Lamborghini was hit hard by the pandemic in 2020, down 26.8 percent to the end of November. The Italian manufacturer sold 101 cars in the first 11 months of 2020 against 138 over the same period in 2019. Not even Urus was enough to prop up sales in Australia.
Even long-time rival Ferrari was down this year though, over the same period.
Powertrain details of the upcoming 2021 Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric vehicle have leaked, ahead of its full debut in early 2021.
Information published by Hyundai's Austrian arm – and subsequently discovered by The Korean Car Blog – reveals the Ioniq 5 will launch in Europe in limited-run 'First Edition' trim, offered solely with a 58kWh battery enabling a 450km range on the strict WLTP test cycle.
The 2021 Ferrari SF90 Spider has been caught testing on the road, just weeks after the model was first unveiled.
The hard-top convertible is powered by a plug-in hybrid 4.0-litre turbocharged V8 engine, with the powertrain producing a total of 745kW and 800Nm, aided by three additional electric motors producing 162kW.
Isuzu Ute Australia has issued a recall of 690 examples of its new 2021 D-Max dual-cab ute due to a seatbelt fault.
The recall notice, lodged with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), says the rear seat seatbelt pretensioner locking tab may be defective and will not tension properly.
As of November 2020, Honda had cornered 3.2 per cent of the Australia new-car market for the year, down from 4.1 per cent the year prior.
The bulk of these sales went to two SUV models – the larger CR-V and the smaller HR-V – which ranked as the brand's first and second top-selling cars, respectively.
