The MG QS Super Hybrid is one step closer to launching in the Australian market, where it will compete with established Japanese and Korean players and Chinese challengers in the growing plug-in hybrid SUV space.
State certification documents viewed by Daily Sparkz reveal that the QS Super Hybrid has been approved for sale in Australia and provide key details about its plug-in hybrid powertrain (PHEV).
We’ve contacted MG Motor Australia to confirm when the QS Super Hybrid will launch locally.
According to the documents, the QS Super Hybrid is equipped with a 105kW 1.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine, a single-speed automatic transmission and a 170kW electric motor, with MG citing a total system output of 150kW.
That makes it almost the same as the existing petrol-powered QS, which was launched here earlier this year and pumps out 153kW from a turbocharged 2.0-litre four-cylinder.
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Neither the battery capacity nor the purely electric range are listed in the registration documents.
Launched in Australia earlier this year, the front-wheel-drive HS Super Hybrid midsize SUV also features a 1.5-litre 105kW turbocharged petrol engine. However, it claims a system output of 220kW and 350Nm and uses a 24.7kWh battery, offering an electric range of 120km on the WLTP cycle.
Like the HS Super Hybrid, but unlike the petrol QS, the Super Hybrid – which has not yet been officially introduced or goes on sale in a market – is offered exclusively with front-wheel drive. There is no all-wheel drive option available.
It still has a seven-seat layout, the same as the rival Chery Tiggo 9 Super Hybrid model, and has a booster seat – or is it two seats? – the upcoming Skoda Kodiaq PHEV, which only offers a five-seater configuration.
The QS Super Hybrid is designed for towing loads of up to 750 kg (unbraked) or 2,000 kg (braked) and weighs 2,124 kg with a permissible total mass of 2,717 kg. A single variant is listed in the documents, which, like the petrol-powered QS Excite, is equipped with 20-inch alloy wheels.
In terms of dimensions, the PHEV is unchanged from the regular QS at 4,983 mm long and 1,967 mm wide with a wheelbase of 2,915 mm, putting it in size between Hyundai’s Santa Fe and Palisade.
Its exterior design – unchanged from the regular QS – was revealed in a Euro NCAP report last week, which gave it five stars in safety tests. The market launch in Europe is planned with the nameplate MG S9 PHEV.
After registering the QS Plug-in Hybrid nameplate trademark last year, MG applied to trademark the QS Super Hybrid nameplate in August to bring it in line with the HS Super Hybrid.
With the HS, depending on the variant, MG is currently charging an additional charge of 15,000 to 16,000 US dollars for the plug-in hybrid drive compared to the basic petrol engine.
Should this also be the case with the QS, we can expect a drive-away price in the low/mid range of $60,000, putting it closely in line with rival Tiggo 9 Super Hybrid ($59,990 before on-roads). That would allow it to undercut the base Toyota Kluger, which has a conventional hybrid rather than a plug-in powertrain, and significantly undercut the Kia Sorento PHEV (from $70,880 before on-roads).
MG launched the QS in Australia in mid-2025, marking the first time it had offered a three-row SUV locally.
The QS, a redesigned RX9 from SAIC Motors brand Roewe, has already recorded 777 deliveries in Australia this year, overtaking rival Nissan Pathfinder (636) and moving close to the Skoda Kodiaq (1035).
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