Codenamed AP11, it shares the same automotive platform with the MG 5 hatchback, which entered production in 2011 as a 2012 model.

The MG 350 comes with a 1.5 litre 4-cylinder engine producing 107 hp and 135 Nm of torque mated to a 4-speed automatic gearbox.

[8] It started development in 2006, to compete with the Hyundai Elantra and other compact cars in Korea.

SAIC developed the Roewe 350 as the production version, but it never launched in the Korean market.

SAIC planned for Ssangyong and its Korean partners to develop their version as subcontractors.