MG Says Its Electric Sports Car Will Be In Production By 2020, And It'll Cost Less Than £30k

Believe it or not, this striking MG E-Motion concept is actually headed for production, and it won't even cost that much
MG Says Its Electric Sports Car Will Be In Production By 2020, And It'll Cost Less Than £30k

MG Motor is a curious company. It has precious little to do with the original ‘MG Cars’ company, and its only products in the UK are the sorta OK MG3 supermini, and the sorta OK MG GS crossover. So you can imagine our surprise when the now Chinese-owned brand revealed this ‘E-Motion’ sports car concept, pledging to put it into production by 2020.

Of course, nothing’s definite at this stage, but Matthew Cheyne - MG UK’s sales and marketing big cheese - said at the Shanghai Motor Show that he expects a production version to be here within three years, and that it’ll cost under £30,000.

MG Says Its Electric Sports Car Will Be In Production By 2020, And It'll Cost Less Than £30k

Almost sounds too good to be true, no? We’ll be remaining skeptical until a production version arrives, but for now MG has our attention.

The two-door coupe is quite the looker, and it should be fast too. With an in-house developed electric powertrain it’s good for a 0-62mph time of four seconds dead, and has a range of up to 310 miles.

MG Says Its Electric Sports Car Will Be In Production By 2020, And It'll Cost Less Than £30k

A pair of dihedral doors open up to a futuristic looking interior - two details we’d expect to be toned down if a sub-£30k production version does indeed happen. On the inside you’ll also find an “intelligent infotainment system” which MG vaguely states is “fully internet-compatible”. I should hope so…

MG Says Its Electric Sports Car Will Be In Production By 2020, And It'll Cost Less Than £30k

Fancy a look for yourself? It’s on display from today on the show floor in Shanghai.

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Comments

maurotehsilva

Good lord that thing looks great! MG looks more like a G!

04/19/2017 - 21:44 |
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Joshua Persaud (Wagon/Estate Squad) (Sleeper Squad) I need a

Why get an electric sports car for under 30k when you can get Alex Kersten‘s Phil for under $5.

04/19/2017 - 21:46 |
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Joel Peñaló

Give it a Turbo-4 cylinder option and you’ve got something of a modern MGB…I dig

04/19/2017 - 23:47 |
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The Volvo Guy (Ikea Meatballs)

And when it is in production…

04/20/2017 - 03:56 |
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Nabil Z

MG’s chinese owned and it definitely shows

04/20/2017 - 04:50 |
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Anonymous

I had a MG3 kind a good car for it’s price the seat was not too comfortable but I good car any way , hope it turns for a good surprise!

04/20/2017 - 06:43 |
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Sten Pettersen

I sure hope that car is released in Norway, as it looks like one of the few viable options to the Tesla Model S, given the distances we have up north…

04/20/2017 - 09:29 |
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Anonymous

I’m sure it comes with a software option to recreate the hgf

04/20/2017 - 09:35 |
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NOTROX

at least it looks good

04/20/2017 - 13:05 |
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Euro

This’ll happen… Yeah.

04/21/2017 - 15:41 |
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