggage space instead.
Yeah, it looks fantastic. MG streets ahead of other....
This car is absolutely beautiful!
This might be one of the most stunning looking cars i have seen in a long time...
Looks alone wins me ...
I swear if this doesnt come to the US ima cry. It looks so cool and would be future proofed here in Cali
Damn is MG going to make a compact. If so this proves just make EVs cool and fun to drive and people will buy them. You dont have to make them look like some crazy future, cyberpunk. Just make a good-looking car.
EVs are already cool and fun to drive!
@@TriviaChallenge not really most EVs are too expensive and the ones that people can afford are so ugly or Meh. Even if you can afford the more expensive ones. The petrol counterpart is just better and cheaper.
Have you seen the 4?
@@markuc what the ID.4?
@@nomsi4263 no! MG4
Looks terrific, MG are really putting it up to Western manufacturers, both traditional and tesla
MGS are back for good ! beautiful!❤❤❤
Man I love MG and had one way back in my days when I was 😎 cool I do hope we get thus in the US, only EV I can afford util I hit big and buy the Bautista Pininfarina
Looks like a fantastic proposition! I just think they should’ve gone for normal doors. These scissor doors look like a whole bunch of unneeded weight in the form of safety and servos.
I m told they do come with normal doors. The scissors doors are only an option in the premium model.
Why not?
Fine looking car. It will be good to see MG back with proper sports cars - and this one sounds as if it will tick all the boxes, though the price is a bit disconcerting. But clearly they are aiming to move up-market and expand their profit margins.
looks great, the badge is a little over sized though?
Agreed.
I thought the badge design, Finnish and size was spot on.
Excellent job with the presentation. Presenter is a talented speaker.
The first sports car since the old MGF/TF. MG back to doing what they’re best known and loved for, and that’s sports cars. But moving forward and keeping with the times.
I agree, I think their claim is extremely bold when they say is going to be as good dinamically as the other cars. This cars is going to weight 1,850kg. The BMW Z4 is about 1,650 and not to mention cars like porsche (around 1,400), alpine a110 (1,100) and Mazda MX-5 (1,100).
Can't see this tempting me out of my 2ltr MX5, it's not all about the straight line speed for me it's how it goes around corners. This is heavy so I'm dubious.
I'll be honest, I love it. I just want a 4 seat hard top convertible. Rag tops just don't quite keep the road noise out.
Very nice build, those lines are so striking! Well done MG.. Awesome car!!!! ❤️
After owning two British sports cars for several years it always seemed that the electrical system was their Achilles heal. The thought of an electric MG is frightening!
Well said sir. This looks beautiful, but as the bard wrote: "All that glitters is not gold."
Hmm...
Let me think...
£52k for a MINI EV Convertible with a 120ish mile range...?
Or £55k for the Cyberster with 300+ mile range...?
I know where my money would be headed... (not that I have that much anyways...!)
Beautiful. Would be great if they sold it in the States…
I was hoping it would be a cheaper, short range but fun to drive/commute MX-5 wannabe circa 0-60 between 6-8 seconds.
As used EV prices are falling through the floor a second hand one will only be £18k in 2025😂
@@forestdad Let's hope so.
With the abundant of horsepower in the ev era, can't call it sporty if it is over 4sec
@@forestdad maybe by 2027 I will be able to pick one up on aces and bids for sub 10K with only minor problems.
@@sc5922 Yeah I know what you mean. Although to me at any rate "sporty" isn't just about 0-60 times which is why as a minimum I thought the old hot hatch benchmark of 8 secs worst case would be good enough. (=smaller motors, less energy used, smaller batteries, lighter car, cheaper car)
This car looks amazing but I have to be honest, it is hard for me to think about driving an MG without a manual. I used to own a 1957 MGA Coupe and I LOVED that car. It was a very sad day when I had to let it go. A big part of the fun was rowing my own gears and listening to that amazing sound it made.
Looks great, think the MG badge is a bit big for my liking. Could be a bit smaller whilst still being able to easily read in pictures and be better proportioned. Just a small thing though haha
Oi! I liked my MGF with Metro parts 😄 This looks great! Hopefully it is actually priced sensibly.
