Registration No: VX57JUF
Chassis No: MGXSREWJR00030153
MOT: June 2021

Motor Car Location: Surrey

• Purchased by the Vendor in April 2010
• 'Full service history' carried out annually in accordance with manufacturer guidelines at SV specialists Luffields Cars and Maidstone Sports Cars with 'no expense spared' and 'no major faults'
• MOT'd and Taxed every year
• c.400 miles per year usage in sunny weather over the past decade, otherwise kept garaged
• Exhibited at Salon Privé's Performance & Prestige event as a Top 10 finalist in the Super V8 category in September 2018
• Most recent annual service and MOT carried out by Maidstone Sports Cars in June
• New battery fitted in March
• Fitted with tracker
• 1 of just 38 MG XPower cars known to the DVLA
• 15,000 miles from new

The SV-R was released a year after the SV and boasts a Roush tuned 5 litre 32 valve Modular V8 rated at 385 bhp with a 0 to 60 sprint time of 4.9 seconds and a terminal velocity of 175 mph. Very much a Wolf in Wolf’s clothing, final styling was by Peter Stevens, responsible for the McLaren F1, and this spectacular bewinged rocket is undoubtedly a future classic if not one already.

Vendor Condition Ratings:

Bodywork: 'Excellent'
Engine: 'Excellent'
Electrical Equipment: 'Excellent'
Paintwork: 'Very Good'
Gearbox / Transmission: 'Excellent'
Interior Trim: 'Excellent'

Model Background:

Intended as a ‘halo’ model for the resurgent MG brand, the XPower SV Coupe was unveiled at the 2002 Birmingham Motor Show. Based on the Marcello Gandini-penned Qvale Mangusta supercar for which MG had obtained the design rights, the newcomer’s steel chassis was the work of ex-Dallara, Williams F1 and Scuderia Ferrari engineer Enrique Scalabroni. Equipped with all-round double wishbone suspension, four-wheel disc brakes, power-assisted rack and pinion power steering and carbon fibre body panels, the two-seater XPower SV was powered by a 4.6 litre DOHC 32-valve Ford V8 engine allied to five-speed manual transmission. Responsible for facelifting the Lotus Esprit and penning the McLaren F1 hypercar, stylist Peter Stevens ensured that MG’s new flagship did not want for visual drama. A riot of bulging wheelarches, bullet lights and gaping gills, the Coupe looked more than capable of achieving its 165mph top speed. Arriving in 2004, the XPower SV-R proved faster still thanks to its Roush-tuned 5.0 litre DOHC 32-valve ‘Cammer’ V8 engine. Reputedly capable of 0-60mph in 4.9 seconds and 176mph, the ‘R’ could be had with a choice of five-speed manual or four-speed automatic transmission and cost some £82,950 (a significant increase on its less potent sibling’s £65,000 list price). A convoluted assembly process that saw components toing and froing between Italy and the UK lead to quality control issues and reliability was not a strong point on early examples. Nevertheless, the XPower SV and SV-R duo deserved more than the combined 82 sales that their Owners’ Club estimates they achieved. The contemporary press praised the MG’s performance and handling and prominent owners included the actor Rowan Atkinson.

PLEASE NOTE: Only nine XPower SV-Rs are understood to have been sold before MG Rover collapsed during April 2005. Private customers were able to buy SV-Rs thereafter but these were completed using a pool of spare parts which even included some pre-production prototypes and show cars. Road registered two years after MG Rover entered administration, ‘VX57 JUF’ is one such machine.

The Estimate for this lot is now £32,000 - £36,000