This same question has been coming up since the first spy shots of the VW ID3 in 2019.
Won't fit you say? You need to build a bigger garage! Standard UK garages still seem to be stuck in the days of Austin 7's!Yup, on the i8 those doors are a gimmick. And this is not a fast car, in terms of sustaining a high average speed. Yes, it will accelerate fast off the line. Top speed in only ~120mph, which is barely walking pace on an autobahn. Grand Tourers need 400-500 mile range at average 70-80mph. This won't be able to do that; maybe one or the other but not both. The target will be whether you can get from London to Tuscany in time for dinner.
Grand Tourers need a decent amount of luggage space. This won't have it.
My other car is a "poxy" MX5, which is the biggest selling sportscar of all time, after breaking the record held by the MGB. So a lot of people do like it, and it is the market MG have their eyes on. Average age on a new MX5 owner is about 60 years, so not boy racer material, and many use their cars to go touring.
MG claim this car is a continuation of the tradition embodied in the MGB (they make no mention of the MGF and TF models). So its them who are claiming this be a sportscar.
Its size is a sign of the limitations of lithium batteries. Which is why MG have been adding thick black trim around the beltline to try and tone down its mass.
And you contradict yourself; a fast grand tourer AND a weekend fun car?
Its girth means it won't fit into a standard UK single garage.
1.9 meters wide. My other car is a X350 Jag XJ8; width 1.8m. My MX5: 1.7m. At that width, in a standard garage, it goes in, but let the passenger out first. And there is no way I am even trying the Jag in there. Garage is standard UK spec, 2.4m x 4.9m. Ah, at 4.5 long, the work bench will also need to go, and a bit shuffling around this to plug it in for the night.
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Very nice
The scale is deceptive, it's really about 1.5 stories already. I was limited by planning to a maximum of 4 metres at the peak. There is actually now a 4 post in the left bay! The roof trusses were designed to maximise the lift height for a car to be lifted into the roof area high enough to work beneath, or I can double stack 2 cars for storage.Very nice
If I were doing the job from scratch I'd be tempted to go two stories and put in a lift.
I don't know if they'll have it at FCL. The one I have seen in the UK is a non-driving full sized clay model with a load of fibreglass, but that was in January, so they might have something better by now.
I think I'd let the National Lottery buy me one
Mine is ordered via salary sacrifice with Zenith, there may be plenty of ZS but no ZS EVs
Try this, which I previously posted to the "More pictures" thread
carnewschina.com
Chinese price of 300,000 yuan, £34,000. Of course that won't be the export price.Try this, which I previously posted to the "More pictures" thread
MG Cyberster exclusive test drive: here’s all you need to know
What does sitting behind the wheel of the MG Cyberster feel like?
I’d be amused as to what car you actually drive and the cars you have driven, you don’t sound very experienced. All EVs weigh more than ICE cars. I guess you see your role on here is to slag off MG, but I think most people on here are ignoring you as they should.
