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MG will launch 13 ‘new power autos’ globally by mid-2027 to counter slowing gross sales of older petrol fashions in export markets together with Australia – spearheaded by the brand new second-generation MG 4 electrical hatch.
Chinese language information publication twenty first Century Information reported phrase from MG normal supervisor Chen Cui, saying the corporate will go ‘all in’ on NEVs – the time period utilized in China to explain EVs (electrical autos), hybrids and plug-in hybrids.
Mr Cui mentioned MG would make investments ¥10 million ($A2.16 billion) in launching 13 new fashions throughout EVs, plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and probably extended-range electrical autos (EREVs) “within the subsequent two years”.
With out naming any particular fashions – or additional particulars – the MG boss mentioned the automaker desires to grow to be a world chief within the growth of NEVs.
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Earlier than manufacturing of the brand new MG 4 – confirmed for a 2026 arrival in Australian showrooms – began in China in July, the model supplied solely the S5 SUV (badged ES5 in China) and the Cyberster electrical sports activities automobile within the NEV class in China.
In Australia, it sells the identical trio of EVs but in addition provides the IM5 sedan and IM6 SUV upmarket EVs from IM Motors, a premium model additionally below the SAIC Motor umbrella.
Its native showrooms are nonetheless stocked with a raft of non-hybrid fashions, together with the petrol-only MG QS seven-seat SUV and MG 5 sedan, in addition to petrol variations of the favored ZS and HS SUVs and MG 3 hatch.
The MG 7 mid-size liftback is scheduled for Australian showrooms this October as a Toyota Camry and Hyundai Sonata rival, however will probably be petrol-only at launch.
The MG U9 ute can also be due right here later this yr, which would be the model’s first diesel-powered car Down Underneath.
There’s extra to return from the IM Motors model, too, with its preliminary two launch fashions probably joined by the LS9 SUV – a seven-seat EREV SUV comparable in measurement to a Toyota LandCruiser 300 Collection.
Gross sales of the petrol-powered MG 5 have been sturdy in China in 2025, with Mr Cui describing these vehicles as “purchase now” fashions – however the firm is trying to future-proof itself with extra NEVs.
“MG’s entry into the brand new power market doesn’t depend on low-priced inner roles however depends on the buildup of [MG parent company] SAIC Group’s underlying know-how in batteries, clever cockpits, clever chassis and different fields,” Mr Cui advised twenty first Century Information, in translated remarks.
SAIC has partnerships in China with Audi – which relaunched a variety of China-only EVs final yr – and tech firm Huawei.
MG slipped out of Australia’s high ten best-selling manufacturers in July.
GWM was the highest-placed Chinese language model in seventh, forward of BYD in eighth and Chery in eleventh.
MG was twelfth for the month, with gross sales down 14 per cent year-to-date. Its best-selling mannequin was the ZS SUV, accessible in hybrid and petrol variations.
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