MG has unveiled the EXE181 idea, a futuristic Rimac-baiting electrical hypercar, forward of its public debut on the Beijing motor show.

It is impressed by the EX181 land pace report automotive pushed by Stirling Moss and Phil Hill all through the late Fifties, which was designed for optimum aerodynamic effectivity.

Similarly, the EXE181 wears as little bodywork as doable, with a smooth-surfaced shell wrapped tightly round a single-seat monocoque. The driver sits inside a outstanding central bubble, a reference to the UFO-shaped EX181. The cockpit’s teardrop form stretches out right into a sloping tail fin, able to elevating from the automotive’s physique to behave as an airbake when slowing from excessive speeds.

MG claims a drag coefficient of simply 0.181. For reference, the Volkswagen XL1 claimed 0.199, whereas the McLaren Speedtail is rated at 0.278.

Inside, the EXE181 has a yoke-style steering wheel with a built-in touchscreen, and little else moreover.  

Interior photographs recommend the EXE181 has 4 motors – one per wheel – however MG has but to element its powertrain. That it claims a 0-62mph dash time of simply 1.9sec suggests it packs greater than 1000bhp, given the Rimac Nevera wants 1887bhp to dispatch the dash in the identical time.

That makes the MG one of many world’s quickest-accelerating automobiles. Japanese start-up Aspark claims its Owl supercar, packing 4 motors and 1985bhp, hits 62mph in simply 1.72sec.

MG has but to announce a prime pace for the EXE181, however nodded to the unique EX181’s recorded prime pace of 254.91mph in a publish to Chinese social media community Weibo. That suggests it plans for the brand new automotive to comfortably beat its forebear. 

It makes its public debut at this week’s Beijing motor present, and is anticipated to seem at July’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, the place MG’s centenary celebrations will take centre stage.