New MG models coming: MG3, HS, Cyberster and more

After notching up a spot in the top-ten of the most popular brands of 2023, MG's product pipeline still has more to deliver.

The MG4 has been making waves in the EV space, while the MG3 launched in new-generation form in 2024 to help continue the sales momentum of that nameplate - both are currently leaders in their respective segments.

What's coming? A tasty new sports car is bound to be an attention-grabber for the brand as it launches locally at the end of 2024, while the more prosaic MG HS gets an all-new replacement in the second half of the year too.

JUMP AHEAD

• New MG3 hatch
• Cyberster sports car
• MG HS
• MG4 update
• MG ZS & ZST
• LS6 electric SUV
• MG utes and vans?

New models

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MG3

Affordability (read bargain-basement pricing) was the old MG3's calling card, but its brand-new replacement is different.

The new-generation MG3 arrived in Australia in mid-2024, with price increases across the range meaning it lost the title of "Australia's Cheapest Car" to the Kia Picanto.

However, a general uplift in size, quality and equipment means comparisons between the new MG3 and the old one aren't exactly fair, and with the arrival of a surprisingly grunty 155kW hybrid variant - facilitated by the adoption of a more advanced platform - this MG3 is no longer one for the penny-pinchers.

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Cyberster

Currently being rolled out in MG markets overseas, MG’s gullwing electric sports car will land in Australia by the end of 2024.

It will put the brand in a new space for price point, potentially becoming the first MG to cross the $100,000 barrier - and potentially stretching as high as $150,000.

The Cyberster, though, competes in a market of one, with prodigious performance, rear-wheel-drive and just two seats. Specifications and final pricing will be released closer to its Q4 2024 arrival.

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HS

MG's mid-size SUV is one of the company's older products, having launched locally back in 2019 after its Chinese debut the previous year.

Later this year, an all-new replacement arrives with a wider and longer body, with a 30mm longer wheelbase also helping deliver a larger cabin and bigger boot, pushing the HS towards the bigger end of the midsize segment where rivals like the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4 reside.

Pricing and features are yet to be announced, but MG Australia is promising a local launch sometime in the second half of 2024.

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MG4 update

The MG4 has been a strong performer in Australia since launch.

While 2024 didn't see much in the way of big changes for the still-fresh electric hatchback, a pricing rejig wheeled out in August has tweaked the value equation for the MG4.

A national drive-away price has been discontinued, replaced instead by a stat-by-state drive-away price framework that stretches from $39,252 for an MG4 Excite sold in the NT, to $61,282 for an MG4 XPower sold in WA. When examining retail prices, however, the prictag has dropped by several thousand dollars for each variant, with the base model now starting at an RRP of $37,990 and the XPower capping the range with its $55,900 RRP.

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Future product

ZS/ZST

The current ZS is no spring chicken, having entered production way back in 2017, but its replacement has just broken cover.

We'll have more details in the near future - including local timing - but right now don't bank on this one arriving in Australia until sometime in 2025.

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LS6 EV

According to reports, MG Australia is very keen to import a mid-sized luxury SUV from its sister brand IM Motors, the LS6, which is similar in size and concept to the ultra-successful Tesla Model Y.

It will likely crash through the $100,000 ceiling and, like the Cyberster, will help to expose the local market to a side of the MG brand not yet seen locally.

In terms of performance, the top-spec LS6 punches out 576kW and 800Nm of torque from a pair of electric motors, while offering a potential range in excess of 600km on a single charge.

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MG commercial vehicles

Could we ever see an MG dual-cab ute? Short answer: not in the short term.

The LDV brand of vans and utilities is part of the wider SAIC family that MG belongs to, so it’s theoretically possible that a rebadged range of LDV products could be sold under the MG name.

It certainly would give MG extra firepower as it eyes greater success in the Australian market – and it would be buoyed to see the success of other Chinese utes like GWM in the cut-throat space.

However, selling LDV under the MG badge is not a strategy that SAIC has rolled out anywhere else in the world, and the LDV brand is sold locally under licence by ATECO in Sydney.

So while it’s theoretically possible, a lot of water needs to go under the bridge before it happens.

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