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First Drive: MG4 XPower

“WITH 429BHP IT SAFELY ECLIPSES THE 385BHP PRODUCED BY THE 5.0-LITRE V8 IN THE SV-R FROM 2004.”

The MG4 XPower is a car which can make your head spin in more ways than one. It may look like an innocuous hatchback but, like it or not, that sheepish clothing hides the most powerful production car ever to wear the MG badge. With 429bhp it safely eclipses the 385bhp produced by the 5.0-litre V8 in the SV-R from 2004. The 0-62mph time of 3.8 seconds is faster

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