Car news today: BMW M3 gets more power, fully loaded Golf GTI now under $60,000 driveaway and more – 30 May 2024

Thanks for joining us this Thursday Thirtieth of May maybe maybe moreover 2024. Notably in car news this day: BMW has updated and enhanced its 3 Collection vary and Volkswagen has bolstered the price of its Golf GTI scorching hatch.

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• BMW M3 and broader 3 Collection vary updated
• Volkswagen Golf GTI now priced from $59,990 driveaway
• BMW 5 Collection vary adds 540d xDrive in Australia
• Citroen C5 X Bound-in Hybrid priced for Australia
• Volkswagen Touareg 170TDI 2024 reviewed

BMW M3 and broader 3 Collection vary updated

• The BMW 3 Collection vary, including the M3, has been updated, with pricing to be introduced in July sooner than deliveries are accessible in Q4 of this three hundred and sixty five days.
• All models gain redesigned headlights and varied exterior touches, along with BMW Working Intention 8.5 and varied interior tweaks.

• The M3 Competition sedan/Touring fill had energy outputs boosted by 15kW to 390kW/650Nm, shortening the 0-100km/h time to 3.5 and 3.6 seconds respectively.
• The substandard 353kW/550Nm manual-equipped M3 remains portion of the three Collection lineup, along with the 330i and 340i xDrive grades in the unparalleled lineup.

Volkswagen Golf GTI now priced from $59,990 driveaway

• Volkswagen Australia has introduced the Golf GTI will now attain with a national driveaway price of $59,990 driveaway, representing what it says is a $7990 price reduction over a paunchy loaded mannequin previously
• This is resulting from the truth that Luxury and Sound and Vogue programs, costing $4000 and $2600 respectively, fill now been made usual. Beforehand this would fill price roughly $67,980 driveway.

• The eight-generation Golf GTI arrived with a mountainous price hike in 2021, on the opposite hand sales doubled in 2023 vs 2022 backed by elevated provide, with a few of the up-to-date transfer designed to extra the momentum
• It’s a few of the up-to-date Volkswagen to attain a value in the reduction of after the facelifted Touareg became once introduced with a ramification-huge price in the reduction of and the outgoing Tiguan Allspace purchased a the same low cost.

BMW 5 Collection vary adds 540d xDrive in Australia

• BMW has added any other novel grade to the 5 Collection lineup in the 540d xDrive, which is resulting from are accessible in Q4 this three hundred and sixty five days after the i5 M60 xDrive Touring arrives in Q3
• The 540d xDrive is the first diesel in the novel-generation 5 Collection lineup and the 2d combustion offering alongside the petrol 520i.

• Powered by a 3.0-litre inline six-cylinder engine and a 48v gentle hybrid machine, the 540d xDrive produces 223kW/670Nm and sprints from 0 to 100km/h in 5.2 seconds.
• The M Sport equipment will attain fitted as usual, bringing 20-bound alloy wheels and varied exterior touches, leather-based totally mostly merino upholstery and a 655-watt Bowers & Wilkins encompass sound machine can even characteristic.

Citroen C5 X Bound-in Hybrid priced for Australia

• Citroen Australia has introduced the C5 X will originate from $73,990 sooner than on-roads in Australia, with a WLTP-tested electrical vary of 60km
• Reflecting a $16,320 upcharge over the petrol mannequin, the PHEV will be on hand to boom completely from the factory and first deliveries will are accessible in Q4 this three hundred and sixty five days

• The C5 X PHEV represents Citroen’s first electrified car in the neighborhood and produces a mixed 165kW/360Nm from a 133kW 1.6L turbo-petrol engine and an 81kW motor
• The 12.4kWh battery is capable of AC charging from 0 to 100% in three hours and 41 minutes on a 7.4kW charger, or fair underneath six hours on a usual household shuffle.

Volkswagen Touareg 170TDI 2024 reviewed

• Chasing Autos production specialist Tom Set’s review of the facelifted 2024 Volkswagen Touareg 170TDI became once published, with the astronomical SUV now greater equipped and that contains a decrease price than sooner than.
• Priced from $86,790 sooner than on-boulevard fees, the Touareg has a plush interior and power trip, whereas representing significantly greater price than the sooner than, sitting circa-$5,000 above a Ford Everest Platinum and circa–$13,000 below a Toyota Prado Kakadu

• The usual steel sprung suspension is a bit agency at cases on the opposite hand and the dearth of a paunchy-size spare might well well maybe misfortune its touring functionality
• For those that need to wander as much as 1400km on a single tank and make so in comfort, the 2024 Touareg 170TDI is a correct alternative

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