MG Cyberster: electric roadster with butterfly doors now inside

MG is happy to be the first in Europe. With the MG 5 Electric, MG introduced the first electric station wagon on the European market and with the Cyberster it will soon own the first open electric two-seater. It has been known for quite some time that the MG Cyberster is coming. As early as April 2021, MG showed the Cyberster Concept and then AutoWeek was able to present you with patent drawings of its production version no less than twice. Once in closed, and once in open form. After digging into the database of the Chinese Ministry of Transport and Information Technology, we were able to show you the production version and tell you its first specifications. MG has already released the look of the Cyberster itself and will soon present the electric roadster in its entirety to the European public at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. On the eve of that, we can now show you the complete interior of the special model.

MG Cyberstar

Behind the butterfly doors of the MG Cyberster hides a dashboard that attracts attention, but is less striking than the one that previously appeared in pre-production versions. The high center tunnel and the displays behind the steering wheel are retained, but the whole is filled in differently than you might have expected. For example, just behind the three-display infotainment system and instruments, there is a border that more or less forms around the driver. In the most upright part of the center tunnel is the selector lever to choose the direction of travel, next to it there is apparently an extra display. The yoke-style steering wheel previously seen in the MG Cyberster may not make it to production stage. Furthermore, MG seems to opt for seat upholstery that consists partly of fabric and partly of leather.

Extensive technical details are not yet available and so we have to repeat the previously surfaced information for the time being. The MG Cyberster is over 4.5 meters long and is therefore considerably larger than, say, a Mazda MX-5. The open two-seater, which weighs at least 1,885 kilos, will in any case receive 314 hp and 340 hp rear-wheel drive versions in China, and there will also be a four-wheel drive variant with not only a 340 hp electric motor at the rear, but also a 204 hp version on the front axle. The MG Cyberster will be launched in the Netherlands in 2024.