Car news today: Toyota unveils wild Rolls-Royce-looking Century SUV, Ford Australia updates Mustang pricing, and more – 26 August 2024

Thanks for joining us this Monday 26 August 2024. Severely in car news this day: Toyota’s Akio Toyoda needs to create the crazy, luxury-centered Century SUV, and Ford Australia updates pricing for its seventh-gen Mustang sooner than it arrives on local shores.

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• Toyota exhibits Rolls-Royce-having a explore Century SUV
• Ford Australia updates 2025 Mustang coupe pricing
• Genesis G70 and GV80 dropped from the UK market
• Mercedes-Maybach SL680 is an opulent two-door convertible

Toyota exhibits Century GRMN SUV

• Jap automaker Toyota is cooking up one thing crazy at head place of job: a Century GRMN SUV which has been confirmed by Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda to be going into manufacturing.

• With a restyled exterior, natty 22-inch alloy wheels and heaps of carbon fibre, the Century GRMN makes use of a 3.5-litre V6 engine with proceed-in hybrid technology.

• Even supposing proper outputs aren’t confirmed lawful yet, the mannequin could well additionally effectively compete against various speedy luxury SUVs fancy the Lamborghini Urus and the Aston Martin DBX707.

• Even supposing it’s now now not susceptible to advance to Australia, this luxury SUV wouldn’t seem misplaced in the Chinese or Jap markets with its Rolls-Royce-esque exterior fabricate and styling.

Ford Australia updates pricing for 2025 next-gen Mustang

• Ford Australia has announced updated pricing for its anticipated seventh-technology Ford Mustang coupe, with the sports car put aside of living to initiating from $66,990 sooner than on-facet road costs for the two.3-litre Ecoboost automatic.

• Pricing tops out at $87,667 sooner than on-facet road costs for the GT V8 convertible automatic variant.

• Since first Australian pricing was once announced and reported on by Chasing Automobiles 10 months in the past, the Mustang’s heed of entry has increased by $2000 sooner than the mannequin even has time to hit Aussie shores.

• Must you had been searching a Sad Horse variant, you’re merely too leisurely: all 1000 examples personal already been snapped up by involved Aussie investors.

• Production for Australian-delivered Mustangs is put aside of living to begin leisurely in 2024, sooner than deliveries steal put aside early in 2025.

Genesis drops G70 sedan and GV80 SUV from both Europe and UK markets

• Hyundai’s luxury arm Genesis has made up our minds to drop the G70 sedan and GV80 SUV from both the European and UK markets.

• This implies these divulge Genesis gadgets remain on hand finest in Asia, the USA and Australia.

• In our local market, Genesis has supplied lawful 24 G70 examples in 2024, against the substantial 1714 gadgets shifted for the BMW 3 Sequence and the 1277 gadgets delivered for the Mercedes-Benz C-Class in segment.

• For the GV80, 51 gadgets of the coupe, and 144 gadgets of the wagon had been registered as much as now in 2024, again in the again of vehicles such because the BMW X5 (1872 twelve months-to-date) and the Differ Rover Sport (1097 gadgets twelve months-to-date).

• No topic the low market shares in these segments, there was once no indication of any adjustments to the local Genesis lineup going forward.

The Mercedes-Maybach SL680 is an opulent two seater sports car

• Luxury impress Mercedes-Maybach’s first-ever two-seat mannequin, the SL680 that’s per the Mercedes-AMG SL Roadster, has been published.

• Surroundings aside it from the AMG SL, the Maybach mannequin adds odd entrance and rear bumpers, 21-inch Maybach alloy wheels, chrome inside tidy and a passe-model stand-up hood ornament.

• To form the roadster as glad as doubtless, Maybach has added a quieter use machine, huge sound deadening, retuned the engine mounts and recalibrated the suspension to be even softer riding.

• As for powertrain, the Mercedes-Maybach will use a 430kW 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 petrol engine paired to a nine-tempo automatic transmission.

• It’s estimated that the Maybach version of the two-door roadster could well additionally cost as unheard of as USD$250,000, or the identical of AUD$368,350.

The subsequent discipline of Automobile Knowledge Nowadays will doubtless be published on Tuesday 27 August at 4.30pm Sydney time.