The new MG 3 hybrid wants to compete with the Renault Clio and Toyota Yaris
- The Chinese brand MG, (subsidiary of the SAIC group), presented at the 2024 Geneva Motor Show the new MG 3 hybrid (full-HEV) which succeeds the old MG 3 with a thermal engine marketed since 2013 in China and the United Kingdom(and in no other country in Europe). In 2023, this B-segment sedan was sold at 4,632 units in the United Kingdom compared to 4,375 units in 2022 and 2,018 in 2021. In China, this model was sold in 19,088 units in 2023 compared to 31,888 in 2022 and 27,365 in 2021.
- The old MG 3 therefore is in 2024 replaced by a whole new generation which adopts the full-hybrid engine, thus placing itself as a rival to the Renault Clio hybrid and Toyota Yaris hybrid. The new full-hybrid MG 3, however, is revising its ambitions upwards since this model will be marketed throughout Europe and not just in the United Kingdom. Its price will be lower than its two competitors, around 20,000 euros.
- Based on a completely new platform (the old MG 3 took over the platform of the latest Rover 25), the full-hybrid MG 3 measures 4.12 m long (compared to 4.06 m for the old one), 1.80 m wide and 1.51 m high. A Renault Clio is 4.05 m long, a Toyota Yaris 3.95 m. Larger but also more powerful, because the new MG 3 full-hybrid combines a 102 hp (75 kW) four-cylinder gasoline engine with a 136 hp (100 kW) electric motor powered by a 1.83 kWh battery. Remember that the full-hybrid Renault Clio receives a 1.2 kWh battery and the full-hybrid Toyota Yaris a 0.76 kWh battery.
- MG is not betting everything on hybrid because its future MG 2 which will complete its range of small vehicles will be battery electric.