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Mazda has no plans to make a MX-5 coupe rival to the Toyota 86, because an MX-5 “always has to have an open roof” if it is to live up to the badge. These are the words of longtime Mazda MX-5 project leader Nobuhiro Yamamoto, speaking with us in New York this week at the world reveal of the MX-5 RF retractable fastback hardtop.

Hyundai has released details of the full-range of the Ioniq model at this week's New York auto show. The Hyundai Ioniq will become the first vehicle to use the same platform for a standard hybrid, plug-in hybrid and full electric vehicle. It will become a direct rival for the fourth-generation Toyota Prius, which will not be available in Australia as a plug-in or EV.

The 2017 Subaru Impreza has been revealed - possibly by accident - at the 2016 New York motor show via Subaru's Periscope social media feed, which was prematurely cut short. Thankfully, Subaru followed up with three official images that show a cohesive Impreza with flowing lines from front to rear. New polished wheels team with a rising beltline and sculpted chisels at the front and a new headlight cluster.

Genesis, the newly separated luxury offshoot of Korean carmaker Hyundai, has released a compelling teaser clip and image for a concept it will unveil at next week’s New York motor show. Dubbed simply ‘New York Concept’, the new show car is described as a preview of the Genesis brand’s future design direction - a hint that comes less than six months on from the global unveiling of the big new Genesis G90 limousine.

The anticipated 2017 MX-5 Roadster Coupe name is on track for debut this month, if an official invitation for the New York motor show is anything to go by. The option of a folding hardtop was last seen in the now retired NC MX-5 range, with the all-new ND model currently available only in ragtop form. But, as Mazda’s cheekily worded invitation suggests, the new MX-5’s expected “lid” is right around the corner.