LONDON — The MG Cyberster all-electric sports car will lead new model launches at the performance-themed Goodwood Festival of Speed in July.
MG’s Chinese parent company, SAIC, is giving the roadster its global physical debut at Goodwood to honor MG’s British roots.
The Cyberster was revealed at the Shanghai auto show in April but only in photographs.
The China-built Cyberster was conceived in MG’s London design studio and will go on sale in the U.K. and mainland Europe next summer.
MG will also show a prototype codenamed EX4 as well as a ‘second, sporting EV’ due to go on sale this year. No further details were given but the production EV is expected to be an all-wheel-drive XPower version of the MG4 compact car.
The Goodwood Festival of Speed, a four-day celebration of high-performance autos, is held in parkland near England’s south coast. This year, it runs from July 13-16.
Hyundai will use Goodwood to unveil the performance N version of its Ioniq 5, the first EV in the Ioniq range to use a motorsport-inspired badge.
Genesis, Hyundai’s premium brand, will show off its GV80 Coupe Concept, a rakish SUV first unveiled at the New York auto show in April.
The brand will also showcase its Genesis X Convertible concept.
Caterham, a niche U.K. automaker, will debut an electric sports car. Teaser pictures released by the company hint at a car with styling that breaks new ground for the company, which is best known for its retro sports car based on the Lotus Seven that launched in 1957.
Porsche is Goodwood’s featured brand to mark its 75th anniversary. The brand will show the Mission X, an electric hypercar concept first shown at Le Mans this month.
Aston Martin will give the DB12 front-engine sports car a physical debut after releasing pictures and details of the car last month.
The coupe has been given beefier styling, more power and improved chassis technology to create a larger price gap to the DB11 coupe it replaces.
Also attending Goodwood is Bentley, which will debut the first of its Speed Six Continuation Series cars that recreate the brand’s famous sports cars from the 1920s.
McMurtry Automotive, a U.K.-based niche automaker, will show the Speirling Pure, a 1,000-hp electric small sports car. A prototype last year won the overall record for the Goodwood hill climb that forms the central attraction at the show.
The company plans to build a limited run of 100 units of the Speirling Pure, with deliveries starting in 2025. It will start at 820,000 pounds ($1.05 million).
Ineos will display a hydrogen-powered version of the Grenadier, its rival to the JLR’s Defender off-roader. Ineos is testing the technology using a fuel-cell powerplant from Hyundai.