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MG celebrates 100 years at 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed

Launches next-generation HS and 2 enticing concepts

MG took the center stage at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed. PHOTO FROM MG

This year, MG is celebrating its 100th anniversary. And what better place to kick it off than at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed?

While the prestigious annual hill climb is home to manufacturers showing off the most tantalizing and most unique exotics, the SAIC-owned British marque took the chance to show off three vehicles, one of which was an attainable SUV in the new-generation MG HS.

The new MG HS takes a page out of the MG 3's styling booklet. PHOTOS FROM MG

The all-new HS features the new design language first seen on the MG 3, with slimmer headlights, a bold new grille, and X-shaped taillights that are linked together, but there are no press photos to show how the rear looks like.

There's new tech and interior bits, as usual. PHOTO FROM MG

Apart from that, it also grows in length (45mm longer at 4,655mm; 4,670mm for the PHEV) and width (14mm wider at 1,890mm).

There’s a new interior with dual 12.3-inch displays, eight speakers with smartphone integration, ADAS features, and an increased boot capacity of up to 507L.

We hope the PHEV variant makes its way to our country. PHOTO FROM MG

But the biggest news comes in the form of the new available powertrain. It now has plug-in hybrid propulsion, where it mates a 140hp, 1.5-liter gas engine to an electric motor that can output up to 206hp.

The 0-100km/h sprint is done in 6.8 seconds, while the 24.7kWh battery allows up to 120km of electric-only driving.

Of course, a traditional 1.5-liter turbocharged gasoline engine with 167hp and 275Nm is available, and can be mated to either a six-speed manual or a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic.

MG, bring this to production, pretty please? PHOTOS FROM MG

For those who want something a little more exciting, the Cyber GTS shows that the brand intends to make more sporty cars in the future.

Essentially a coupe version of the sporty Cyberster convertible, this car pays homage to the MGC GTS Sebring, a prototype vehicle that secured the highest factory result at the 1968 12 Hours of Sebring.

This being a concept, no specifications were announced, but if this does make it into production, it’ll probably be using the same underpinnings as the Cyberster EV.

This car wouldn't look out of place in the 'Speed Racer' movie. PHOTOS FROM MG

Finally, the brand also showed off the EXE181 Concept, which is an imagination of what an electric land-speed record challenger would look like, harking back to the original EX181 land-speed record challenger.

The “181” in its name is a reference to the car’s drag coefficient of 0.181, and the car features a “modern, connected user interface inside the cabin.”

Do these cars make you excited for the future of the MG marque?



Sam Surla

Sam used to be the youngest member of our editorial team when he was our managing editor. He specialized in photography and videography, but he also happened to like writing about cars a lot.



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