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2022 New Car Calendar for Australia

Despite severe stock shortages, car makers haven’t pumped the brakes on their new car launch plans. Here’s everything confirmed for launch in Australia in 2022.

Just 18 months ago, the light seemed to be at the end of the tunnel for the Australian new car market, with regular record sales months suggesting the worst of COVID-19’s impacts had now passed.

However, 2021 proved otherwise, with a global semiconductor shortage turning the industry on its head – extending wait times on most new cars by months – compounded by a fresh round of lockdowns.

Regardless of whether buyers could get behind the wheel of them, manufacturers still launched a slew of brand-new models, with the headline acts spanning everything from the hotly-anticipated Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series, to the new Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sportage, Volkswagen Golf and Mitsubishi Outlander.

In 2022, there’s no shortage of new metal on the horizon – led by the new Ford Ranger mid-year, and accompanied by a trio of new Nissan SUVs (Qashqai, X-Trail and Pathfinder), Tesla Model Y electric SUV, fifth-generation Subaru WRX, and an onslaught of new Volkswagens.

Here’s your up-to-date guide listing every new model set for launch in Australia in 2022.

As always, much of the 2022 calendar is yet to be locked in – so we’ll be updating this article on a regular basis as new cars and launch timing details are announced. By popular demand, we’ve switched the calendar back to a brand-by-brand format, rather than chronological.

LAST UPDATE: 31 July 2022

Note: ‘Quarters’ refer to three-month periods throughout the calendar year – so January to March (first quarter), April to June (Q2), July to September (Q3) and October to December (Q4).


Alfa Romeo: New models for 2022


Alpina: New models for 2022


Aston Martin

: New models for 2022

What else?


Audi

: New models for 2022

What else?


Bentley

: New models for 2022

BMW

: New models for 2022

What else?


BYD

: New models for 2022
  • BYD Atto 3 Extended Range (pricing) – initially July, now delayed to August/September (details)
  • UPDATED, July 31: BYD Atto 3 Standard Range (pricing) – initially July, now expected November/December (details)
  • BYD Atto 2, or Dolphin (details) – orders to set to open in December
  • BYD Atto 4, or Seal – expected in 2023

Chevrolet (General Motors Specialty Vehicles): New models for 2022

What else?


Chery: New models for 2022

What else?

  • NEW, July 31: Chery Tiggo 7 Pro (details) – first half of 2023
  • NEW, July 31: Chery Omoda 5 electric (details) – expected from late 2023
  • NEW, July 31: Chery Tiggo 8 Pro (details) – confirmed for Australia, but timing unclear
  • NEW, July 31: Chery ute (details) – in development, may arrive in 2023

Citroen

: New models for 2022

What else?


Cupra

: New models for 2022
  • Cupra Formentor, Ateca, Leon Launch Editions (pricing) – available to order now
  • Cupra Ateca VZx (pricing) – available to order now
  • Cupra Formentor V, VZ and VZx (pricing) – available to order now
  • Cupra Leon VZ and VZx (pricing) – available to order now
  • UPDATED, July 31: Cupra Formentor and Leon VZe PHEVs (pricing) – orders to open August 2022

What else?

  • UPDATED, July 31: Cupra Born (price and timing) – production begins November 2022, first deliveries early 2023
  • Cupra Leon V (pricing) – orders to open in August, deliveries due early 2023
  • Cupra Terramar, Tavascan and UrbanRebel (revealed) – set for Australia in 2025

Ferrari

: New models for 2022

Fiat/Abarth

: New models for 2022

Ford

: New models for 2022

What else?


Genesis

: New models for 2022

What else?


GWM: New models for 2022

What else?


Haval: New models for 2022

What else?


Honda

: New models for 2022

What else?


Hyundai

: New models for 2022

What else?


Ineos

: New models for 2022

Isuzu

: New models for 2022

Jaguar

: New models for 2022

Jeep

: New models for 2022

What else?


Kia

: New models for 2022

What else?

Lamborghini

: New models for 2022

What else?


Land Rover

: New models for 2022

LDV

: New models for 2022
  • LDV eDeliver 9 electric van – likely in late 2022
  • LDV eT60 (details) – on the cards for 2022
  • LDV G10 Wagon replacement – expected sometime in 2023

Lexus

: New models for 2022

What else?


Lotus

: New models for 2022

What else?


Mahindra

: New models for 2022/2023

What else?


Maserati

: New models for 2022

Mazda

: New models for 2022

What else?


McLaren

: New models for 2022

Mercedes-Benz

: New models for 2022

What else?


MG

: New models for 2022

What else?


Mini

: New models for 2022
  • Mini Resolute, Untamed and Untold special editions (pricing) – late 2022

Mitsubishi

: New models for 2022

What else?


Nissan

: New models for 2022

What else?


Peugeot

: New models for 2022/2023

What else?


Polestar

: New models for 2022

What else?


Porsche

: New models for 2022

What else?


Ram

: New models for 2022

Range Rover: New models for 2022


Renault

: New models for 2022

What else?


Rolls-Royce

: New models for 2022

Skoda

: New models for 2022

What else?


SsangYong

: New models for 2022

What else?

  • SsangYong Korando e-Motion (details) – cars coming to Australia for evaluation in early 2022, but launch unconfirmed

Subaru

: New models for 2022

What else?


Suzuki

: New models for 2022

What else?


Tesla

: New models for 2022

What else?


Toyota

: New models for 2022

What else?


Volkswagen

: New models for 2022

What else?

Volvo

: New models for 2022

Anything else?

  • NEW, July 31: Aiways brand (details) – Australia on the cards
  • Dacia brand (details) – under consideration for Australia
  • Lynk & Co (details) – confirmed to launch by 2025
  • Rivian vehicles (details) – Australian launch all but confirmed
  • Sony and Honda partnership (details) – first models from 2025, but Australia unclear

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