This is the most Instagrammable EV I’ve driven in a while, I have to admit. MG’s electric sports car, the Cyberster, was announced earlier this year at Bharat Mobility 2025 amidst much social media frenzy. I recently got to see the roadster in the flesh as I took it for a quick spin on Noida’s Buddha International Circuit. Explicitly inspired by the legendary MG B Roadster, which was popular through the ‘60s and ‘70s, the Cyberster’s good looks and palette of nifty candy colours (we drove the Flare red and the Nuclear Yellow). Not quite your daily driver, but if you have INR 75 Lakh to spare for a second or third car in your collection, the Cyberster might just be that luxury accessory this season.
At first look, the car really is a head-turner, with its unmistakable sporty, low-lying silhouette marked by a sweeping bonnet, storm-eye headlamps, air vents, and a couple of sculpted shoulder lines, and the almost retro-chic MG badging at either end of the car. The red brake callipers that shine through the 20-inch Pirelli sports tyres add a nice design and performance element. At the touch of a button, the electric scissor doors open, and I pull my camera out because the deployment is such a visual treat. It’s a rainy day at Buddha circuit, else I’d spend another ten seconds dropping the roof for a quick zip around in open-top. On the inside, the cabin is resolutely sports car-like, with its gorgeous leather-bound steering wheel and, just like an aircraft cockpit, a suite of screens, a 10.25-inch instrument cluster, and two 7-inch infotainment touchscreens, with the right one showing indications of energy consumption, battery, and system controls. I quite like the overall layout of the centre console with its hard keys (thankfully) for roof and door opening/closing and a sporty digital shifter, which feels ergonomic.
One of my track activities is to activate the launch control and to sprint the car from 0 to 100 kmph in 3.2 seconds, followed by a handling exercise on a slalom course to test the all-wheel drive, high-speed lane changes, and shape of 8 formations. The Cyberster performs effortlessly on the stability and cornering-grip tests.
A couple of laps of the circuit to test out the different modes - Comfort, Custom, Sport, and Super Sport. Later, I redeploy the scissor doors to step out of this delight. Full marks to the in-car audio system with its 8-speaker 320W Bose system. I even geeked out by changing the ‘soundtrack’ of the car, with a manufactured engine growl to correspond to the 375 kW of power and 725 Nm of torque it promises. The Level 2 ADAS-fitted Cyberster comes with a 77 kWh battery that promises a range of 580 km on a single charge.
RR Verdict: In our opinion, the MG Cyberster will have takers in India. Its price point of INR 75 lakh pushes it comfortably into the luxury segment, but it's the overall package, tech suite, and experience in an all-electric iteration that we’ve rather liked!
