A brand new MG4 hatch-based SUV has been outed by China’s Ministry of Business and Data Expertise (MIIT).
The brand new compact electrical SUV has been created to battle the likes of the BYD Atto 3 and Hyundai Kona Electrical and inbound Zeekr X.
Named the MG S5 in China, the brand new small SUV just isn’t regarded as a alternative for the all-new second-gen MG ZS EV, as a substitute it is going to sit above that automotive within the Chinese language-owned British model’s line-up.
It’s not recognized but if the MG S5 can be renamed the MG4 SUV for markets like Australia, however from our first have a look at new SUV it’s clear that it borrows a lot from each the MG4 hatch and $100,000-plus Cyberster roadster.
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From its slimline headlights, sharp nostril and full-width LED gentle bar and Y-shaped tail lights that each one look lifted from the hatch, to provide it extra of an SUV feel and appear there’s black plastic cladding for the wheel arches, facet sills, and pair of satin roof rails, plus a raised journey top.
Footage of a panoramic glass roof and totally different alloy wheels trace that the MG S5 can be supplied in at three mannequin grades.
In addition to the photographs, the leak additionally included some particulars of the 2025 MG S5 powertrain that reveals that it’s going to include a rear-mounted 125kW electrical motor that may present a high pace of 170kW.
Measuring in at 4476mm lengthy, 1849mm huge an standing 1621mm tall, with a wheelbase of 2730mm, the MG S5 is 162mm longer than the MG ZS EV, inserting it on the bigger finish of the small SUV section.
Not like the battery-powered MG ZS EV, the brand new small MG SUV relies on the identical devoted Modular Scalable Platform (MSP) EV structure because the MG4. Being designed from the bottom up as an EV – relatively than tailored from an ICE platform – ought to present higher inside packaging and a greater automotive to drive.
As soon as launched it’s thought the MG S5 can be accessible with a 51kWh, 64kWh and probably 77kWh batteries.
One other chance is there could possibly be a high-performance model that would undertake the wild 320kW/620Nm dual-motor powertrain from the MG4 X-Energy that ought to ship a sub-4.0 second 0-100km/h sprint and a 200+km/h.
Set to make its official debut later this yr, it’s thought the manufacturing MG S5 could possibly be ripe for an Australian launch in a while in 2025.