Mitsubishi ASX VR-e specs confirmed for Australia with four grades and a 342 kW GSR

Mitsubishi Motors Australia has given media a local specification for the ASX VR-e, a small electric SUV it says will reach showrooms in late 2026. The line-up has four grades. Rear-wheel-drive LS, Aspire and Exceed models sit under a dual-motor GSR with 342 kW, 700 Nm and a claimed 0 to 100 km/h in 3.9 seconds.

An Australian price has not been published. An official Australian driving range has not been published either. This article does not invent either figure, and it does not treat an overseas test cycle as the local claim.

The detailed outputs, battery size and warranty terms below are what Mitsubishi told Australian media in early October 2026. They are not yet on the Mitsubishi Motors Australia vehicle pages. A direct check of those pages on 3 October 2026 still shows the petrol ASX, with no VR-e grade, price or range.

What Mitsubishi has published, and what it has only told media

Mitsubishi Motors, in a Tokyo release dated 17 August 2026, said it would sell the all-new ASX VR-e in Australia and New Zealand during 2026. That note says Foxtron Vehicle Technologies, part of Foxconn, will supply the car. It also says engineers tested the vehicle on local roads and tuned the suspension for those roads. The same note describes an S-duct that sends air from the front bumper over the nose, plus active grille shutters.

That August note does not list power, torque, battery size, charge rates, grades or a 0 to 100 km/h time. Those numbers arrived later, when Mitsubishi Motors Australia briefed the media. Treat them as a media specification, not as a brochure on the Australian site.

Mitsubishi Motors Australia chief executive Shunichi Kihara described the car as part of a plan to offer more than one type of powertrain in Australia. He called it a return to battery electric models, more than 15 years after the i-MiEV, and said the product is thoroughly modern. He also said pricing had not been announced.

Four grades, and why the GSR is the one with 342 kW

Every grade uses the same 57.7 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery. LS, Aspire and Exceed use one rear motor with 171 kW and 350 Nm. Mitsubishi claims 6.8 seconds from 0 to 100 km/h for those three.

The GSR adds a front motor and all-wheel drive. Combined output rises to 342 kW and 700 Nm, and the claimed sprint falls to 3.9 seconds. Mitsubishi has told the media this is the fastest-accelerating Mitsubishi it has officially sold in Australia.

All four grades get Eco, Comfort and Sport drive modes, plus light, standard and heavy steering. Regenerative braking has five stages, including a one-pedal mode. Only the GSR can move its front to rear power split in Sport mode, from an even 50/50 to a rear-biased 30/70. The reporting of the briefing says that the split moves back toward even at full throttle.

These are claimed figures from the media specification. They are not an independent road test, and they are not a published Australian energy-consumption figure.

Charging is specified. Australian range is not

Mitsubishi has told media that every ASX VR-e can DC charge at up to 134 kW on a CCS2 plug and AC charge at up to 6.6 kW on a Type 2 plug. Vehicle-to-load is standard, using the external Type 2 port, so the car can run small appliances. Mitsubishi has not published a 10 to 80 per cent charge time.

It also has not published an Australian driving range. Figures quoted overseas for the related Foxtron Bria, including optimistic lab cycles, are not a Mitsubishi Motors Australia range claim. Until an Australian figure is published with the test cycle named, there is no honest kilometre number to put on this car.

Size, screens and what each grade adds

The body Mitsubishi described to media is 4,315 mm long, 1,885 mm wide and 1,535 mm high, on a 2,800 mm wheelbase. Boot volume has not been published. Styling is credited to Pininfarina, with flush door handles, air curtains and the aero details already in the August note.

Every grade is listed with a 15.6-inch central touchscreen and a 9.2-inch digital instrument display, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, connected services and over-the-air updates. Physical switches stay for climate control, the demisters and the hazard lights, with a favourites button the driver can assign. The climate system is said to accept plain-language commands.

Named paint colours in the briefing are Stealth Black, Solstice Red, Pacific Blue, Magnetic Grey, Polar White and Sage Green. Cabin trim is described as black on the grades above LS. Safety equipment called standard includes autonomous emergency braking, adaptive cruise control with lane following, blind spot monitoring, rear cross traffic alert, traffic sign recognition, driver monitoring and tyre pressure monitoring. Aspire and above add an adaptive driving beam. No ANCAP rating has been published.

Warranty terms Mitsubishi described, without a service price

The drive battery is covered for eight years or 160,000 km, whichever comes first, for material and manufacturing defects. A capacity care promise says the battery should keep at least 70 per cent of its usable capacity over that same period.

The vehicle warranty Mitsubishi describes it asbefore-on-road five years or 100,000 km, unless scheduled servicing is done on time at a Mitsubishi dealer. Meet that condition and the cover extends to 10 years or 200,000 km. Capped price servicing is slated for the first 10 scheduled services, out to 10 years or 150,000 km, at intervals of 12 months or 15,000 km. Mitsubishi has not published the dollar amount of those services. Roadside assistance starts at 12 months and can be extended, through eligible servicing, toward 10 years.

Those are ownership conditions, not a price for the car. For a general look at what routine servicing costs in Australia, see our guide to servicing costs in Australia. It is not an ASX VR-e capped price list.

This is not the petrol ASX already on sale

The petrol Mitsubishi ASX on sale in Australia is a different car. It uses a petrol engine, and the Australian product page does not list a battery, a dual motor or a GSR electric grade. Sharing the ASX name does not make the VR-e a converted version of that SUV.

Mitsubishi has tied the VR-e badge to the old Galant VR-4 name, with the extra letter standing for electrified. The car itself is the Foxtron Bria, supplied for Australia and New Zealand rather than engineered as a battery version of the current petrol ASX.

Until the electric model is in showrooms, Mitsubishi buyers who want a car they can specify now are looking at other nameplates. The Eclipse Cross and the Outlander plug-in hybrid are the electrified Mitsubishi SUVs already in the local range. They are plug-in hybrids, not this battery electric model, so their electric driving distance is a different kind of number.

Shoppers comparing small electric SUVs that already have Australian prices can use our guide to electric SUVs under $60,000. The ASX VR-e is not in that list. It cannot be, because Mitsubishi has not published a price, and a guessed opening price would mix rumour with cars that have a real price type.

What is still unconfirmed

• There is no Australian price, so there is no before on-road figure and no drive-away figure to compare.

• There is no official Australian range, and no published charge time from 10 to 80 per cent.

• Boot space, tow rating and kerb weight were not in the specification Mitsubishi gave media.

• ANCAP has not published a rating.

• Capped service prices for this model have not been published.

• Showroom timing is late 2026. A calendar month has not been named.

What to take from the ASX VR-e specification

The news is a four-grade Australian plan, a shared 57.7 kWh battery, and a GSR that Mitsubishi claims will reach 100 km/h in 3.9 seconds with 342 kW. Charging peaks, screens and the step from LS to GSR are detailed enough to compare equipment. Price and range, the two numbers that decide whether the car makes sense in Australia, are not.

Until Mitsubishi Motors Australia puts those on its own site, the honest summary is a fast flagship on paper, a late 2026 arrival, and no confirmed way to say what it costs or how far it goes on an Australian test cycle.