Car news today: new Haval Jolion pricing slashed, Nissan Australia adds entry-grade Pathfinder, and more – 18 June 2024

Thanks for becoming a member of us this Tuesday June 18th 2024. Notably in automobile news this day: GWM’s Haval Jolion diminutive SUV has dropped by $4000 for its update, and Nissan Australia will supply a more inexpensive Pathfinder within the community, starting from $59,670 sooner than on-avenue prices.

Browse this explain:

• Haval Jolion now starts from good $26,990 driveway
• Nissan Australia reintroduces entry-stage Pathfinder
• Ford F-150 Lightning Supertruck to take on Pikes High
• Facelifted Audi E-Tron GT debuts
• Reviewed: 2025 Haval H9

2024 Haval Jolion update drops by $4K, now from $26,990 driveaway

• GWM Haval has announced its updated Jolion diminutive SUV for Australia, which is succesful of originate up from a extremely competitive $26,990 driveaway for the sinister Top payment variant, or $4000 no longer up to sooner than. Differ pricing tops out at $38,990 driveaway for the Extremely Hybrid flagship.

• The Jolion vary has also been simplified for 2024, with Top payment and Lux variants finest on hand in ICE guise. Hybrid choices add an Extremely flagship grade. The Jolion S has been eradicated from the local lineup.

• Updates consist of a contemporary grille, revised entrance and rear bumpers, contemporary GWM badging on the rear tailgate and a four-formulation adjustable steerage wheel within. For the hybrid, entrance and rear designs feature these variations other than petrol variants, alongside with revised multi-link rear suspension.

• Traditional instruments will consist of 17-whisk alloy wheels, 10.25-whisk touchscreen, 3.5-whisk instrument cluster, four-speaker sound diagram, handbook seat adjustment, halogen headlights, handbook air conditioning and reversing camera.

• On hand engines would per chance be both a 1.5-litre turbo-petrol four-cylinder engine with 105kW/210Nm, or a petroleum-hybrid engine with 140kW/375Nm.

Nissan Australia reintroduces Pathfinder ST-L as extra cheap entry grade

• Nissan Australia has lobbed a extra-cheap Pathfinder at its dealership network, the ST-L grade priced at $59,670 sooner than on-avenue prices for the entrance-drive and $64,170 sooner than on-avenue prices for the all-wheel-drive variant.

• The ST-L now joins the Ti and Ti-L on Australian shores and is powered by a 3.5-litre petrol V6 engine that produces 202kW/340Nm and is paired to a 9-velocity computerized transmission.

• Traditional instruments for the ST-L grade entails a 9.0-whisk media touchscreen, 10.8-whisk head-up display, 7.0-whisk instrument cluster, eight-formulation vitality driver’s seat, heated entrance seats, tri-zone climate control, 18-whisk alloy wheels, LED headlights and foglights, entrance and rear parking sensors,

• By formulation of security, 9 airbags and a fleshy suite of Nissan’s Wise Mobility security programs, alongside with forward collision warning, driver attention alert and blind area warning, are long-established.

• The 2024 Pathfinder vary has also considered a imprint switch all the draw thru the board and now tops out at $82,490 sooner than on-avenue prices for the all-wheel-drive Ti-L.

Ford F-150 Lightning Supertruck to take on Pikes High

• Ford has announced its most new and wildest electrical automobile introduction, the Ford F-150 Lightning Supertruck.

• Built particularly to take on the well-liked Pikes High Hill Climb, the Lightning Supertruck produces as remarkable as 2700kg of downforce at 240km/h.

• Ford claims its contemporary electrical hillclimb beast produces extra than 1040kW of vitality resulting from three electrical motors and ultra-excessive efficiency Li-polymer NMC battery cells.

• Ford has been mountain climbing Pikes High since the early 1900s when the Model T climbed to the summit in 28 minutes and three seconds help in 1916.

• Ford goals to beat its beget 2023 Pikes High file of 8 minutes 47 seconds which changed into achieved resulting from the Supervan 4.2 electrical hill climb rocket.

Audi finds it updated Audi E-Tron GT electrical automobile, mirrors Porsche Taycan

• Audi has announced its facelifted E-Tron GT electrical sports automobile, mirroring in loads of ways what has already been announced for the very-associated Porsche Taycan.

• Usable battery dimension has increased from 84kWh to 97kWh, while top charging rates be pleased increased from 270kW to 320kW. Electric vary is asserted to be as excessive as 609km (WLTP).

• By formulation of efficiency, the flagship Audi RS E-Tron would per chance be succesful of sprinting to 100km/h in a hastily 2.5 seconds and can also merely be pleased a top velocity of 250km/h.

• The three-tier lineup will originate up with the S E-Tron GT and steps up to the RS E-Tron GT and, indirectly, the RS E-Tron GT Efficiency, the latter of which has 670kW of vitality.

• Other adjustments consist of a a puny of revised exterior create, upgraded virtual cockpit, redesigned seats, steerage wheel and entry sills, alongside with contemporary-survey 20- and 21-whisk alloy wheels. Local timing, spec and pricing is but to be announced.

Haval H9 2025 reviewed

• Chasing Vehicles contributor Iain Curry’s analysis of the 2025 Haval H9 changed into published, alongside with his suggestions on the next generation of H9 during a contemporary time out to China.
• By formulation of positives, Curry loved the H9’s boxy create, lavish interior supplies and its well-organized and snappy-working central touchscreen.
• One of the critical downsides Curry experienced consist of the absence of powertrain electrification and the truth that the H9 is but to be confirmed for Australia.

• Then again, Curry summarised that despite cloning the Land Rover Defender create, the model would per chance be an spectacular well-organized SUV offering within the Australian landscape.

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