Following in the tyre tracks of the A7 Sportback and A8, Audi will finally bring to market its fifth-generation A6 large sedan, with cutting-edge technology ensuring it will be a contender.

Audi will get aggressive when it releases the second-generation A1 Sportback, which wears a much angrier face than its cutesy predecessor. The light hatch also takes a technological leap forward.

The Ioniq family of electric vehicles has only been on sale Down Under for a year, but that has not stopped Hyundai from bringing its mid-life facelift to market, with all three powertrain options retained.

Blink twice and you might miss it, but Mercedes-Benz has done a lot to improve the GLC mid-size SUV under the metal as part of its first facelift. You better not want turbo-diesel performance, though.

It might be one of the oldest SUVs still on sale in Australia, but Mitsubishi’s ASX is back at it again following yet another facelift. This one, though, is its most significant to date, bringing a fresh front end.

MG has found plenty of success with its line-up of cheap but cheerful models, but it will take its sales growth to the next level when it launches the all-new HS mid-size SUV, the successor to the GS that failed to fire.

The SUV is now well and truly the most popular type of vehicle in Australia, and Renault will look to further get in on this action when it fields its second entrant in the mid-size segment, the value-focused Kadjar.

Since making the switch to Toyota’s TNGA platform, the Corolla hatch has surprised and delighted, and now it is time for its sedan counterpart to get in on the action with the release of an all-new model.

The C-HR has been a huge hit for Toyota since its release nearly three years ago, but the time has come for a facelift, and this one is significant as it ushers in a frugal hybrid powertrain for the first time.