Car news today: MG days away from next-gen HS SUV reveal, Mini Cooper five-door starts from $44K, and more – 2 July 2024

Thanks for becoming a member of us this Tuesday July 2nd 2024. Notably in car news this day: the next-gen MG HS is days far off from its existing and liable to make a decision on up extra electrical fluctuate, and Mini Australia has announced pricing and specification for its combustion-powered Cooper C and S five-door objects.

Browse this distress:

• Next MG HS to debut at Goodwood Pageant of Crawl
• Mini announces prices and spec for its five-door Mini Cooper
• Australian pricing published for unique M3 and M3 Touring
• Mercedes-Benz CLE Cabriolet priced for Australia
• Reviewed: 2024 Ssangyong Musso

Next-gen MG HS stout existing anticipated at Goodwood FOS

• MG has confirmed this would possibly perchance unveil its subsequent HS SUV on the upcoming Goodwood Pageant of Crawl where the logo can obtain an ideally suited time its centenary. It’ll be shown on the match which is on between July 11-14, 2024.

• The Hyundai Tucson and Toyota RAV4 rival will select up a completely unusual seek, including refreshed LED lights and unusual wrap-round LED tail lights to imagine just some of the parts viewed on the unusual MG3.

• Petrol and plod-in hybrid are anticipated to be announced, on the other hand a series-hybrid is anticipated early in 2025.

• Auto Particular has reported that the MG HS can obtain a better battery than any competitor and can obtain an electrical-simplest fluctuate of round 112 kilometres.

• MG will additionally recount their occupy praises its upcoming electrical Cybserster sports activities car on the Goodwood match.

Mini Cooper five-door priced for Australia

• Mini Australia has announced legit pricing and specification for its unusual, combustion-powered Cooper five-door.

• Pricing will originate from $43,990 forward of on-avenue expenses for the Cooper C Core and can high out at $56,990 forward of on-avenue expenses for the Cooper S JCW Sport grade. Ticket of entry has elevated by $5490.

• Powering the Cooper C would possibly be a 3-cylinder petrol engine with 115kW of energy and 230Nm of torque. The Cooper S makes use of a turbocharged four-cylinder engine with 150kW/300Nm.

• Long-established equipment varies widely across the fluctuate, on the other hand the negative Cooper C five-door involves parts such as unusual 240mm OLED round central show, wireless cellular phone charging, sports activities seats and a six-speaker sound system. The pinnacle-spec Cooper S with JCW Sport neat provides JCW styling, DCT shift paddles, adaptive suspension and JCW sport brakes.

• The unusual Mini Cooper five-door is due for originate in Australia within the fourth quarter of 2024.

Ticket and specs lob for updated BMW M3 and M3 Touring

• BMW Australia has confirmed pricing and specification for its updated, high-efficiency sedan, the BMW M3, along with its Touring wagon variant.

• Ticket of entry for an M3 has elevated by $2400, with BMW persevering with to provide the M3 in negative manual guise for $163,700 forward of on-avenue expenses. The pinnacle-spec M3 Touring will now imprint $183,500, or $3400 better than forward of.

• But what’s modified in spec and efficiency for 2024? BMW has lifted energy outputs for xDrive M3s, pushing from 375kW up to 390kW. Torque stays at 650Nm. The negative manual M3’s outputs remain at 353kW/550Nm.

• Additionally unusual would possibly be updated LED headlights, unusual alloy wheel designs, a brand unusual flat-bottomed steering wheel, luxurious instrument panel and BMW’s unusual Working Gadget 8.5.

• The updated BMW M3 fluctuate will reach in Australia within the fourth quarter of 2024.

Mercedes-Benz’s CLE cabriolet priced for Australia

• Mercedes-Benz Australia’s unusual CLE-Class Cabriolet is now on sale in Australia, priced from $135,900 forward of on-avenue expenses.

• The fall-high CLE-Class is within the marketplace in a single variant, the CLE 300 4Matic, and is powered by a 2.0-litre turbocharged tender-hybrid four-cylinder petrol engine that produces 190kW/400Nm. This engine has been paired with a nine-run automatic transmission and an electrical starter generator that in itself produces 17kW/205Nm.

• For these outlandish with the CLE, the mannequin is a combine between a C-Class and the simpler E-Class.

• Long-established specification for the Cabriolet will comprise a portrait-oriented 11.9-crawl central touchscreen, wind deflector system, Mercedes’ AIRSCARF heating system and a most boot skill of 385 litres.

• Other key feature highlights comprise leather-primarily primarily based upholstered sports activities seats, LED headlights and tail lights, 15mm diminished unheard of sports activities suspension, 19-crawl AMG alloy wheels, and 10 airbags.

• Clients can pre-articulate the CLE Cabriolet from this day, forward of the vehicle goes on sale on July 17.

Ssangyong Musso XLV Closing reviewed

• Chasing Cars founder Tom Baker’s review of the 2024 Ssangyong Musso XLV was as soon as published, including his thoughts on the bang-for-your-buck twin-cab ute.
• In phrases of positives, Baker praised the proven truth that the Musso ute is wildly more inexpensive than a Toyota Hilux and Ford Ranger and notion that the Musso was as soon as in fact a more in-depth ute than just a few of its key opponents thanks to a neatly built interior, tough 2.2-litre turbo-diesel engine and a high level of unheard of specification.
• One of the necessary aspects to give a enhance to that Baker mentions within the YouTube video comprise the use of an passe-college lap belt for the center rear seat, imprecise steering setup and the dearth of an ANCAP safety rating.
• Baker concluded his review by announcing that the Musso rides with dynamic polish within the cease half of of the section and is general extensive imprint for money against key opponents, including the Mitsubishi Triton and Nissan Navara.

The next distress of Car Info At the present time would possibly be published on Wednesday 3rd July at 4.30pm Sydney time.