MG, the storied British motor company, has been in existence since the 1920s. Sold to a Chinese company in 2011, the brand has modernized and electrified.
The company just released images of their prototype EXE181, which claims a drag coefficient of just 0.181, making it the most aerodynamic car ever.
The electric hypercar was shown at the Shanghai Auto Show, and gave a blistering 1.91 second 0-100 kph time, and indication that it can beat the 254.91 mph land speed record that the original EX181 reached in the 1950s.
Super low and streamlined, the car’s silhouette is impressive, with a fighter jet style aesthetic.
The new EXE181 shown next to the 1957 EX181.
The solo cockpit has steering that feels like an F1 racecar.
“The EX181 (note the missing E) was the car in which MG set a world land-speed record for 1500cc vehicles back in 1957 when Stirling Moss averaged 245.6 mph after runs in both directions on the Bonneville salt flats, then Phil Hill pushed the record to 254.9 mph two years later in the same car.”
The car’s extreme speed necessitates a dual drogue parachute to slow it down.
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3 Comments
A totally fabulous beauty! Too bad that I can’t legally drive it over 55 mph!
Yes!!
Wow! Looking at this beauty immediately makes my heart race.