MG’s RV8 is an unusual beast, with unrealised market potential. It exists for unusual reasons that only add to its appeal – created to test the market and gauge emotional responses to the MG badge, which at the time of the RV8’s 1992 introduction had been worn by hot hatches and saloons for a decade, rather than traditional sports cars. It worked. Although it was expensive and based on old-fashioned technology, the market’s response to the RV8 persuaded the Rover Group to create a cheaper, smaller, more mass-market sports car – the MGF.
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