MG 5: rival Hyundai i30 is about to have 2 engines

MG Motor Australia confirmed some more information about grade 5 small sedan ahead of its local launch.

It was previously confirmed to debut in the first half of this year and local spyThe MG 5 has now appeared on the company’s website, although the price is yet to be revealed.

Equipment confirmed to be available includes Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, a sunroof, surround-view camera, and six airbags.

Government certification document seen by auto expert earlier this year listed two engines and MG has now confirmed both will be coming to Australia.

MG will offer this model a choice of naturally aspirated 1.5-liter four-cylinder and 1.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder.

It hasn’t published the output yet, but in China, 1.5 liter turbocharger manufacture 127kW power and 275Nm of torque and is mated to a seven-speed dual-clutch automaticalthough the sportier Scorpio model generates an extra 6kW and 10Nm.

The atmo 1.5 liters use one continuously variable transmission; A five-speed manual transmission is also offered in China, although it does not appear on approval documents.

Engine production facility 88kW And 150Nmthis would make it the least powerful car in the segment to some extent.

That’s the same torque output as the 1.5 liter engine Grade 3 a segment below, while the power only increased by 6kW.

The hyundai i30, Kia Cerato, Mazda 3 And Toyota Corolla all use naturally aspirated 2.0-litre four-cylinder engines as base engines, each producing at least 110kW and 200Nm.

The Skoda Scala There’s a base 1.0-litre engine, but it’s a turbocharged three-pot so despite only 85kW of power, it has a significantly stronger 200Nm of torque than the MG.

Given the MG’s traditionally high price tag, it looks like the MG 5 will take out many of these key rivals. The loser will be the Kia Cerato, the base S model priced at $27,890 to drive nationally.

With a nose-to-tail length of 4675mm, the MG 5 is 45mm longer than the Corolla and 14mm shorter than the Corolla. Skoda Octavia elevator. That puts it at the larger end of the small car segment.

The Chinese market MG 5 has a 10.25-inch touchscreen infotainment system and a standard 3.5-inch instrument cluster display and an available 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster.

In contrast, MG specifies a 10-inch touch screen and a 7-inch instrument cluster screen on the MG 5 for the Thai market. MG Motor Australia is understood to be sourcing local models from China rather than Thailand as previously indicated.

Full range of active safety and driver assistance technologies, including automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assist, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert and surveillance cameras around.

Although sedan sales are declining year on year now, the MG 5 will still give the newly minted top 10 sales an increased boost and is likely to take all of the competition out. compete.

MG currently sells only one passenger car in Australia: the aging MG 3 hatchback, which is selling well. The ZS SUV family, including electric ZS EVis the best-selling small SUV in Australia, while HS carved a segment of the mid-size SUV segment.

By contrast, it has the slightly larger second-generation MG 6 in China, as well as a new mid-size sedan called the 7th grade. That gives MG more passenger cars than SUVs in its home market.

The MG 5 has been around for a long time. The current second-generation model will launch in late 2020, and about a year later, MG Motor Australia confirms it is come here at the end of 2022.

MG hasn’t offered a vehicle in the small car segment locally since discontinuing production of the MG 6 in 2019. Available as a sedan or hatch (later hatch only), the MG 6 is side-sized. apart from the new MG 5.

The MG 5 sedan isn’t the only car MG sells with this nameplate.

In Europe, a redesigned version of the Roewe ei5 electric wagon is sold as the MG 5, however this has been ruled out for Australia. We will continue to receive the ZS EV crossover instead, with Grade 4 The electric hatchback joins the local lineup in September.