MG Cyber GTS Concept has world debut at Goodwood

Even as the Cyberster is still prominently featured in the motoring world, MG is showing another model – in concept form – that could be in showrooms in future. It’s the Cyber GTS Concept which had its debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England this week.

Paying homage to a legendary car
The Cyber GTS Concept pays homage to the MGC GTS Sebring, which secured the highest ever factory MG result at the famous 12-hour race in America in 1968 in the prototype class.

Just 6 cars were built and the car nicknamed ‘Mable’ piloted by Paddy Hopkirk and Andrew Hedges would finish in 10th place in the overall standings. Finishing third in its category at Sebring, the 2 cars ahead of the plucky MG were exotic racing prototypes unrelated to any road-going sportscars, so it was quite an achievement.

Shared platform with Cyberster?
Though no technical details are provided, it is expected that a production version of the GTS Concept would use a similar powertrain as the Cyberster, which has the distinction of being the first open-top EV in the world.

The Cyberster, which is progressively being introduced in many markets, has single and dual motors with outputs of up to 510 ps/725 Nm, and a range of up to 400 kms with a 74.4 kWh lithium-ion battery pack. However, MG’s designers have proposed the concept car with a rear-wheel drive layout to capture the spirit of the MGC GTS Sebring.

Not confirmed for production – yet
MG has not indicated if the Cyber GTS Concept will become a production model and only say that it ‘explores the further potential for MG creating a new future for a GTS model in the EV era’. So we’ll have to take it that there will be a coupe but how close it will be to the concept is not certain.

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