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<\/a><\/p>\nLand Rover Defender-shaped concept is a follow-up to the Cyberster electric roadster<\/p>\n
A production version of the MG Cyber X concept could be on UK roads by 2027, UK boss David Allison has told Autocar.<\/p>\n
The rugged, boxy SUV<\/a> concept,\u00a0which previews the second model in MG’s fashion-focused Cyber line-up, was revealed earlier this year at the Shanghai motor show.<\/p>\n Asked by\u00a0Autocar\u00a0if we could see a production version here within the next two years, Allison said:\u00a0<\/span>\u201cI think it’s very possible. One of the things that has always impressed me very much about the way that this company operates is the speed of development.”<\/p>\n He added: “It’s not unusual that we will show something and very, very quickly it turns\u00a0into a real thing.”<\/p>\n The Cyber X is a bold, two-box, 4×4-inspired crossover measuring 4.3 metres long – making it roughly the same size as the\u00a0Land Rover Defender<\/a>\u00a090\u00a0and slotting it in below the 4.5m-long\u00a0MG S5 EV<\/a>\u00a0that recently arrived in the UK.<\/p>\n It has been revealed in concept form without an interior, but MG parent company SAIC\u2019s design boss Jozef Kaban suggested to Autocar that the speed of development in China means it could quickly be made production-ready.<\/p>\n Allison said:\u00a0“We are very much in favour of something like this coming to the UK.”<\/p>\n He added that the UK “is MG’s biggest market” and so his team is “quite fortunate” with the “real” influence they have over future products, such as how they should be positioned and kitted out.<\/span><\/p>\n This was because “if you can develop a car that would work in the UK, you can sell it pretty much everywhere”.<\/p>\n Speaking at its unveiling, chief designer Kaban explained that the\u00a0priority of the concept is to demonstrate how the more enthusiast-focused Cyber line-up could be expanded\u00a0and to bring a new character to the MG family.\u00a0<\/p>\n “One thing we have been talking about is the passion of MG\u00a0and delivering experience, which is not just going from A to B but a pleasure which makes you happy,” he said.<\/p>\n While the Cyber X previews a sibling to the Cyberster<\/a>\u00a0electric\u00a0sports car<\/a>\u00a0and would likely share its fundamental underpinnings and technologies, it takes a radically different design approach – as part of Kaban\u2019s plan to give the Cyber line-up as broad an appeal as possible.<\/p>\n “When you see the Cyberster, it’s soft like a circle, with almost no edges,\u00a0and with the other one coming, it’s almost like plus and minus. They are completely different. But plus cannot live without minus. Their contrasts bring people together.”<\/p>\n Kaban highlighted the octagonal outline of MG’s emblem as a shape that could be interpreted as a “square circle or a round square” – a theme he says translates to the radically different design treatment for the sleek, flowing Cyberster and its brutalist new SUV sibling.<\/p>\n “The point is to show that we are so diverse,\u00a0we are different, and MG is the brand which is able to handle two characters, because they will have one thing in common: the joy in connecting people\u00a0and in being fun to have.”<\/p>\n Kaban said that the priority with the Cyber X’s design was to “give families an emotional car, to give them joy by not needing to compromise at the stage of life when they have a family”.\u00a0<\/p>\n The production version of the Cyber X will be MG’s third distinct SUV model in Europe.\u00a0It’s only slightly smaller than the ZS<\/a> and S5, but Kaban said its radically different design and positioning means it can co-exist with its high-riding rangemates.<\/p>\n![\"MG](\"https:\/\/www.globalvillagespace.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/mg-cyber-x-concept-promises-bold-new-suv-adventure-for-uk-roads-by-2027-1.jpg\")
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