The other two variants add a larger 100kWh battery that’s good for up to 345 miles on a single charge, and upgrade from a 400V to an 800V electrical architecture, like you get in the XPeng or the Hyundai Ioniq 5. This allows them to charge at a lightning-fast 396kW – faster than any Porsche Taycan – meaning a 30 to 80 per cent top-up can be done in only 15 minutes, if you could find a fast enough charger.
On top of all that, the Performance version gets a 767bhp dual-motor set-up that lets it do 0-62mph in 3.4 seconds – the same as the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N.
Other technology on offer in the IM6 includes a 26.3-inch touchscreen spanning the dashboard, a separate 10.5-inch touchscreen for controlling the car’s functions, rear-wheel steering, intelligent air suspension and various ‘one-touch’ handsfree parking abilities. Whether all this will be offered to UK customers remains to be seen.
MG has announced it will also unveil another new EV at Goodwood, which we suspect will be the MG IM5 that’s also already on sale now in Australia. The BYD Seal and Tesla Model 3 rival can do 0-62mph in 3.2 seconds and boasts up to 407 miles of range. Also on display at the festival of Speed will be the new MG Cyberster Black edition and the big, brutish MG Cyber X concept unveiled earlier this year.
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