MG HS vs Mahindra XUV500

What's the difference?

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MG HS
MG HS

$33,990 - $45,990

2025 price

Mahindra XUV500
Mahindra XUV500

2018 price

Summary

2025 MG HS
2018 Mahindra XUV500
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Turbo 4, 1.5L

Diesel Turbo 4, 2.2L
Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded Petrol

Diesel
Fuel Efficiency
6.9L/100km (combined)

6.7L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

7
Dislikes
  • Beeping driver monitoring
  • Expensive servicing
  • No USB-C ports

  • Underwhelming safety
  • Steering that requires plenty of guesswork
  • Cheap-feeling interior
2025 MG HS Summary

The meteoric rise of the Chinese-owned MG brand continues with the HS, a family-focused SUV stepping into the most hotly contested segment in Australia. 

When the first generation HS arrived in December 2019, it should have been MG’s big sales driver, yet it sat in the shadows of the cut-price MG3 hatch and ZS small SUV as they lifted the storied MG badge into Australia’s overall top-10 sellers.

The HS has so far been MG’s missing link and that’s down to the segment being full of such strong name plates such as the Mazda CX-5 and Toyota RAV4. The mid-size SUV has also been the focus of other strong value rivals that were better, namely the GWM Haval H6. 

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2018 Mahindra XUV500 Summary

Just in case attacking Australia's crowded SUV market with a virtually unheard of Indian brand wasn't a high enough hurdle to leap over, Mahindra had made its task even harder - think a Bollywood version of Mission Impossible - by launching its XUV500 SUV here with a diesel engine (which nobody wanted) and a manual gearbox (which few could even remember how to use). 

Fortunately, it fixed one of those issues late in 2016, finally adding an automatic transmission to the line-up. And now, at long last, it's fixed the other.

This, then, is the petrol-powered XUV500 SUV. And, on paper at least, it's the most sense-making Mahindra to date. 

For one, it's a ferociously cheap way into a new seven-seat SUV. For another, it's pretty well equipped, even from the base level. There's a long warranty, an equally long roadside assistance offering, and there's capped-price servicing, too. 

So, should the mainstream SUV players be looking over their shoulders?

Spoiler alert: no.

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2025 MG HS 2018 Mahindra XUV500

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