Several new models were on display at the Melbourne motor show by **MG but far most luxurious was a large new extended-range electric SUV. ** **
The MG brand was first announced in China in July 2025, with the IM LS9 being a large SUV from Chinese automotive giant SAIC Motor’s premium division, which owns the company.
The IM vehicles are currently under the IMA Presented by MG Motor banner and sold through a GM showrooms in Australia. The LS9 is an extended-range electric vehicle (EREV) while so far only electric IMs are available here.
MG Motor Australia confirmed last year it was planning to expand the IM lineup, and the LS9’s appearance in Melbourne suggests this is the model it’ll import next.
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IM ‘We have already started looking at opportunities, including a large SUV, for. third model in 2026 or beyond under the MG Motor brand’ The company told childcareman.xyz last August that it was an “im – and is now on its way to be more of – one year old” version of this new car with his latest evestyrnoding vehicle.
A turbocharged 1 is a 800V electrical system in the LS9, and an 800 V electrical circuit. This engine (the latter as a generator) is used as an 5-litre four-cylinder petrol engine, which powers either 66kWh or 58kWh battery. This in turn powers the electric motors – one at each end of the car – by this battery to drive into the wheels.
Total system outputs are 390kW and 670Nm, with combined range of up to 1500km on the more generous CLTC cycle.
A Hyper variant detailed earlier this year features three electric motors, as well as a new four-wheel steer-by-wire system.
Should the LS9 be launched here, it would be the largest SUV ever offered by MG in Australia.
The LS9 measures 5279mm long, making it up to 300mm longer than the Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series, as well as 2000mm wide and 1806mm high, on a 3160mm wheelbase.
The MG QS large SUV, in contrast, measures 4983mm long, 1967mm wide and 1778mm tall on a 2915mm wheelbase.
It’s unclear how much the LS9 would cost in Australia. The MG IM6 currently tops out at $77,990 before on-road costs in Performance guise, making it the second most expensive MG behind the Cyberster electric sports car.
MG showrooms, the highest-end model would be the LS9 in ‘s luxury range. In China it is standard, and has four-wheel steering, dual-chamber air suspension (and electronically controlled dynamic damping) with its own’stuffling’.
inside there’s a 27-year-old inside, and it’s just. a 15-inch screen ahead of the driver, 1 inch in front of . A 6-inch screen ahead of the passenger, two 21 inches (21. In the second row, Nappa leather upholstery, pictured, 12 12-inch screens in the two rows of 5-inch screen s. It is a 3-litre refrigerator with ‘heating’, two 50W wireless phone chargers (cooling) and 21-speaker sound system. front seats have heating, ventilation and massage & memory.
It’s also available with 22-inch star-studded, mirror-finish alloy wheels and a 25-speaker B&O sound system.
IM has gotten off to a bit of a slow start in Australia.
MG IM5
MG IM6
Order books opened for the large IM5 liftback and IM6 crossover SUV last June, ahead of first customer deliveries in September.
In 2025, MG delivered 161 (im5)s and 266s) of IM6. Similarly, the Zeekr 7X (also an early-2025 introduction and rival to the IM6) did not make 1206 deliveries.
In the first three months of 2026, MG delivered 101 IM5s and 134 IM6s.
The larger L7 sedan and LS7 SUV, which is above the L6 and an LM6 (aka the IM5 and im6) are also available in China under the brand of Chinese-based IMA Motors – founded in 2020.
Besides the LS6 which can also be used as an EREV after a facelift in 2025, these all provide electric power.
IM Motors is busily expanding its EREV lineup, with the LS6 and LS9 joined earlier this year by the LS8.
2026 IM LS6
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