MG Cyber GTS e-sportscar concept revealed at Goodwood

RWD all-electric Cyber GTS sportscar likely to be revealed in production form early next year.

Published On Jul 12, 2024 05:33:00 PM

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MG Motor has created a 4-seater coupe concept based on the popular Cyberster e-roadster, and it's slated to go into production and hit showrooms internationally as early as next year. Dubbed the Cyber GTS, it's making its debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed as part of MG's role as the 'celebrated marque' of this year's event.

Cyber GTS concept quite close to production-spec
Interior expected to be identical to the Cyberster roadster
GTS would serve as a logical successor to the MG B GT

The GTS is a concept for now, but the company's top designers, Jozef Kaban and Carl Gotham, said public reaction to the running prototype will decide whether MG goes ahead with the launch.

Importantly, they said, the Cyberster was engineered to be available as a convertible and a coupe. The GTS, on the other hand, is understood to be very close to what a road-ready car would look like – barring some tweaks to the boot lid and other subtle alterations. The prototype is said to be rear-driven.

MG hasn't revealed the interiors yet, but it would be identical to that of the roadster, save for the addition of a pair of rear seats that MG suggests will genuinely accommodate two passengers (rather than being best used as a luggage shelf).

The roof line has been raised slightly to boost headroom in the rear, but otherwise, the GTS is structurally unchanged from the Cyberster, with the same footprint, wheelbase and general proportions.

MG's designers were tight-lipped when asked about a potential launch date, but they noted that 2025 will be the 60th anniversary of the B GT. So, a modern reincarnation could be a fitting tribute.

Ex-Volkswagen designer, Kaban, spoke to reporters for the first time as the vice-president of SAIC's global design centre, and said that while the GTS would serve as a logical successor to the B GT, it isn't a nostalgia-fuelled project.

He said it was important "not to make any kind of compromise" when designing the fixed-roof GTS, highlighting the retention of the Cyberster's scissor doors as a particular highlight.

He told our sister publication Autocar UK that while the GTS is a wildly different proposition to MG's volume-focused line of hatchbacks and SUVs, he expects the concept to still "talk to a big amount of people". In line with that ethos, the GTS has been designed to be approachable and unthreatening – more as a grand tourer than a full-blown sports coupe.

Just as the Cyberster stands largely uncontested in the electric convertible segment (barring the much more expensive Maserati GranCabrio Folgore), the Cyber GTS could be the first EV of its kind to go on sale.

The BMW M2 is the only similarly sized and priced 2+2 coupe currently on sale in international markets, and the German brand has no plans for an EV option in the immediate future.

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