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A Ford Bronco pick-up is said to be coming to showrooms by 2025, according to unconfirmed reports out of the US. However, its chances of being sold in Australia remain unclear. The Ford Bronco two-door and four-door heavy duty four-wheel-drive wagons have been developed solely for the US market at this point in time, even though both models share their DNA and core underpinnings with the Australian-developed Ford Ranger ute and Everest SUV.

Interior photos of the all-new 2021 Subaru WRX and Levorg have surfaced online, ahead of the wagon's release in the coming months. The images on Japanese website Creative Trend appear to have been leaked from an official Subaru brochure, showing a much larger portrait-oriented infotainment screen, similar to the interior offered on the Subaru Liberty sold in the US. For the first time in a Subaru is a digital instrument cluster, giving the driver the ability to embed a GPS navigation map.

Korean car maker Hyundai has confirmed it will launch a trio of new Hyundai Ioniq electric cars starting from 2021, based on two familiar concepts and one still to be shown. The 2021 Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric SUV (more a jacked-up hatch) will appear early next year, based on the 45 concept shown in 2019, and the company's local arm has confirmed an Australian launch will occur in the months to follow.

Australian buyers pay substantially more for electric cars than motorists in Europe and the US, where generous government subsidies and strict emissions targets have forced prices down. While the financial incentives to purchase electric vehicles overseas can equate to as much as €12,000 ($AU20,000) per car, buyers in Australia get little to no taxpayer assistance.

A quarter mile drag race between the new Porsche 911 Turbo S and a McLaren 720S has been conducted by carwow.com, with the results demonstrating the data as it appears on paper – or in the brochure – can be deceiving. The Porsche 911 Turbo S is powered by a 3.8-litre twin-turbo flat six-cylinder engine that produces 478kW/800Nm. The lightest variant weighs 1715kg. Pricing in Australia for the Porsche 911 Turbo S starts from $473,500 plus on-road costs.