Car news today: BYD teases new ute, Audi RS4 and RS5 to gain Competition Plus package, and more – 05 April 2024

Thanks for becoming a member of us this Friday April Fifth 2024. Particularly in vehicle files at the silent time: BYD has teased its anticipated silent ute with colorful conceal, and Audi has introduced silent Competition Plus programs for its RS4 and RS5.

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• BYD ute teased with colorful conceal, due in 2024
• Competition Plus programs for Audi RS4 and RS5 due mid 2024
• Extra little print introduced for GWM’s silent Cannon Alpha
• Polestar 2 to change into Polestar 7 in due direction
• Hyundai Tucson 2025 walkaround

BYD ute teased with colorful conceal, due in 2024

• BYD has teased photos of its upcoming ute, which is situation to open in Australia throughout 2024.

• With colorful conceal, a boxy produce and headlights no longer now not like the ones chanced on on a Ford F-150 Lightning, the BYD ute will within the initiate open with a DM-I plug-in hybrid machine.

• Likely to be known as the BYD Shark, the silent ute is terribly more seemingly to utilize a 1.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine mated to two electrical motors to fabricate around 135kW-150kW of power.

• A pure-electrical variant will open at a later stage, nonetheless the PHEV variant would per chance well presumably beat the Ford Ranger PHEV to market right here in Australia.

• A towing capability of around 3000kg has been claimed by on-line sources, nonetheless staunch specifics hang no longer been confirmed at this stage.

Competition Plus programs for Audi RS4 and RS5 due mid 2024

• Audi Australia has introduced this would per chance well presumably ship a restricted series of Competition Plus programs to our local market for the RS4 Avant and RS5 Sportback objects.

• Priced at an extra $13,990 (or $15,290 with RS bucket seats added), the Competition Plus pack contains manually-adjustable flee-model coilover suspension, an RS sports activities exhaust machine, up to 20mm decrease drag height and increased high tempo of 290km/h.

• The Competition Plus pack also sees the elimination of some inner sound insulation that yields an 8.0kg weight slice worth.

• For these concerned to attain extra song experiences with their performance Audi, the designate would per chance even provide RS front bucket seats achieved in Dinamica (microfibre).

Extra little print introduced for GWM’s silent Cannon Alpha

• GWM Australia has equipped extra detail about its Cannon Alpha dual-cab ute, but has stopped wanting asserting local pricing.

• The Cannon Alpha ute will be readily accessible in Australia with two engines: a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo hybrid petrol setup with 255kW/648Nm, and a 2.4-litre turbo-diesel four-cylinder engine with 135kW/480Nm. Each and each engines will use a 9-tempo computerized transmission.

• Rated towing capability is 3500kg, or 500kg greater than the reduction of the Ute Cannon fluctuate. Internal, identical old equipment will encompass a brand silent 14.6-plod central touchscreen and 12.3-plod instrument cluster, plus a 10-speaker sound machine.

• As for dimension, the silent Cannon Alpha is rather longer and wider than the silent Cannon XSR, however the latest GWM ute is a lot from a Ford F-150 or Chevrolet Silverado rival in dimension.

• Demand extra little print within the arrival months sooner than the ute goes on sale mid 2024.

Polestar 2 to change into Polestar 7 in due direction

• Polestar’s chief govt officer, Thomas Ingenlath, has confirmed to Autocar that the following Polestar 2 will no longer defend the 2 title in due direction and can as an different be known as Polestar 7, as an different.

• But the Polestar 2 would per chance well presumably no longer withhold the identical leer and in actuality feel because it has for the time being, with Ingenlath asserting “what form of auto and the contrivance in which we can attain it, we can discuss when it’s time”.

• The Polestar 2 is situation to dwell on till no longer no longer up to 2027, reports issue, which approach that the model would per chance well were on sale for seven years.

• Polestar will proceed its chronological naming construction, with the 7 following after the streamlined 6 supercar.

• This naming conference is terribly completely different to most other automakers which hang held onto iconic names equivalent to Golf, 3 Series, i30, Corolla and extra, moderately than changing the title entirely with each silent abilities.

Hyundai Tucson 2025 walkaround

• Chasing Vehicles editor Tom Baker’s walkaround evaluation of the 2025 Hyundai Tucson became as soon as published, along with major little print and key facts relating to the facelifted model.

• Baker’s walkaround detailed moderately refined exterior modifications and comparatively mighty extra basic inner modifications for the Korean crossover rival to the likes of the Kia Sportage, Mazda CX-5 and the Toyota RAV4.

• Along with this, Baker detailed the silent hybrid variant that’s situation to attain to Australia, the wider engine lineup, and extra – along with a see at the extra rugged XRT variant, which is anticipated to attain to Australia.

WATCH: Hyundai Tucson 2025 walkaround

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