2024 MG Cyberster interior, design and features review

What is it?

The MG Cyberster is a fully electric roadster, announced last year, but it slowly made its way into the European market this year. It's hard to find any direct competitors both because of its performance but also because of its aggressive pricing. If you try to match the car's price point of €64,000, you'd have to buy a second-hand roadster and it will likely be ICE vehicle with acceleration far from what the Cyberster can do.

MG Cyberster

The car comes in two trims - Trophy and GT, with the most notable difference being performance. The Trophy gets you 347 hp, while the GT goes up to 503 hp by adding another electric motor at the front.

Who is it for?

The Cyberster is obviously aimed at car enthusiasts, specifically EV enthusiasts. It's a high-performance vehicle that focuses on design and fun driving experience instead of practicality. It comes at an impressively low price for its power output too.

However, that doesn't mean the MG Cyberster feels cheap. Quite the opposite actually - the materials used wouldn't be out of place on a car twice as expensive.

Give me the technical stuff

MG Cyberster at a glance:

• Dimensions: 178.5 inches x 75.3 inches x 52.3 inches, 105.9 inches wheelbase.
• Drivetrains available: 74 kWh - RWD 250 kW (347 hp), 350 lb-ft; 74 kWh - AWD 375 kW (503 hp), 535 lb-ft.
• Charging: 144 kW CCS, 10-80% in 38 min.
• Range: RWD - 316 miles; AWD - 276 miles, WLTP.
• Weight: up to 4,374 lb
• Trunk: EU: 250 l, no frunk

What's great about it?

As we already mentioned, one of the best things about the Cyberster is its value. The vehicle starts at €64,000. It has a pair of scissor doors, an automatic roof and an excellent interior. Everything you touch inside feels premium. Moreover, the roof is very quick to open and close.

MG Cyberster

The steering wheel incorporates physical buttons and joysticks that are great to use and the cockpit is very driver-centric as a true roadster should be. MG also added a V2L feature so you can power up different appliances on the go, should the need arise.

What's not that good?

There's no frunk, and even though the trunk is alright for the Cyberster's class you still don't have a lot of storage space with this one.

MG Cyberster

Aside from the physical buttons on the steering wheel, most other controls are touch. The central console hosts a small screen for most commonly used settings, but it sits too low, so the driver can be easily distracted while operating it.

The central console also houses the gear switch, which is all over the place. It takes a lot of space as there's a button for each gear. That could have easily been a smaller toggle or a switch, for example.

The handle next to the passenger is too big and obstructs the touch display. This way, the passenger can't even see the climate control settings.

When talking about obstruction, we can't miss mentioning the two infotainment screens on each side of the instrument cluster. The steering wheel gets in the way and you'd have to lean left or right just to see what's on the screen.

And lastly, the doors seem to move a bit too slowly. You can't speed up the process by pushing onto them as the mechanisms will resist. It's a bit annoying, to be frank.

Which version to get?

As we already mentioned, the Cyberster comes in two trims - Trophy and GT. The Trophy starts at €64,000 and it's the single-motor version with RWD, while the GT is an AWD with two motors. The main difference between the two is obviously performance.

MG Cyberster

The GT is much quicker, accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in just 3.2 seconds and offering 503 hp. It also offers additional seat options and 20-inch wheels.

MG is asking just €5,000 more for the GT and we think it's the way to go. Sure, you get less range but if you are considering the Cyberster, practicality probably isn't topping your priority list anyway.