RE: MG Cyberster goes on sale priced from £55k
Discussion
evo2073 said:
NO LARD said:
Making assumptions about what I'd "complain" about is pretty foolish.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW HOW MUCH IT WEIGHS
This from the configurator:I JUST WANTED TO KNOW HOW MUCH IT WEIGHS
LENGTH: 4535 MM
WIDTH: 1913 MM
WIDTH INCL. MIRRORS: 2110 MM
HEIGHT: 1329 MM
WHEELBASE: 2690 MM
GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT (KG): 2210 KG
Hey guys, the GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT of a 911 is over 2 ton!
Marcodude said:
Chubbyross said:
It's not a bad looking thing and I'm glad it exists but I think I'd feel a bit of a knob owning something with those doors. Having watched the Top Gear review just now they also seem to take an age to open. I'd be standing there counting the seconds until I could climb in and drive off in embarrassment. I think I'll pass and stick with a Boxster.
Exactly. An MG with scissor doors is just embarrassing. Leave that to supercars.It's all a bit Aliexpress....
I'll put money on it's successor (if there is one) having conventional doors.
Edited by ChocolateFrog on Friday 26th April 08:55
Curb weight is 1850kg - which is circa 150kg lighter than a current Mercedes SL and about 200kg heavier than a 992 or F Type Cab.
The 77kwh battery will be circa 550kgs - so they've got the rest of the car down to 1300kg.....It'll be interesting to see what Porsche achieve with the pending electric Boxster - id wager it'll be +/- 10% of that with a similar sized battery.
Doors a bit chavvy, think it's about 1/3 too expensive personally. I think the only way these will sell is if MG back them financially, with a decent GFV and low finance.
The 77kwh battery will be circa 550kgs - so they've got the rest of the car down to 1300kg.....It'll be interesting to see what Porsche achieve with the pending electric Boxster - id wager it'll be +/- 10% of that with a similar sized battery.
Doors a bit chavvy, think it's about 1/3 too expensive personally. I think the only way these will sell is if MG back them financially, with a decent GFV and low finance.
Inevitable that curbing kerb weight for these cars is important for the feel of a sports car.
Battery technology isn't quite there yet, so for now, ICE will need to remain the choice for those obsessed with kerb weight.
Will also curb the endless posting solely about kerb weight to the exclusion of everything else that also influences the car's performance and handling.
Is kerb weight important to kerb appeal, we shall see if it really does curb the sales of the cars.
Battery technology isn't quite there yet, so for now, ICE will need to remain the choice for those obsessed with kerb weight.
Will also curb the endless posting solely about kerb weight to the exclusion of everything else that also influences the car's performance and handling.
Is kerb weight important to kerb appeal, we shall see if it really does curb the sales of the cars.
911Spanker said:
What's the target market? Those who had a MGB and who wants the modern equivalent from the same manufacturer?
My parents had loads of MGs back in the day. Basically every iteration of 4 cylinder Midget and MGB. Working on them most weekends taught me all I know about car maintenance.911Spanker said:
What's the target market? Those who had a MGB and who wants the modern equivalent from the same manufacturer?
Doubt it; I suspect most people who're old enough to have run an MGB in period wouldn't touch an EV. I think it's just aimed at people who want a good looking, reasonably priced, drop-top. It feels like a car designed to do nothing badly rather than anything particularly well.Edited by kambites on Friday 26th April 09:44
bump8989 said:
GTRene said:
cerb4.5lee said:
Rob747 said:
Trophy 2110kg
GT 2210kg
From the MG configurator
GT 2210kg
From the MG configurator
I believe in the future they want cars to weight maxima 1.000kg thats good news for drivers, thats maybe? one good point of the bad WEF/VN but I guess there are hidden doors also in that 'trap'
Jumping on an erroneous social media post and then spreading that like muck across the internet is for Facebook, etc.
Let's try to keep PH grounded in some sort of factual basis shall we.
soxboy said:
stuart100 said:
It’s Chinese. I’m too concerned about the car hacking my phone and stealing my data.
You mean all the data that’s on your Chinese-made phone?I bought my laptop from Amazon, which came from a UK warehouse, and is designed by a US company
My BMW is German
All made in China though
/Parrot
GT9 said:
Inevitable that curbing kerb weight for these cars is important for the feel of a sports car.
Battery technology isn't quite there yet, so for now, ICE will need to remain the choice for those obsessed with kerb weight.
Will also curb the endless posting solely about kerb weight to the exclusion of everything else that also influences the car's performance and handling.
Is kerb weight important to kerb appeal, we shall see if it really does curb the sales of the cars.
Out of interest, is there a way of comparing the centre of gravity of a skateboard EV like this, where the battery and motors are all within the wheelbase and below the driver, against a lighter car, where the weight is more over each axle?Battery technology isn't quite there yet, so for now, ICE will need to remain the choice for those obsessed with kerb weight.
Will also curb the endless posting solely about kerb weight to the exclusion of everything else that also influences the car's performance and handling.
Is kerb weight important to kerb appeal, we shall see if it really does curb the sales of the cars.
i.e., is it possible to say “a 1900kg skateboard EVs feels similar to a xxxx kg ICE vehicle”, because the greater weight is lower in the vehicle? Obviously the brakes and the suspension still have to deal with the higher mass but I was just wondering if there was even a ball park comparison that could be made.
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