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MG has doubled down on its price cuts for the MG4 electric small car.It has slashed about $10,000 off the price of the Excite 64kWh variant, with a new national drive-away price of $34,990.It applies to 2023 models and follows a similar discount in September to 2023 versions of the base Excite 51kWh variant.That deal catapulted the MG4 above fast sellers like the Tesla Model Y and BYD Atto 3 in the sales charts.The 51kWh model is currently priced at a national drive-away price of $32,990 for 2024 variants.The 64kWh version comes with a significantly bigger battery that delivers a claimed driving range of up to 450km, or 100km more than the smaller capacity 51kWh variant.MG Motor Australia’s CCO Giles Belcher said, “MG saw an incredible response to the pricing offers on the MG4 in October. Our dealerships across the country were able to help Australians switch to EV driving with the MG4. These price offers finish at the end of the year and will never be repeated.”These discounts make the two MGs the cheapest electric cars on the market.It also puts it on par or less than most petrol and hybrid vehicles.A Toyota Corolla Hybrid starts at about $36,000 and the cheapest Mazda3 starts at $32,990, drive-away — it even gets close to the brand's cut-price hybrid, the MG 3 Essence ($30,490 drive-away in Vic).Another sweetener on the deal is all MGs are now covered by a 10 year/250,000km warranty and seven years of capped priced servicing.All versions - beside the performance orientated XPower - use a single rear-mounted electric motor that makes 125kW/250Nm in the 51kWh version and 25kWh extra or 150kW in the 64kWh and 77kWh examples.The bigger battery version also benefits from faster charging, with a max DC rate of 140kW compared to just 88kW in the base version. Both can only take up 6.6kW via an AC charging point.The two Excite variants are fairly basic inside with manually adjustable cloth-wrapped seats, 17-inch alloy wheels, a synthetic leather-trimmed steering wheel and a 7.0-inch digital driver display and 10.25-inch central multimedia screen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.The discounted versions also miss some safety tech such as blind-spot detection, rear cross-traffic alert and emergency lane keep assist, which comes standard on more expensive versions./mg/mg4

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The MG ZS Hybrid+ Essence is the flagship model of the initial new-generation ZS line-up, priced from $36,990 drive-away to position it above the Excite. The ZS is already the best-selling small SUV in Australia and MG hopes that this new hybrid option will expand its appeal.

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The MG ZS Hybrid+ Excite, the entry grade model in the line-up, is priced from $33,990 drive-away, which pushes this new model into a financial space the previous generation ZS didn’t occupy.

Nobody likes being called cheap, even when it’s meant as a compliment.MG has been one of the fastest growing brands in Australia over the past decade, built predominantly off the back of its most affordable models, which undercut their more established rivals from Toyota, Hyundai and Kia. The brand is in the midst of a massive product offensive, which will include at least eight new options for Australian buyers by the end 2025, and it is starting to move itself away from its ‘cheap’ image.MG wants to become known for offering ‘value’ propositions, which has already begun with its new-generation MG3 and HS SUV and continued recently with the launch of its new ZS.The ZS is the brand’s best-seller, but rather than leading with its cheapest models it has decided to launch with its new ZS Hybrid+ variant. It starts at $33,990, well above the out-going, petrol-powered ZS, which was just $22,990 for the cheapest option.MG Motor Australia chief commercial officer, Giles Belcher, is confident the brand won’t take a backwards step, sales-wise, and is confident customers will be won over by the improved quality of the MG products.“Well, the quality and the technology in the cars is generationally different to the vehicles that they're replacing,” Belcher said.“With that there is an increase in the price but it's still the best value and that's where the value idea comes from. In each segment we still want to represent the best value car in that segment.“Now you know value means different things to different people, but if you have a look at the pricing of the MG3, the ZS hybrid, what you get in the car and the price it is, it just represents,  we believe, the best value in the segment. And that's kind of Peter vision for every segment we compete in is to offer the best value car. And that's not just price now, it's  the technology, the performance, the quality, the fit and finish, you know, the whole package. That's where we believe the product sits. And we believe once people experience it they'll agree.” Belcher also pushed back on the notion that buyers were focused on only MG’s cheapest model grades, claiming the brand has had good sales success with its more expensive variants.“I probably can't give you exact percentages, but we've always had a healthy mix of high grade vehicles in every particular model,” he said.Despite this shift and the potential to price some buyers out of the MG range, Belcher said he was confident the Chinese brand will continue to grow its sales in Australia in 2025. “Look, at the end of the day, the market decides and the consumers decide. We believe that the range we'll put forward will be successful; as probably everyone does when they launch a new car,” he explained. “But we firmly believe that it'll be successful. And again, it's about the education and the experience that people have when they first step into the car or sit in the car. Proof of the pudding will be, you know, in the 12 and 18 months time as to how successful we've been in that education.”The brand’s sales are likely to be helped by the arrival of the rest of the ZS SUV range, which will include more affordable petrol models. MG Australia’s head of local product, Akshat Ahuja, wouldn’t confirm if the brand will be able to bring in a variant below $25,000, as it currently has, but said the company would make sure it has cheaper models.“From a product point of view of course the cars are getting expensive and all that, and as Giles said, all our new upcoming cars, they are way more advanced, the fit and finish, the technology and everything,” Ahuja said. “But when we look at the particular model, the variant line-up, we always try to aim for the entry cars as well, the price point cars that also provide good value. So you might see ZS, like what we have seen today, $36,990, but we'll also have petrol ZS that will sort of be around that price point. And we'll attract the buyers who would be wanting a price point car.”

MG has earned a strong following in Australia with its affordable models, especially the ZS small SUV. But for the second generation the brand is trying to shift more upmarket, ditching its price-led effort for a new focus on value - but will it work?We drive the all-new ZS Hybrid+, the first time a hybrid powertrain has been offered in the model locally, to find out how this new era of MG looks.

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