Car news today: How GWM will beat BYD Shark 6, Golf pricing locked in, BYD targets Hyundai Santa Fe and the new cheapest electric SUV

Thanks for becoming a member of us on February Twenty seventh. Chinese language imprint BYD has outlined why its creep-in hybrid ute shall be a success, Australia has a novel cheapest EV (for now…), novel Golf pricing and BYD mulls Kluger killer.

Browse this issue:

• Why GWM’s creep-in ute will beat the BYD Shark 6
• Volkswagen’s updated little car icon priced for Australia
• Hyundai Santa Fe rival on BYD’s radar because it plans to double gross sales
• Australia’s novel cheapest electric SUV… for now
• GWM Cannon 2025 reviewed

Why GWM’s creep-in ute will beat the BYD Shark 6

• Top brass at BYD claims its Hi4T all-wheel-pressure system fitted to the Cannon Alpha creep-in hybrid is superior to the BYD Shark for off-avenue functionality and towing, thanks to physically locking differentials.

• With impressive outputs of 300kW and 750Nm alongside with 110km EV-totally using vary, the Cannon Alpha creep-in hybrid will lunge on sale in Australia in April from $63,990 pressure-away. Comparison coming? You bet.

Volkswagen’s updated little car icon priced for Australia

• The Mk8.5 Volkswagen Golf vary has been priced for Australia with a three-solid core vary from $38,690 for the novel entry-degree Lifestyles. The subsequent neat up is the Vogue at $43,690 and the R-Line stays the non-efficiency flagship for $47,990, all earlier than on-avenue costs.

• Next up its the like a flash ones, with the revised and punchier 195kW GTI hot hatch priced from $58,990, whereas the flagship AWD R moreover gets a vitality enhance to 245kW for $70,990.

• All Golfs secure pleasure from revised suspension tuning, extra energizing skills internal and a streamlined set up of alternatives packs.

Hyundai Santa Fe rival on BYD’s radar because it plans to double gross sales

• BYD is pondering like a flash growth, with plans to souble gross sales again in 2025. How will it pause this? Extra and additional relevant product.

• “No topic is straight available in China now we personal to carry to Australia – now we personal to bear out [BYD’s] product portfolio because we don’t personal ample product… Now we personal to be sure now we personal a paunchy product portfolio,” talked about EVDirect CEO David Smitherman.

• Following the lower-value Atto 2 and sumptuous growth with novel Denza imprint, a three-row family SUV is next on Smitherman’s radar as a rival to the Toyota Kluger and Hyundai Santa Fe.

Australia’s novel cheapest electric SUV… for now

• For cheeky bragging rights, MG has slashed $14,000 from the associated fee of the latest ZS EV, making it $36,888 pressure-away — a mere $102 of bucks below the Chery Omoda E5.

• MG has lower the retail value to particular original stock of the ZS EV sooner than its S5 substitute that’s related to the MG4 hatchback.

GWM Cannon 2025 reviewed

• Production specialist Tom Space published his overview of the facelifted GWM Cannon, reflecting on currently updates that has sought to make stronger the total enchantment of this funds ute.

• Tom praised the Cannon’s solid fee proposition, shift to a gruntier 2.4L turbo-diesel engine and the bolstered towing skill that now caps the restrict at 3.5-tonnes

• On the opposite hand he raised considerations with the final dash and refinement and some maintain quality considerations with the ute.

• Ultimatley Tom chanced on that the Cannon used to be quiet real fee for the fee and ute owners would pause well to check pressure the Chinese language ute earlier than taking a explore at extra costly alternatives.