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7NEWS
15 minutes ago
- 7NEWS
2025 GWM Haval H7 price and specs
The GWM Haval H7 arrives in Australia in August, filling a very specific niche for the Chinese auto brand. Effectively, if you want a mid-size SUV that has a more rugged look than GWM's Haval H6 and H6 GT, but one not quite as rugged as the body-on-frame Tank 300, the Haval H7 is for you. Like the Haval H6 and H6 GT, but unlike the ladder-frame Tank 300, the Haval H7 is based on GWM's unibody LEMON underpinnings. CarExpert can save you thousands on a new car. Click here to get a great deal. Despite its quasi-rugged posturing, it will be offered with only front-wheel drive and a hybrid powertrain, and there's no spare wheel – just a tyre repair kit. It's being offered here in a single Vanta trim, priced at $46,990 drive-away. Given the Haval H6 GT isn't available as a regular hybrid (only as a plug-in hybrid), this is the only way to get a more 'individual' mid-size crossover SUV from GWM with hybrid power. You pay $3000 over a top-spec Haval H6 Ultra Hybrid for this privilege. The Haval H7 is available to order now. Pricing Drivetrains and Efficiency There's just one powertrain available in the GWM Haval H7. Dimensions Servicing and Warranty The GWM Haval H7 is backed by a seven-year, unlimited-kilometre vehicle warranty and an eight-year, unlimited-kilometre battery warranty. GWM also includes five years of roadside assistance and five years of capped-price servicing. Service pricing will be announced closer to launch. Safety Safety authority ANCAP has yet to release a result for the GWM Haval H7. Standard safety equipment includes: Adaptive cruise control Autonomous emergency braking Blind-spot monitoring Driver fatigue monitoring Lane-keep assist Emergency lane-keep assist 7 airbags – front, front-side, curtain, and front-centre Surround-view camera with 180° transparent chassis mode Front and rear parking sensors Tyre pressure monitoring Standard Equipment The GWM Haval H7 comes standard with the following equipment: 19-inch alloy wheels Tyre repair kit Automatic LED headlights Automatic high-beam Front fog lights with cornering lights Rain-sensing wipers Electronic parking brake Auto hold Power-folding, heated exterior mirrors Proximity entry with push-button start Panoramic sunroof Semi-autonomous parking assist Hill ascent and descent control Head-up display 10.25-inch digital instrument cluster 14.6-inch touchscreen infotainment system Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto 8-speaker sound system Wireless phone charger Leather-accented upholstery Heated and ventilated front seats 8-way power driver's seat 3-person memory 2-way lumbar support 4-way power passenger seat Microfibre/leather-wrapped steering wheel 4-way steering column adjustment Dual-zone climate control with rear air vents Ambient lighting Auto-dimming rear-view mirror Removable boot floor Colours Hamilton White paint is the standard exterior paint colour, with the following finishes costing an additional $495: Golden Black Moon Grey Dusk Orange
Sydney Morning Herald
18 minutes ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
The mis-kick that launched AFLW season 10; Hawks could regain Will Day to face Blues
'Ten seasons, thinking back, it's a nice time to reflect and think about how far we've come in our competition and individually as well,' she said. 'It's been a nice journey and hopefully plenty more to come.' Adelaide star and league best-and-fairest winner Ebony Marinoff, and Brisbane player Ally Anderson, enter the 2025 season with a shared-record 93 games and are set to be the first players to reach 100 AFLW games. Marinoff, who was drafted in 2016 – the same year as Brisbane Lions star Hugh McCluggage – said the fact that McCluggage notched up 200 AFL games last week put the 100-game AFLW milestone into perspective. 'There will be a few that reach the 100-game milestone compared to the 200-games men,' Marinoff said. 'I'm not sure how that coincides but naturally in the first few years we played seven to eight games, and a few more now. But it's an awesome milestone and given the fact that I've played footy all my life and didn't really think that was a possibility to reach 100 games for an AFL club, so it will be pretty cool.' Bulldogs midfielder Ellie Blackburn said she was looking forward to the 2025 season and was glad to see the controversial condensed fixture removed. 'No midweek games, I think it probably allows players to settle a little bit more,' she said. 'You're not focused on the external noise as much as what you probably would have been in previous seasons.' The AFLW's growth has skyrocketed over the last decade, with a recent collective bargaining agreement ensuring all players are paid full-time. However, a detailed review of AFLW has concluded that the players' wish for an expanded season by 2031-32, in which every team played each other once, would come at a $200 million annual loss. But AFLW general manager Emma Moore said she was incredibly proud of the game's growth across the decade, highlighting the improvement of facilities and infrastructure across the country to 'unlock the game for girls'. 'What I am most looking forward to over the next decade is that we're really focused on growth, and we know exactly what we're doing,' she said. 'We've released a draft strategy, and we'll be finalising that in August. It's a long-term strategy and vision, and we will look to be the best competition in the country for women's sport, and we're really, really proud of that goal.' Happy Day: Star Hawk could face Blues on Thursday Jon Pierik Hawthorn star Will Day is firmly in the selection mix to return from injury for Thursday night's clash against Carlton. Day has not played since round three because of a stress fracture in his right foot, but has progressed well over the past month and rejoined full training. A club spokesman said should the 2023 Peter Crimmins medallist emerge unscathed from the Hawks' main training session on Tuesday, he will be in line to face the Blues at the MCG. The Hawks, however, will be without Finn Maginness, who remains in hospital in Hobart after having surgery on a lacerated kidney. Maginness was hurt in the 38-point win over Port Adelaide in Launceston on Saturday. Key forward Mabior Chol is nursing groin soreness but could also be in the frame to face the Blues. However, a Chol return could mean a selection squeeze, for the Hawks already have key talls Mitch Lewis, back from a knee reconstruction, and Calsher Dear up forward.
Sydney Morning Herald
18 minutes ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
Paint it purple: Ousted e-scooter company returns to Brisbane in merger
Banned micromobility company Beam Mobility is returning to Brisbane streets from Monday night, but not as you may expect, as the global e-scooter and e-bike hire company merges with one of its key competitors. Neuron Mobility announced on Monday it had merged its Australian operations with Beam, and expected to return 700 purple – albeit rebranded and refurbished – e-scooters to Brisbane streets. 'After years of competing head to head, we're delighted to bring together the strengths of both companies under the Neuron banner,' Neuron Australia and New Zealand general manager Jayden Bryant said. The former Beam vehicles are refitted with Neuron proprietary technology and safety features, sport orange branding and accents, and are bookable through the Neuron app. Beam had previously been selling its old fleet to private e-mobility riders, after it was ousted last year after the company allegedly defrauded the Brisbane City Council with hundreds of 'ghost' machines. Loading The council revealed at the time a months-long investigation had shown the micromobility company exceeding its vehicle cap of 1800 vehicles by about 500 per day. It claimed the company misreported its number of active e-scooters and e-bikes more than 250,000 times in the year leading up to July 22, 2024, amounting to a shortfall in fees to the council of more than $330,000. Beam scooters were then replaced by Neuron. Brisbane has fluctuated between the two Singaporean micromobility companies and San Francisco-based Lime since 2019, when it first brought e-scooters onto Brisbane streets.
