Low temperature tensile and impression creep tests were carried out on an ultrafine-grained 7xxx series Al–4.8Zn–1.2 Mg–0.14Zr (wt%) alloy, which can be deformed for maximum elongation of about 200% at 150 °C. The characteristics of the deformation process, such as the strain rate sensitivity (SRS) and activation energy (Q) were determined by considering also the effect of threshold stress. Relatively high SRS of ∼ 0.35 and low activation energy of ∼ 92 kJ/mole were obtained, confirming the super ductility of the investigated ultrafine-grained alloy in the low temperature region between 140 and 160 °C. Graphical abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]