This is the MG Cyber GTS: the electric sports car from the Chinese manufacturer that aims to compete with the Porsche 911

The new MG Cyber GTS is capturing much of the attention of attendees at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed, which, as every summer, is being held these days. The Chinese manufacturer has taken advantage of this motoring event to present its new two-door electric sports car, a coupé variant of the Cyberster we already knew, which some are even comparing with the iconic Porsche 911.

The Goodwood Festival of Speed officially began this Thursday, 11 July, at the Goodwood estate in West Sussex (United Kingdom) and will conclude next Sunday, 14 July.

Coinciding with the centenary of the British brand, now under the control of Chinese giant SAIC, MG has surprised everyone at Goodwood with the Cyber GTS, a coupé version of the Cyberster roadster that, for the time being, remains a prototype, but could be taken into production in the coming years aimed at international markets.

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According to the manufacturer, this new electric sports car is inspired by the MGC GTS Sebring competition model, combining some design elements of the Cyberster, such as the air intakes and the light clusters. In any case, it should be noted that, unlike the Cyberster, the new Cyber GTS is a genuine 2+2, as explained by MG’s head of advanced design, Carl Gotham.

The Cyber Cube platform, on which the Cyberster is based, would be perfectly suitable for a coupé model like this one, according to MG. This increases the chances that this prototype could one day be taken into series production. The MG Cyberster is currently available in the Chinese market in three versions, with prices that, at current exchange rates, range between 40,000 and 50,000 euros.

MG offers the Cyberster with one or two electric motors. Models with a single motor produce between 231 kW and 250 kW of power, while the top-of-the-range version with all-wheel drive and dual motors adds an additional electric motor on the front axle rated at 150 kW, which together with the 250 kW from the rear axle delivers a combined 400 kW in total. As a result, this version is capable of reaching 100 km/h from a standstill in just 3.2 seconds.

The battery pack, meanwhile, is 64 kWh, or 77 kWh in the higher versions, allowing a range of up to 580 km under the optimistic Chinese CLTC homologation cycle.

Although MG has not yet officially revealed the technical specifications that a future production version of the Cyber GTS might have, these should in principle be very similar to those of the Cyberster.