Car news today: 2025 Hyundai Tucson facelift pricing and specs revealed, Audi's local electric Q4 E-tron fully detailed, and more – 17 June 2024

Thanks for joining us this Monday 17th 2024. Critically in car records currently: Pricing and specifications bear surfaced for Hyundai’s facelifted 2025 Tucson midsize SUV fluctuate, and Audi’s corpulent Q4 E-tron lineup revealed for Australia.

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• 2025 Hyundai Tucson facelift pricing and specifications
• Audi E-tron lineup fully detailed for Australia
• Mini Aceman electrical crossover confirmed for Q4 open
• BYD Atto 3 gets an update
• Reviewed: 2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid

2025 Hyundai Tucson facelift pricing and specifications revealed

• Essential facets for the facelifted 2025 Hyundai Tucson were revealed, with revised styling, contemporary tech, and fee upward push and petrol-electrical hybrid vitality replacing the diesel option, which is now discontinued.

• The hideous 17-variant lineup kicks off at $39,100 checklist for the entrance-pressure 2.0-litre petrol Tucson and tops out with the Tucson Top rate N Line Hybrid at $61,100 checklist. The entry level is now around $5000 pricier than when this generation launched in 2021.

• Three orderly grades in (excellent) Tucson, Tucson Elite and Tucson Top rate – which replaces the Highlander nameplate – are offered. While the 115kW/192Nm 2.0 N/A stays entrance pressure handiest, each the 132kW/265Nm 1.6 turbo petrol and 169kW/350Nm 1.6 turbo petrol hybrid vitality devices could per chance even be had with either entrance- or all-wheel pressure.

• Exterior changes embrace entrance fascia restyling and contemporary wheel designs (in 18in and 19in), whereas the revised internal brings dual 12.3-traipse digital shows to the lineup.

Audi Q4 E-tron corpulent local lineup detailed

• Audi Australia has revealed the corpulent pricing and specifications for the lineup of its newcomer electrical Q4 E-tron mannequin, direct to ride on sale in the community in (you guessed it) Q4 this 300 and sixty five days.

• Logically sized between the exiguous Q3 and midsize Q5 SUVs, the Q4 kicks off at $88,300 checklist for the ‘45’ orderly stage in different of wagon or no-model Sportback coupe body kinds. The 45 affords 210kW and 545Nm in single-motor rear-pressure fee.

• The greater-spec ‘55’ orderly brings 250kW complete vitality and an additional 134Nm from its dual-motor structure (for a 679Nm combined peak). The 55 wagon lists for $108,500, whereas the sloped roof Sportback wants for one more $1000 in flagship guise.

• Both versions match 82kWh (substandard) batteries, with 135kW and 175kW DC charging rates respectively for the 45 and 55 trims. While a fluctuate of as a lot as 562km is asserted in EU specification, Audi Australia is but to manufacture any fluctuate claims for its newcomer lineup.

Electrical Mini Aceman confirmed for Q4 local open

• Mini Australia has confirmed that its first all-electrical mannequin, the Aceman five-door crossover, will be half of local showrooms by the discontinue of the 300 and sixty five days.

• The Aceman debuts with a two-variant lineup, starting with the entry Aceman E (for electrical) at $55,990 checklist and topping out with the Aceman SE (for sport electrical), priced from $60,990 sooner than on-roads.

• The entry Aceman E makes exhaust of a 38.5kWh-usable battery to bring 135kW and 290Nm. Advertised peak fluctuate is as a lot as 310km WLTP whereas efficiency is a claimed 7.9sec 0-100km/h.

• The high-spec SE produces a superior 160kW and 330Nm on memoir of its increased 49.2kWh-usable battery. Its 0-100km/h efficiency is asserted to be 7.1sec.

BYD Atto 3 electrical crossover gets a rolling update and pricing cleave

• BYD has given its funky Atto 3 exiguous electrical crossover a dapper up that entails a pick out choice of spec changes and a pricing tumble.

• Opt out appearance changes embrace blackout detailing for some exterior orderly and contemporary ‘BYD’ tailgate emblem, whereas a brand contemporary Cosmos Black paint coloration is now offered. Handling now benefits from the fitment of Continental tyres, which replace the unloved outgoing Atlas model rubber.

• Interior, the tense rotating 12.3-traipse media touchscreen has now been upsized to a increased 15.6-traipse prove, whereas a brand contemporary dim and blue internal procedure is available on the side of recount exterior finishes.

• The typical-fluctuate variant is now priced at $44,499 with the Prolonged Vary commanding an additional $3000, at $47,499. Both are around $3500 more real looking on this update.

Suzuki Swift 2024 reviewed

• Chasing Cars contributor Dylan Campbell’s aspect road test of the excellent-launched 2024 Suzuki Swift Hybrid was published, including insight into the contemporary petrol-electrical powertrain and the newcomer’s manner as an metropolis runabout

• Campbell came upon the Swift’s gentle weight and compact size fabricate for a stress-free metropolis machine that’s impressively frugal on consumption as a day-to-day proposition.

• On the opposite hand, Campbell describes the ‘hybrid’ system as very gentle and eminent that the Suzuki affords no pure electrical propulsion. Outright efficiency, too, is missing for a funds-friendly machine that also requires dear 95-octane premium gas.

• While offering an increase for its breed, Campbell recommends now now not to portion with cash in the Swift sooner than tainted-taking a be taught in regards to the more extremely effective arch rival, the newly hybrid-ised MG3.

READ: Suzuki Swift 2024 corpulent written overview

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