Car Design News speaks to Shao Jingfeng about the new MG Cyberster
The MG Cyberster, which saw its first public display at the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show, is a two seat roadster whose name is an amalgam of cyberpunk and roadster. It was developed at the MG Advanced Design Centre in London.
“Why buy a car…?” Shao Jingfeng, SAIC’s vice president of design, asks Car Design News. Designers around the world are all trying to maximise the feeling of space, he says, but have forgotten some key aspects of design when it comes to EVs. “They’re too simple, no passion, no emotion. If you buy an EV car you don’t want to just show you know the future, but you want to show why you chose an EV, it is really fast much faster than a normal engine.”
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As the all-electric Renault 5 E-Tech breaks cover at the 2024 Geneva Show today, we can share details from our private visit to Renault’s Technocentre design studio in early February, with head of design Gilles Vidal in charge of the show-and-tell
Car Design News looks at some of the design stories that may have gone under the radar over the last week, including news from BYD, Karma, Kia, Lancia, Nissan, Peugeot and more
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