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Meet the new cheapest electric car in Australia: Huge $10,000 price cut for 2024 MG4 to massively undercut the BYD Dolphin, GWM Ora plus incoming Hyundai Inster and Kia EV3
By Dom Tripolone · 20 Sep 2024
The electric car price war might be coming to an end, and MG has won. The Chinese brand has ripped about $10,000 off the price of its cheapest MG4 electric car with a new national drive-away price of $30,990. This represents a drop of about 25 per cent for the MG4 51 Excite.
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Look out, Kia Picanto! Tiny Suzuki hybrids could be on the way to be crowned Australia's cheapest cars and take the place of the old MG3
By Byron Mathioudakis · 14 Jul 2024
Suzuki has considering an inexpensive globally-available version of its latest Alto Kei-car.
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2024 MG3 petrol now $1500 cheaper thanks to new drive-away pricing, giving it a leg up against the Toyota Yaris, Kia Picanto and Mazda 2
By John Law · 27 Jun 2024
MG has returned to drive-away pricing for the 2024 MG3, effectively making the light car $1500 cheaper to buy.
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China versus the world: Heavyweight countries are trying to stop cheap electric cars like the BYD Seal, GWM Ora and MG4 from flooding their streets. Here's why Australia will be the real winner | Opinion
By Andrew Chesterton · 24 Jun 2024
The automotive world is at war with Chinese brands like BYD, levelling profit-sinking tariffs designed to protect existing industries. But Australia is set to benefit.
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Where have all the cheap cars gone? With MG3 pricing jumping by more than $5000 the Kia Picanto and Suzuki Ignis are now Australia's cheapest new cars | Analysis
By John Law · 16 Jun 2024
A short 15 years ago, the Hyundai Getz was available for as little as $12,990 drive-away, but the cheap end of the new-car market has nearly evaporated today. 
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Looking to buy a new car? Why not subscribe to one instead with the unlikely companies offering you the chance to get into a Tesla, Toyota or BYD
By Stephen Ottley · 22 Apr 2023
A new trend has emerged in the car industry, with both established and unlikely newcomers offering motorists the chance to simply subscribe to rather than buy their next car. While leasing a vehicle has long been an option for customers, this new subscription trend offers a new way to have access to a car without needing to buy.
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Chery Omoda 5 2023 review
By Laura Berry · 20 Mar 2023
Chinese carmaker Chery is back and it wants its Omoda 5 small SUV in your driveway, but is this rival to the MG ZS, Haval Joilion and Toyota Corolla Cross worthy of your hard earned? We've tested it over hundreds of kilometres to find out what it does well and also not so well.
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Bargain buys feel the heat! This is how long Kia intends to keep its two cheapest new cars under $20,000 against the Suzuki Baleno, MG3 and Suzuki Ignis
By Byron Mathioudakis · 17 Jun 2022
Kia has stated its intentions of remaining in the sub-$20,000 end of the new-car market in Australia indefinitely, with the confirmation that the current Picanto will live on and evolve at or near its $16,000 price point for a number of years to come.
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Australia's cheapest cars to own and run
By Stephen Corby · 16 Apr 2021
Study shows top sellers are not always the most affordable cars to own. One of Australia's cheapest cars is also the most affordable to own and operate -- even though it must use premium unleaded petrol which can cost up to 20 cents a litre more than regular fuel.   The Suzuki Alto hatchback, which starts from just
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Top five most fuel-efficient utes
By Marcus Craft · 05 Nov 2020
After safety, a vehicle's fuel-efficiency is one of the major factors in a car buyer's decision-making process.
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