MG is busily expanding its electric vehicle (EV) lineup in Australia, and in the pipeline is the as-yet unrevealed MGS6 EV.
The vehicle has appeared in Australian Government approval documents and, while these don’t yet show details like dimensions, they reveal what the model lineup should look like when it arrives Down Under during the first half of 2026.
The documents list a choice of single-motor rear-wheel drive and dual-motor all-wheel drive variants, and a choice of 62.2kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) and 77kWh nickel manganese cobalt (NCM) batteries.
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The former is listed as being available only in an entry-level, rear-wheel drive variant, while the larger battery is offered with rear-wheel drive in base and mid-spec trim levels and with all-wheel drive in a flagship trim level.
The dual-motor all-wheel drive powertrain features a 119kW front motor and 180kW rear motor, for total combined outputs of 266kW.
The MGS6 EV has already been spied testing in Australia, while its name was trademarked locally in May, and its design was discovered in a European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) filing made in February.
Up front, there are slim headlights and an aggressive lower front bumper, reminiscent of the MG 4 hatch, MGS5 EV small electric SUV and the Cyberster electric sports car.
The MGS6 EV’s flanks are smooth and largely devoid of creases, while down back there are slim tail-lights contained within a full-width assembly.
The new electric SUV appears quite long, and it’s unclear if it’ll offer a third row of seating. The Marvel R it replaces in markets like Europe, however, has only two rows of seating.
It’s expected to ride on the same Modular Scalable Platform (MSP) underpinnings of the MG 4 and MGS5 EV, and is understood to have been developed as an MG.
That’s in contrast with other recent product from the brand like the HS and QS SUVs, which started life as vehicles from fellow SAIC Motor-owned brand Roewe.
The MGS6 will give MG a rival to the top-selling Tesla Model Y, as well as a raft of other Chinese-built mid-size electric SUVs such as the BYD Sealion 7, Geely EX5 and Xpeng G6.
The new SUV will slot in between the MGS5 EV, which replaced the ZS EV, and the upcoming MG IM6 which is a larger, more premium vehicle borrowed from SAIC Motor’s IM Motors brand.