If it's any consolation, Tom owned (and loved) a TF!
Depends if you call 50-60k sensible I guess.
It looks fantastic, with hints of honda s2000 from the front
Depends if MG use their LFP or NCM batteries. NCM would allow for more range within the same footprint but LFP would allow same range with less KW
Looks great. I read somewhere else that there's no chance it will come here to Canada or even the US. Hope that's wrong. Can anyone confirm?
Would like a hard too coupe version but overall it looks mint
Looks amazing. The small engine would be fine for me - finally it has too much power for me. But fast charging, range and a good boot space are essential for me.
I really like the presenter. He gives me cozy vibes
Looks great. Has supercar type looks. Amazing value for money too! Definitely onto a winner.
That looks pretty damn good to me.
I'm with you, were do I sign. Unfortunately for me, it's in my dreams only just a wee bit out of my financial reach. I say for anyone interested in the car, do not hang about this is one bold statement of a car. Great work MG . :}
The TF finally gets an upgrade 👍
It definitely looks amazing and the price will mean they sell loads of these. That said there are some issues I'd be concerned about. I have an MG 4 and the software is a little bit off and I wonder what this will be like with that 3 screen display. I think the steering yoke is an absolutely terrible idea and they probably did it because Tesla has but it's just dumb no matter if the yoke is attached to the steering column or even if they have steer by wire. Then there is the fact that the UK has UK weather and UK crime. I think equipping this with a soft top will put people off and there should be a hard top version to allay some of those worries.
The dash has a Knght Rider feel to it
Polestar 6 is another EV convertible. £200k though!?!? This looks wonderful. Doors are an unnecessary complication though?
An to my eyes, this looks a lot nicer than the polestar 6. This may well force some of these companies to reconsider their pricing. Especially those that still new brands like Polestar. Porsche can trade on their name.
looks fantasticoooo and very much like how a 40year on development of the MGB roadster would look now. If only I could find the need for a topless pleasure drive as a second vehicle, but I love my practically shaped Berlingo Van style and this might get replaced by something similar
I could be interested if it was half the price and weight and could be recharged almost anywhere in 5 minutes.
Why they put arrows ???
Stunning and seems like great performance. Will it come to Canada?
Doubt it. Most cars won't be sold in Canada unless they are also marketed in the US, and this car will never be sold in the US because of its tariff on cars made in China.
@@tren133 It's a matter of national security and the US may kill the brand
@Kevin Rich Every time the US cannot compete with a Chinese product, they will claim "national security" and try to ban it for sale. In this case, the result will be that American consumers keep paying extra for EVs for years to come while cheap Chinese EVs start flooding into all the other international markets that the US has no control over.
Will this be available in the US? I have owned several convertibles including an MGB. I love convertibles and have been waiting for someone to come out with one. Hoping they add a frunk to it since space is so limited in convertibles.
it is British design, but also ''communist'' made, so expect to be BANNED in murica.
MIC?
Well done MG, although i've got a Tesla MY, i've also got an MG4 and it's a great car. I've high hopes for the Cyberster and if i was in the market for a roadster, this would be up there.
Looks awesome just a pity that there is no petrol version
Where do I sign?
Definitely looks better than the pics ive seen, AND thats the same colour as my ZS EV 😍 ..... errr that about where the comparison ends though 😂
Loved my MGF, and my old man his MGB that he picked my mum up for the first time and many others in. Where do I sign?
Is there a boot?
BEAUTIFUL it truly harks back to mgs of old. Jaguar should take notes
Still not cheap, but way closer to be a roadster for the people. I'm about to order one as soon as that's possible.
Are they going to come to the u.s.
Looks great, Just hope it handles well.
Will there be a hard top version.
MG wouldn't rule it out! So maybe....
Better looking than my old MGB
Hello Gren how are you doing 😊
Stunning, great styling! The only thing we need now is someone who will put a decent V8 under the bonnet!
