RE: MG Cyberster revealed ahead of UK debut in 2024
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I just don't see the point of the scissor doors. I assume they just add more weight, cost and unnecessary complication.
The MG4 has already had an urgent recall for a software fix to stop locking drivers in their car with no way out (other than via the emergency boot latch inside, assuming you know it's there in the first place). Not sure I'd have much confidence in these things working consistently, but at least you could just drop the roof if necessary!
Still, I look forward to the first road tests.
The MG4 has already had an urgent recall for a software fix to stop locking drivers in their car with no way out (other than via the emergency boot latch inside, assuming you know it's there in the first place). Not sure I'd have much confidence in these things working consistently, but at least you could just drop the roof if necessary!
Still, I look forward to the first road tests.
I think it looks great. Nicely styled and should have decent technology and be reasonably priced. Under 2 tonnes is a good aspiration given the weight of the batteries and will make it lighter than most BMWs these days... 
There's not exactly any competition (apart from the Tesla roadster which is still vapourware), so it should do very well.
There's not exactly any competition (apart from the Tesla roadster which is still vapourware), so it should do very well.
ChrisCh86 said:
There's not exactly any competition (apart from the Tesla roadster which is still vapourware), so it should do very well.
Different price bracket too, I'd imagine! Surely they've got to be aiming to get the entry-level version of this under £50k? Edited by kambites on Monday 17th April 22:09
For me its not that its chinese, more that it has no uk content or employment associated with it. Apart from the breakdown service and the sales person who sold it (assuming its not mail order).
For £50k id rather have a 15 year old aston martin vantage or bentley continental, and 5 years worth of petrol and servicing costs.
For £50k id rather have a 15 year old aston martin vantage or bentley continental, and 5 years worth of petrol and servicing costs.
Ursicles said:
Lot of people objecting to this car due to its Chinese links.
Ironically objecting using their Chinese made phones. But hey .. always good to make a stand and only focus on the parts that you want to.
Think the car looks great.
Ironically objecting? But that would mean you'd have to equate spending a few hundred quid on a phone to spending tens of thousands on a car manufactured by a firm wholly owned by the Chinese state, aka the CCP.Ironically objecting using their Chinese made phones. But hey .. always good to make a stand and only focus on the parts that you want to.
Think the car looks great.
Hardly the same thing, is it?
As for the looks of this thing, the leaked images that appeared a few days ago on other websites were rather less flattering than the official renders used here.
Ursicles said:
Lot of people objecting to this car due to its Chinese links.
Ironically objecting using their Chinese made phones. But hey .. always good to make a stand and only focus on the parts that you want to.
Think the car looks great.
How is that ironic? The phone is a tiny fraction <0.5% of the value, almost impossible to avoid and only manufactured in China if it is, hard to know... always good to make excuses for making sIronically objecting using their Chinese made phones. But hey .. always good to make a stand and only focus on the parts that you want to.
Think the car looks great.
tty choices. Your logic is inane. And yes I agree it is a good looking car/render.pheonix478 said:
James6112 said:
whp1983 said:
Looks good but wouldn’t own a Chinese car
Incl Polestar / Tesla ?
pheonix478 said:
You don't see any difference between spending 50k 100% of which goes to the Chinese government (who are economically, strategically and now militarily aligned against us) and 50k on a non-Chinese car maybe 2-3k of which goes to China for cheap IC's, sensors and LCD's? Incidentally, the IP of the latter is mostly owned by western OEM suppliers. "While we're at it", yes you can make an effort to not buy Chinese made consumer goods, I do, but in any event again large difference between a whole car and a speaker. Not always possible to avoid of course and sometimes just impossible to know but in the case of MG, you know full well.
built in the UK? Or Owned by a UK based company? Nope. Sadly not really an MG then just a badge of convenience. Why? Because this country is run by short term idiots out to put quick profit above all else so sell off everything they can. Has been that way since the 1960s TBH. Those Arianne Rockets France makes a mint from launching satelites etc? British rocket engines sold off cheap by a govt that scrapped out space programme. Just one example of the idiocy at the top and in the boardrooms of this country for decades. But still despite all that an interesting and very pretty car.
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