MG XPower SV

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Modified MG XPower SV in Rockingham
Modified MG XPower SV in Rockingham
XPower SV
MG XPower WR
Production period: 2003-2008
Class : Sports car
Body versions : Coupe
Engines:
Petrol engines : 4.6-5.0 liters
(235-283 kW)
Length: 4480 mm
Width: 1900 mm
Height: 1320 mm
Wheelbase : 2670 mm
Empty weight :
Previous model Qvale Mangusta

The MG XPower SV (Sport Veloce) is a sports car that the MG brand built from 2003 to 2008 in a factory in Modena owned by Vaccari & Bosi and rented from the MG Rover Group . The car was built on the platform of the Qvale Mangusta (formerly De Tomaso Bigua ). Since 2008 the vehicle has been offered by the new manufacturer MG XPower as the MG XPower WR .

MG XPower SV (2003-2008)

history

After MG Rover bought Qvale Automotive Srl in Italy, they re- used the project code X80 and founded a subsidiary called MG X80 Ltd. to make a new car. An incentive for this was the sale of this car in the USA, as the Mangusta had already been homologated for the American market.

The X80 was originally introduced as a concept vehicle in 2001 . But his styling was considered too good. When the production model - renamed MG XPower SV - appeared the following year, the designer Peter Stevens had designed a more aggressive styling. The Swedish company Caran achieved the development from clay model to series production in just 300 days. One of the goals was to keep the retail price below £ 100,000. The base model then cost £ 75,000 and the better equipped MG XPower SV-R £ 82,000, although many parts inside and out on the vehicle were from former or contemporary Fiat models. The headlights z. B. came from the Fiat Punto of the 2nd series and the taillights from the Fiat Coupé .

The production was very complex, also because of the manufacture of many body parts from CFRP . The basic parts were made at SP Systems in Great Britain and then shipped to Belco Avia near Turin , where the actual body parts were made from them. They were then assembled into a complete body and mounted on a box frame with the drive technology. They were then shipped to the MG Rover plant in Longbridge for final assembly and equipment.

According to the MG-XPower-SV-Club about 64 cars were made. This also includes some prototypes and show cars that were later dismantled before production was stopped due to insufficient demand. Most of the vehicles were sold to private customers, the last in early 2008.

Performance

MG SV-R

The basic model of the MG XPower SV was powered by a 4.6-liter V8 engine from Ford with an output of 320 bhp (235 kW), but was very expensive due to its complex CFRP body. There was both a manual gearbox and an automatic. The car with manual transmission reached a top speed of 264 km / h and an acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h in 5.3 s. A special Club Sport model for customers who wanted to use their SV for competitions was planned, but was never implemented. You should get 5.0 l V8 engines, which should deliver around 410 bhp (301 kW) in the basic version and even 1,000 bhp (735 kW) with the optionally available nitrous oxide injection. The maximum speed was calculated to be 312 km / h.

The MG XPower SV-R from 2004 had a further developed 5.0-liter V8 engine with 32 valves and an output of 385 bhp (283 kW). It is said to have reached a top speed of 280 km / h and an acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h in 4.9 s.

The SV-S version had a 4.6 liter V8 engine with a supercharger and also reached 385 bhp (283 kW) of the 5.0 liter version. Only three of these were made. An SV-R was also equipped with a compressor and thus became the SV-RS .

MG XPower WR (from 2008)

In April 2008, William Riley , a family member of the well-known Riley automobile dynasty , re-released the vehicle under the name MG XPower WR . He had bought the name for his company MG XPower from the administrators of the MG brand , PricewaterhouseCoopers International , and had MG Sports and Racing Europe Ltd. founded a company that employed 17 people, many of whom were former MG Rover employees. According to the company, seven cars have already been sold and 35 ordered. In addition, vehicles have already been exported to America. The price of the vehicles was quoted between £ 75,000 and £ 90,000. The plant can produce up to six vehicles a month and is busy.

In November 2008, legal disputes over the MG brand name with the Chinese Nanjing Automobile Group , which had taken over patent and trademark rights after the MG Rover Group went bankrupt in July 2005, became public .

In December 2009, former employee Tony Cox was quoted in the Birmingham Post as saying that MG XPower WR had not produced a single vehicle and was pending wages to the company's employees. Riley contradicted these representations to the newspaper.

Web links

Commons : MG XPower SV  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Cars / MG XPower SV / Development Story at Austin-Rover.co.uk ( Memento of the original from May 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / austin-rover.co.uk
  2. ↑ a b c d Jack Simpson: The MG Supercar. In: Safety First. Edition 51, 2007, pp. 16-20
  3. ^ MG SV-R at Yahoo! ( Memento from November 12, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Birmingham Mail: MG is back on the road
  5. ↑ Birmingham Post: Dispute over patent rights with Nanjing
  6. ↑ Birmingham Post: X Power dream turns sour for MG Sports and Will Riley