It's definitely a nice looking car and if it drives and it as reliability as good as it looks then they've got a winner.
The doors wins it for me , Lamborghini memories. Very lovely overall body design for a sport EV.
About time for MG roadster
Curious to see what it looks like in all black.
It looks fantastic. But blimey, do you really think the new Boxster EV could have a six figure price tag?! 😢
Nice, but the Toyota GR86, Subaru BRZ and the Next Generation Mazda Miata might be a cheaper option...and they all look better too...
Plus the cars you mention have character which an electric appliance like this "MG" will never have.
what happened to the 25k price tag or are just forgetting about that !
Amazing from the front and side but the back end is awfull. Whats with the arrow lights?
Never liked MG, but that is one very nice car. Refreshing in this market with all them SUVish things or outlandish ones. Something that look sleek for a change.
Nice, but please MG make the logo on the front smaller!
Lovely, I presently have a Peugeot e-208 GT. I would very much like to get one of these.
Why was it not called the cyberstar?
MG is back🎉🎉🎉
As a younger car guy, this is definitely something I hope to see in Canada at some point.
Looks fantastic!! I own a 1998 MGF and a MG ZS EV as our family car. But splashing out 50 grand for new roadster is a bit much…
I think it is way cool looking. I wonder if it will ever make it to the USA? Will it be made in the UK or China?
MGs are currently made in India I believe? I may be wrong
Finally getting around to making an MG that looks a little bit like an MG
What the heck is under the huge bonnet? Heaps of storage?
Looks like 100k car 👌🏻 im german and for sure I love german cars. But this is stunning. Nice price and design. Just hope the logo will be a bit smaller 😅 and the doors are cool, but I think normal doors are better.
MG in Thailand, know nothing about this new car, but does any body know when, and how much in Thailand. ???
Interior design reminded me Knight Rider immediately
Nice styling.
Wow, that looks awesome ❤❤❤
Comment for the algorilla because it wanted me to sign in when i did have something interesting to say. Successfully commented on someone elses vid so can i now talk to you guys again?
Very nice, too bad won't come to North America, this would do well. However, price point is high for a rag-top 2-seater so that will be a challenge. Unless MG is not planning to built too many, then they will sell them all.
That would look good next to my hs phev
Looks fantastic but the MG name will put off a bucket load of UK buyers at the start that's for sure. I hope it works out and does well.
Electric cars have been converting petrolheads for decades. The modern wave of EVs actually started in the 60s not 2008. When EVs proved popular companies and politicians funded by oil made moves to shut them down.
I'm 58. I grew up with all my faourite cars being petrol. In 2015 I drove an Ariel Atom and vowed to have a go in one every year. In 2016 I got a bog standard (by today's criteria) EV and the urge to drive even an Ariel Atom disappeared instantly. I had three petrol cars over the space of 20 years. My last petrol car I had for 12 years. I sold it in the morning and picked up my EV in the afternoon. I could never go back. And though I was considered an early adopter, I was many years behind the real early adopters.
Remember in the 90s when GM produced the EV1 in the US and it was popular among celebrities like Danny DeVito, Mel Gibson, Dino DeLaurentis, Ed Begley Jr? The EV1 was meant to be a disaster, but even with that goal the engineers couldn't help making it excellent. GM were so determined to cover up the success of the electric car that they recalled them all and forcibly removed them from their owners. They then destroyed all but a dozen or so cars and removed the electric motor from those. They then made it a condition of displaying an EV1 that you cannot make it functional. This is how far they went to cover up the fact that it worked and it was popular.
So, to sum up, many petrolheads have been converted to electric. You can watch videos on social media that show die hard petrolheads having to swallow their pride when they are destroyed in a drag race by non-professional drivers in EVs or taken on a ride in a performance EV. Some cars may convert more petrolheads, but we've long passed the point when one can claim to be the first to do so.
But im a petrolhead and yet I still hate evs for how quiet and boring they are, so stop BS because u don't know the truth which is that we petrolheads will keep hating on evs
Mate, you forgot the upcoming (but expensive) Polestar roadster! 😁