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Maserati has announced its upcoming sports car will be revealed in May 2020. Details about the 'sports car' are hard to come by at the moment, but a teaser video posted on Twitter offers a few hints beyond the launch date. For one, it features a revving petrol engine, suggesting the first electrified Maserati won't be a pure-electric vehicle – instead, it's likely to be a plug-in hybrid, or offer a purely internal-combustion powertrain option option.

Genesis Motors Australia has announced David Lederer as its new head, in advance of a new product onslaught to come in 2020. The Hyundai luxury arm's local division has been operating without a proper boss for a number of months now, after former general manager, Peter Evans, stepped down in April just months ahead of Genesis's local launch.

Independent crash-testing firm, Euro NCAP, has released its latest round of safety ratings, with the new Mazda CX-30, Ford Explorer, and Mercedes-Benz GLB all achieving five-star results. The star of the show was the Mazda CX-30, which recorded a near-perfect 99 per cent score for Adult Occupant Protection, giving it the highest score for this category against Euro NCAP's 2018-19 protocol.

UPDATE (14/11/2019): We've added the expected local launch timing to the bottom of this article. The Ferrari Roma, a new "2+" coupe with two full-size front seats and two smaller seats at the rear, has been unveiled overnight.