Thursday 4th March 2004

MG Sport & Racing announced a higher-powered version of its high performance sports car, the MG XPower SV-R, at the Geneva Show. The 5-0 litre, XPower version of the all aluminum, 32 valve, double overhead camshaft V8 engine. Built in conjunction with V8 tuning specialist Sean Hyland the car accelerated from standstill to 60 mph in less than 5 seconds. Top speed was circa 175 mph/ 282 km/h. Every SV was individually built to personal customer order and prices for the entry level SV start from £65,750.00.