“MG3 will no longer be a sub-$20k car” – MG Australia

Australians once loved light hatchbacks, but as punters’ tastes have veered towards SUVs of all flavours (and, conspicuously, diesel dual-cab utes), the After 13 years, an all-new and much more sophisticated MG3 attempts to bury the old car’s dirt-cheap reputation by actually being pretty decent in almost all areas

Executive swagger, sportiness and hot pricing anchors this Chinese turbo five-door’s promise, but the MG7 reboot lugs around a swag of shortcomings

British-badged, Chinese-made MG Motor has been in Australia for a decade and its range is brimming with easy-to-recommend models, yet newer faces At long last, MG has a Tesla Model Y-rivalling electric SUV, boasting impressive driving range and bargain price

Yes, this is a new MG4, though it’s not a radical facelift of the electric hatchback of the same name that launched a few years ago as the first properly Is an electric small car that’s bigger than a Golf yet cheaper than an i30 too good to be true? Turns out, no!

Chinese car manufacturer MG has been enormously ambitious — and enormously successful — in the Australian market in recent years, achieving a record The diesel U9 is MG’s first ute, and its success is critical to MG’s plans to aggressively grow sales in Australia. We’ve now had our first drive.

It was only a matter of time before the sedan-loving, EV-savvy Chinese developed a rival so intently focused on matching or exceeding the Tesla Model 3 in MG Motor’s foray into a premium-brand model line in Australia introduces a direct Tesla Model 3 Performance rival in this flagship IM5 Performance AWD

Another day, another new Chinese brand … and another challenger looking to steal sales from the Tesla Model Y. The IM6 is a coupe-style, luxury-pitched MG makes an ambitious leap into Tesla Model Y territory, but the flagship version suggests it falls well short of the best-selling EV’s mark.

Looking at sheer sales numbers, MG is doing well in Australia, though in the first half of 2025 it has slipped behind a fast-rising GWM in the local Looking to address gaps in its range on the way to sales domination, MG has rushed its new seven-seat QS to market

While MG’s combustion-engined models remain in a transitional phase — far less crude than they once were, yet still not competent enough in overall In a dramatic turn of events, MG’s appalling ZS EV has been replaced by the all-new, surprisingly excellent, rear-wheel-drive S5 EV – undoubtedly MG’s best car yet

Being cheap pays off. At least, that’s what the first-generation ZS proved for MG. Far from the best small SUV, the first-gen MG ZS’s attractive entry Cheap was always the MG ZS’s remit and it’s now more cheerful than ever. But pricing has crept beyond rivals.

You’d need to be living a hermit-like existence in an abyss somewhere not to have noticed the exponential increase in MG vehicles on Australia’s roads MG’s all-new HS mid-sized SUV is much improved for space and general ability, but it remains mired by cheap details, patchy electronics and a sluggish drivetrain.

The MG ZS compact SUV has played a pivotal role in driving the British-turned-Chinese brand into a Top 10 volume player in Australia, and ambitions don’t A new-gen version of Australia’s most popular small SUV brings in hybrid tech, but will this be the ZS to look good beyond just the price?

Regardless of what you think of its products, you have to admire the commitment and focus of the engineers, designers, marketers and product planners To celebrate its 100th birthday, MG mines its heritage by producing a new-age two-seat roadster, only this time it’s all-electric, all-wheel drive and insanely rapid.

If there’s an importer more responsible than any for steering increasingly brand-agnostic Aussies into cut-priced, feature-laden Chinese vehicles, its MG. The all-new HS midsize SUV is MG’s sign of intent for a brand aiming to elevate itself above the current onslaught of cheap and cheerless Chinese imports

There used to be a thriving segment of cheap new cars in the Australian automotive market but that now largely seems to be a thing of the past. To be With its punchy turbo engine, the $29K MG5 Essence seems a total steal – even if it falls short in many areas, not least of which safety

The race for budget EVs is on. BYD will have the Dolphin and the Atto 3, GWM will have the Ora and now MG will have its new MG4 electric hatchback to sit The new MG4 is making a play for king of the price-busting electrics, but does the appeal tarnish with the priciest flagship Essence 77 version?

MG QS Vehicle type: Large seven-seater SUVLaunch: Q2 Although MG’s midsized SUV, the HS, hasn’t enjoyed the same success as the ZS compact SUV, the The new MG cars and SUVs heading to Australian showrooms in 2025 and beyond.

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MG Australia has confirmed local pricing and specifications for its new-generation MG3 hatch, which introduces the marque’s first-ever self-charging What was once Australia’s cheapest small car has had a price rise, but adds hybrid technology and more safety for the first time

On February 26, MG will debut its newest MG3 small car, a model that is set to improve on its outgoing generation with new styling, greater functionality MG will bring its first hybrid MG3 to market this year with new styling and likely better technologies

The MG3, the most affordable automatic-equipped new car sold in Australia, looks set to be put to pasture within the next 12 to 18 months. And the Cheap and cheerful Chinese hatchback is entering the twilight of its lifecycle and it set to be replaced by a techier and safer electric successor

Two of Australia’s cheapest compact cars gain much-needed safety improvements

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Australians bought more electric vehicles (EVs) in 2024 than ever before, with 91,292 sales eclipsing the 2023 total (87,217) by 4.7 percent, in an The best-selling electric vehicles in Australia, from the chart-topping Tesla Model Y to the least popular EVs on the market

MG has taken the covers off two concept cars at the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed, aimed squarely at shedding its discount image and reviving MG’s Debuting at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, MG hopes supermini and coupe-crossover will boost passion for price-first badge

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MG has confirmed it will release a new MG4 to the Australian market in the second quarter of 2026 with a significantly different approach to powertrain MG confirms new front-driven MG4 hatchback with prospects of a price below $40,000

UPDATE MG Australia has now confirmed pricing for its new S5, with the compact electric SUV undercutting key rivals such as the BYD Atto 3 and Kia EV3.

We’e known it’s coming for a while, but MG has finally confirmed it’s bringing a ute to market to rival the Ford Ranger, Toyota Hilux and Isuzu D-Max, MG finally enters ute market with its own version of the LDV Terron 9, known as the U9

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