RE: You Know You Want To: MG SV
Discussion
I think it will be a classic in some years and prices will go up (not the next few years though)
indeed carbon was used and I remembered in a Dutch magazine they talked about different engine tunings were possible, from the standard SV with 320bhp to about 700 or so (that one was very expensive)
ah, see here>>
indeed carbon was used and I remembered in a Dutch magazine they talked about different engine tunings were possible, from the standard SV with 320bhp to about 700 or so (that one was very expensive)
ah, see here>>
wiki said:
The base MG XPower SV was powered by a 320 bhp (239 kW; 324 PS) at 6000 rpm 4.6 L Ford Modular V8[9] with a torque of 302 lb·ft (409 N·m) at 4750 rpm but was expensive due to the complex carbon fibre body. Both manual and automatic transmissions were available. The manual car had a top speed of 165 mph (265 km/h) and a 0-60 mph (97 km/h) time of 5.3 seconds.[2] Club Sport options, for customers who wished to use their SVs on the track, were planned but never produced. They included a 5·0 L 1,000 bhp (700 kW) version, thanks to factory-approved nitrous oxide injection kits, though the basic version had 410 hp (306 kW) with speed limited to 195 mph (314 km/h).
The 2004 XPower SV-R featured a more highly tuned 5.0 L 32-valve V8 with 385 bhp (287 kW; 390 PS) and is believed to have a top speed of around 175 mph (281.5 km/h) and a 0-60 mph (97 km/h) time of 4.9 seconds.[2]
The SV-S version used the 4.6 litre engine but was fitted with a supercharger to match the 385 bhp (287 kW) of the 5.0 litre versions. Only three were made. One SV-R was fitted with a supercharger to become the SV-RS, however this used an SV 4.6 litre engine.[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_XPower_SVThe 2004 XPower SV-R featured a more highly tuned 5.0 L 32-valve V8 with 385 bhp (287 kW; 390 PS) and is believed to have a top speed of around 175 mph (281.5 km/h) and a 0-60 mph (97 km/h) time of 4.9 seconds.[2]
The SV-S version used the 4.6 litre engine but was fitted with a supercharger to match the 385 bhp (287 kW) of the 5.0 litre versions. Only three were made. One SV-R was fitted with a supercharger to become the SV-RS, however this used an SV 4.6 litre engine.[2]
300bhp/ton said:
Maybe you missed the word "finished" in your quote 
You need to decide what you arguing about. You slag the Boxster off yet rave about Mustangs but then say the SV is too expensive for what it is. You're the know of guy who could start an argument in an empty room 
I doubt you have driven any of them!I think they look fantastic but only when the wing is fitted.
I saw one of these in Paignton a few weeks ago and almost soiled myself with excitement. The noise it made when it went past was sublime even going at 30mph.
Those saying the money should have gone to other projects at MG to stop it dying, MG would have died anyway. What this car represents is a last hoorah for MG and as far as I've heard was a fantastic handling car with obvious problems as with all cars with low production numbers.
I saw one of these in Paignton a few weeks ago and almost soiled myself with excitement. The noise it made when it went past was sublime even going at 30mph.
Those saying the money should have gone to other projects at MG to stop it dying, MG would have died anyway. What this car represents is a last hoorah for MG and as far as I've heard was a fantastic handling car with obvious problems as with all cars with low production numbers.
I have only ever seen one of these, on the M42 on my way home from work. It was driven by some c@#t who deliberately tried to cut me off as I was pulling out to overtake. He got a VERY close look at the back of my hire car and probably had to visit the dry cleaners on the way home himself.
An interesting car but have to agree with the earlier post that the money they pi55ed away on developing it could have been better spent topping up John Tower's pension fund, sorry, i mean running the company (into the ground)
An interesting car but have to agree with the earlier post that the money they pi55ed away on developing it could have been better spent topping up John Tower's pension fund, sorry, i mean running the company (into the ground)
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