Rarely has the curiosity about a car been so great: is the MG Cyberster a beautiful dazzler or at least nearly as good as it looks? In short: it is. And it's so good that it's something like the ...

The auto comes with a new gear selector and paddleshifters mounted to the back of the steering wheel, and an ability to drop to the lowest possible gear with a long pull of the left-hand paddle.

‘Looks like someone wants to have some fun,’ he says, simultaneously flicking down a couple of gears with the left-hand paddle-shifter. I switch off the tape recorder and locate the nearest ...