New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- MG Motor's first electric roadster, the Cyberster, is fast and sleek enough to be James Bond's getaway car yet clean and green enough to be Greta Thunberg's ride. Striking butterfly doors and a retractable roof makes it so Instagrammable that it adds to its desirability.

This is certainly not an inconspicuous car-it does 0-100kmph in 3.2 seconds-and I suspect this will be a car bought ( Rs.75 lakh on road) to be seen in rather than speed in.

The media reveal was at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC) in Greater Noida, a racetrack built for Formula 1 cars to go screaming at full whack. We got three laps each, and there is something deliciously contradictory about watching a bright red convertible hurtle down a rac...