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The MG Rover Group purchased Qvale, which had taken over development of the De Tomaso Bigua. This car, renamed the Qvale Mangusta and already approved for sale in the United States, formed the basis of the MG XPower SV, an "extreme" V8-engined sports car. It was revealed in 2002 and went on sale in 2004.
Development of the MGB started at least as early as 1958 with the prototype known by its Abingdon codename; MG EX205. [4] In structure the car was a progressive, modern design in 1962, using a unitary structure, instead of the traditional body-on-frame construction used on both the MGA and MG T-types and the MGB's rival, the Triumph TR series. [5]
MG Sports and Racing Europe, based in Eardiston, near Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire, announced the relaunch of the XPower SV in April 2008, under the name MG XPower WR. Priced at between £75,000 and £90,000, the new model had the supercharged engine rated at 540 bhp (403 kW; 547 PS), and seven cars were said to have already been sold. [ 13 ]
The following is a list of cars marketed under the British MG marque. The marque was owned, and the cars produced, by Morris Garages (1924–1930), M.G. Car Company (1930–1952), British Motor Corporation (1952–1967), British Motor Holdings (1967–1968), British Leyland (1968–1992), Rover Group (1992–2000), MG Rover Group (2000–2006), Nanjing Automobile Group (2006–2011), and MG ...
A heavily modified MG ZT-T V8, known as the X-15 broke the speed record for a non-production estate car on Bonneville Salt Flats, USA, in September 2003, achieving 225.609 mph (363.082 km/h). The engine was bored out to 6 litres, producing 765 bhp (570 kW; 776 PS), but remained normally aspirated.
MG ZT 500 – A 500PS race derived XPower Concept for the MG ZT V8. Uses a 5.0L V8; MG ZT-T V8 – Roush supercharged V8 MG ZT-T that broke the world record for the fastest estate car at Bonneville in September 2003. MG SV – Supercar based on the Qvale Mangusta – 4.6L Ford V8 with 324PS; MG SV-R – Supercar based on the Qvale Mangusta ...
The V8-6-4 is included in Time magazine's "50 Worst Cars of All Time", where Dan Neil described it as the "Titanic of engine programs". He continued, "The cars jerked, bucked, stalled, made rude noises, and generally misbehaved until wild-eyed owners took the cars to have the system disconnected.
2003: MG Rover launches the new CityRover - a small 5-door hatchback city car, based on the Tata Indica, the first product of the collaboration with Tata Motors. The car is built in India. 2003: MG Rover launches V8 variants of the Rover 75 and the MG ZT. 2003: MG Rover launch a restyled version of the Rover 25, the Rover Streetwise.