He said it was important “not to make any kind of compromise” when designing the fixed-roof GTS, highlighting the retention of the Cyberster’s scissor doors as a particular highlight. 

He told Autocar that while the GTS is a wildly different proposition to MG’s volume-focused line of hatchbacks and SUVs, he expects the concept to still “talk to a big amount of people”, because “we have many rational things in our life, but we need some special moments”. 

Crucially, though, it has been designed with accessibility in mind: “We are not trying to make a super-sports car to satisfy a certain amount of people. We would like to open up, as MG always did, to a big audience”. 

In line with that more ethos, the GTS has been designed to be approachable and unthreatening – more as a grand tourer than a full-blown sports coupé. “There are many sports cars which are under too much tension,” explained Kaban. “They feel like they’re going to explode any second.