New IM L6 is a 500-mile electric saloon from MG’s posh sister brand

MG has garnered a reputation in recent years for building cheap-and-cheerful runabouts, however, the British-Chinese brand’s parent company wants to take things upmarket, and it plans to do so with this: the IM L6 saloon.

Due to launch in Europe in 2025, IM (an abbreviation for ‘Intelligent Mobility’) is a new premium brand from Chinese giant SAIC and is set to launch a variety of electric saloon and SUV models, destined to rival challengers from BMW, Mercedes and even Tesla.

The L6 will be the first IL model to make its way to the European market and will essentially be a shrunken version of the full-size IM L7 (pictured), which is only available in China. 

However, if MG’s claims ring true, the L6 (which could be sized from anything between the Tesla Model 3 and BMW i5), should be perhaps even more impressive. The brand has gone as far as quoting a maximum electric range for the IM L6 of 497 miles, which would make it the longest-range electric car on sale when it arrives in the UK – that is, if the 520-mile Lucid Air doesn’t go on sale here first.

This figure is achievable via the use of a state-of-the-art solid-state battery which has a much higher energy density than the equivalent lithium ion battery pack. The L6 will also be offered with a lithium ion battery, though, which MG says will still return an electric range of 373 miles.

That’s not all, as top-of-the-range IM L6 models will also be capable of completing the 0-62mph sprint in “under three seconds” – faster than the now-discontinued Tesla Model 3 Performance and even a Porsche Taycan 4S.

Not much else is known about the IM L6 at this stage; the new electric exec is set to be unveiled alongside the new hybrid-powered MG3 at the 2024 Geneva Motor Show next week.