sold to private owners, with the final ones being sold to customers, at the beginning of 2008. Three vehicles, that had been produced, but not assembled, were acquired by classic car dealer Eclectic Cars Limited in March 2013, and later completed. Another partially completed chassis is in storage with a private owner in the UK. Most were sold in Europe and Asia, with only one model sold in America, the supercharged model, the XP. The decision to develop a niche sports car, rather than work on replacements for its core family cars, has been described as symptomatic of the strategic mistakes, that ultimately led to MG Rover's untimely demise. By the time that the company entered administration in April 2005, only nine XPower SVs had been sold. Rowan Atkinson purchased an XPower SV in February 2005. Variants The base MG XPower SV is powered by a 4.6 L Ford Modular V8 which is rated at at 6,000 rpm and of torque at 4,750 rpm. The SV's advanced carbon fibre body helped it achieve a top speed of and a 0 to time of 5.3 seconds. Club Sport options, for customers who wished to use their SV on the track, were planned but never produced. The XPower SV R, released the following year, features a Roush tuned, “cammer” 5.0 L 32 valve Modular V8. MG claimed the SV-R's engine was rated at , however some sources claim this figure is actually closer to . The top speed was estimated to be around , and its 0 to time to be close to 4.9 seconds. Unlike the base model SV, the SVR was offered with a choice of either manual or automatic transmissions. Performance Performance data, for the range of the MG XPower SV: XPower WR In July 2008, William Riley, who claims to be a descendant of the dynasty of Riley Motor, 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. MG Sports and Racing Europe, based in Eardiston, near Tenbury Wells in Worcestershire, announced the relaunch of the XPower SV in April 2008, under the name MG XPower WR. Priced at between £75,000 and £90,000, the new model had the supercharged engine rated at , and seven cars were said to have already been sold. Riley's use of