COYS MG Live Festival Silverstone
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Nr. Towcester
Northampton
NN12 8TN
Saturday 11th July 2009
Registration Number: N/A Chassis Number: SARRDWBGBWD034240
MG revealed the first in a series of Extreme cars on June 15th 2001, on the eve of MG’s assault in the Le Mans 24-hour race. MG Extreme vehicles are one-off demonstrators, not intended for series production and are outrageously powerful but still road legal. The MGF X Power 500 is first and powered by a race-bred 500Ps engine and 6-speed sequential transmission in what is a much modified MGF monocoque structure fabricated around the UK’s best selling roadster. The links between the MG X Power motorsport programmes and the MGF X Power 500 are evident throughout the car. While externally, the MGF X Power 500 appears radically different from the standard car, much of the original structure remains. The body is seam welded throughout and has a fully integrated cage. Front and rear subframes are mo