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The MG HS Excite looks great under the big city lights but is it actually a good urban car?

MG has detailed its first new performance variant in 15 years, reviving the XPower sub-brand.

A new MG mid-size SUV has been leaked in its home market of China, where it will sit alongside the HS and Pilot.

Volkswagen has been one of the most vocal advocates for electric vehicle (EV) incentives, but the German brand may miss out on some of the biggest offered in Australia.

Australia’s most affordable electric vehicle is a little less affordable.

Electric car owners in Victoria will, from today, now have to pay to drive their vehicles on public roads at a rate of 2.5 cents per kilometre for fully electric cars and 2c/km for plug-in hybrids, despite these vehicles making up less than one per cent o

Australia's peak automotive authority, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), is calling on the rest of the state governments to follow NSW's lead in incentivising electric car adoption, while Nissan, Volkswagen, Hyundai and MG have come out

Australia appears to have finally reached a tipping point with electric vehicles (EVs).Not only are more and more carmakers introducing or announcing EVs, but crucially state governments around the country have begun taking the upcoming transition more se

The Core is the entry point to MG’s mid-size HS SUV range. It wears a keen drive-away entry price of $29,990.Available only as a front-drive automatic, the Core is powered by a 1.5-litre, four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine producing 119kW/250Nm, mated to a seven-speed dual clutch automatic.The Core has an official/combined fuel consumption number of 7.3L/100km against which we scored 9.5L/100km in a weekly test. All HS engine options require mid-grade 95RON unleaded fuel.Standard equipment includes 17-inch alloy wheels, a 10.1-inch multimedia touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity, a semi-digital dash cluster, halogen headlights with LED DRLs, cloth seats and plastic wheel trim, push-start ignition (but no keyless entry), and the brand’s full ‘MG Pilot’ active-safety suite.This suite includes auto emergency braking, which works up to 150km/h and detects pedestrians at up to 64km/h, lane-keep assist with lane-departure warning, blind-spot monitoring with rear cross traffic alert, auto high beams, traffic-sign recognition, and adaptive cruise control with traffic-jam assist.Although it has a high seating position, the HS Core has ample room and storage in the front seat, and above-par room in the back seat. Its boot comes in at 451-litres (VDA), which is around the middle to lower end of the mid-size SUV segment. Under the floor there is a space-saver spare in the Core.The Core is covered by a seven-year and unlimited-kilometre warranty, although capped-price servicing had not been locked in at the time of writing.

We're spoiled for choice in Australia, but are the latest slew of China-sourced upstarts too good to be true? We take a look at the MG HS range to find out.