MG XPower SV - XPower WR

XPower WR

In 2007, William Riley, who claims to be a descendant of the Riley motor dynasty, although this has been disputed, bought XPower SV-related assets from the administrators of MG Rover, PricewaterhouseCoopers. Riley formed MG Sports and Racing Europe Ltd to continue production of the model. In April 2008, MG Sports and Racing Europe, based in Eardiston, near Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire, announced the relaunch of the XPower SV under the name MG XPower WR. Priced at between £75,000 and £90,000, the new model had a supercharged engine rated at 540 bhp (403 kW; 547 PS), and seven cars were said to have already been sold.

Riley's use of the "MG" trademark resulted in a legal dispute with Nanjing Automobile (Group) Corporation, which had also acquired assets of the defunct MG Rover Group. This case was won by Nanjing in February 2010.

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