The MG QS Super Hybrid is one step closer to launching in the Australian market, where it’ll take on establishment Japanese and Korean players and Chinese challengers in the growing plug-in hybrid SUV space.
Government certification documents seen by CarExpert show the QS Super Hybrid has been approved for sale in Australia, and provide key details on its plug-in hybrid (PHEV) powertrain.
We’ve contacted MG Motor Australia to confirm when the QS Super Hybrid will launch locally.
Per the documents, the QS Super Hybrid mates a 105kW turbocharged 1.5-litre four-cylinder petrol engine with a single-speed automatic transmission and a 170kW electric motor, with MG claiming a total system output of 150kW.
That sees it nearly matching the existing petrol-powered QS launched here earlier this year, which pumps out 153kW from a turbocharged 2.0-litre four.
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The approval documents don’t list battery capacity or electric-only range.
The front-wheel drive HS Super Hybrid mid-size SUV released in Australia earlier this year also features a 105kW 1.5-litre turbo-petrolengine. However, it has claimed system outputs of 220kW and 350Nm, and uses a 24.7kWh battery offering 120km of electric range on the WLTP cycle.
Like the HS Super Hybrid but unlike the petrol QS, the Super Hybrid – which has yet to be officially revealed or go on sale in any market – is offered exclusively with front-wheel drive. No all-wheel drive option is available.
It still features a seven-seat layout, matching the rival Chery Tiggo 9 Super Hybrid and one-upping – or is that two-upping? – the upcoming Skoda Kodiaq PHEV, which offers only a five-seat configuration.
The QS Super Hybrid is rated to tow loads of up to 750kg (unbraked) and 2000kg (braked), and weighs 2124kg with a gross vehicle mass of 2717kg. A single variant is listed in the documents, featuring 20-inch alloy wheels like the petrol-powered QS Excite.
Dimensionally, the PHEV is unchanged from the regular QS, measuring 4983mm long and 1967mm wide on a 2915mm wheelbase – thereby putting it between Hyundai’s Santa Fe and Palisade in size.
Its exterior styling – unchanged from the regular QS – was revealed last week in a Euro NCAP report, where it received five stars in safety testing. It’s set to launch in Europe wearing the MG S9 PHEV nameplate.
After filing to trademark the QS Plug-in Hybrid nameplate last year, MG in August filed to protect the QS Super Hybrid nameplate to align it with the HS Super Hybrid.
In the HS, MG currently charges a $15,000-16,000 premium for plug-in hybrid power over the base petrol engine, depending on the variant.
Should it do the same with the QS, we can expect drive-away pricing in the low/mid-$60k range, which aligns it closely with the rival Tiggo 9 Super Hybrid ($59,990 before on-roads). That could see it undercut the base Toyota Kluger, which has a conventional hybrid and not a plug-in powertrain, and dramatically undercut the Kia Sorento PHEV (from $70,880 before on-roads).
MG launched the QS in Australia midway through 2025, marking the first time it had offered a three-row SUV locally.
A rebadged RX9 from fellow SAIC Motor brand Roewe, the QS has already notched up 777 deliveries in Australia this year, pushing it past the rival Nissan Pathfinder (636) and drawing close to the Skoda Kodiaq (1035).