8703.40.00.70 - Having engines with more than 4 cylinders but not more than 6 cylinders

This HTS subcategory, 8703.40.00.70, specifically classifies new motor vehicles designed primarily for transporting persons, which are powered by both a spark-ignition internal combustion engine and an electric motor for propulsion. A key defining characteristic of vehicles falling under this classification is that their internal combustion engine has a cylinder capacity exceeding 3,000 cc and features more than 4 cylinders but not more than 6 cylinders. These vehicles are not capable of being externally charged by plugging into an electrical source.

This classification is distinct from its sibling categories based on the number of cylinders in the internal combustion engine. It is differentiated from 8703.40.00.60, which covers vehicles with internal combustion engines having not more than 4 cylinders. Conversely, it is separate from 8703.40.00.80, which pertains to vehicles where the internal combustion engine possesses more than 6 cylinders. The shared characteristic across these siblings is the hybrid propulsion system (spark-ignition internal combustion engine and electric motor) and the absence of external charging capability.

As this is a leaf node within the HTS, there are no further subcategories. Therefore, the classification is definitively determined by the combination of the vehicle's primary purpose (transport of persons), its hybrid propulsion system, its ability to be externally charged, the cylinder capacity of its internal combustion engine (exceeding 3,000 cc), and crucially, the number of cylinders within that internal combustion engine (more than 4 but not exceeding 6).