Official: the MG Cyberster has been revealed, for (almost) real this time

Right, this is it. Not a Stone-Age-res teaser or digital render cobbled into a video: this is the MG Cyberster electric sports car in production form. And credit where credit’s due, it looks like the real deal.

We say ‘looks like’ because… we’re still waiting to see the thing in the metal. However, MG has used the occasion of the Shanghai motor shout to announce that the Cyberster will indeed enter production.

Which is odd because we could’ve sworn that the concept - first revealed a couple of years ago - had already been committed to third-dimensional existence… who spends two years teasing a car with no intention of making it?

Anyhow, the battery-electric MG looks set to go on sale in the UK and Europe in the summer of 2024, which is good seasonal timing as the Cyberster also happens to be a convertible. Happy days.

Which brings us to the details: there aren’t any. We continue to wait on those all-important performance specs, which means we can only remind you of the initial claims: 0-62mph in less than three seconds and very nearly 500 miles of range.

“This is the perfect time to introduce an MG that completely reconnects with our performance DNA and is designed to enthral the driver on every level,” said Guy Pigounakis, MG Motor UK’s commercial director. “MG is all set for an electric, sporting future and it is the perfect way to start celebrating our 100th anniversary.”

Meanwhile the advanced design director of MG’s London design studio, Carl Gotham, added: “Our intention was to create a completely new roadster ready for a new generation of sportscar drivers and which opens a bold and compelling new chapter for MG.

“The focus for Cyberster was to create a design that was respectful of the brand’s illustrious past and to bring back that sporting bloodline, while also being absolutely clear that it should be modern and forward-facing like the MG of today, completely in-tune with the rapid transition to electric vehicles.”

Difficult to know what the Cyberster will be pitched against when it arrives given we’ve had no word on price, but considering the dearth of electric sports cars thus far, let’s hope it’s closer to the (sort of sporty) Mini Electric Convertible (£52k) than the Lotus Evija (£2.4 million).