Articles by Byron Mathioudakis

Byron Mathioudakis

Contributing Journalist

Byron started his motoring journalism career when he joined John Mellor in 1997 before becoming a freelance motoring writer two years later.

He wrote for several motoring publications and was ABC Youth radio Triple J's "all things automotive" correspondent from 2001 to 2003.

He rejoined John Mellor in early 2003 and has been with GoAutoMedia as a senior product and industry journalist ever since.

With an eye for detail and a vast knowledge base of both new and used cars Byron lives and breathes motoring.

His encyclopedic knowledge of cars was acquired from childhood by reading just about every issue of every car magazine ever to hit a newsstand in Australia.

The child Byron was the consummate car spotter, devoured and collected anything written about cars that he could lay his hands on and by nine had driven more imaginary miles at the wheel of the family Ford Falcon in the driveway at home than many people drive in a lifetime.

The teenage Byron filled in the agonising years leading up to getting his driver's license by reading the words of the leading motoring editors of the country and learning what they look for in a car and how to write it.

In short, Byron loves cars and knows pretty much all there is to know about every vehicle released during his lifetime as well as most of the ones that were around before then.

Byron started his motoring journalism career when he joined John Mellor in 1997 before becoming a freelance motoring writer two years later.

He wrote for several motoring publications and was ABC Youth radio Triple J's "all things automotive" correspondent from 2001 to 2003.

He rejoined John Mellor in early 2003 and has been with GoAutoMedia as a senior product and industry journalist ever since.

With an eye for detail and a vast knowledge base of both new and used cars Byron lives and breathes motoring.

His encyclopedic knowledge of cars was acquired from childhood by reading just about every issue of every car magazine ever to hit a newsstand in Australia.

In short, Byron loves cars and knows pretty much all there is to know about every vehicle released during his lifetime as well as most of the ones that were around before then.

GWM Tank 300 2023 review: Ultra petrol

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20 July 2023 by Byron Mathioudakis

Best utes arriving in 2023

20 July 2023 by Byron Mathioudakis

There's no denying that Australians are in a seemingly never-ending love affair with the ute - just a glance at the top-10 best-selling models here and you will see no less than four different pick-ups. In 2022 we saw the launch of the new-geneation Ford Ranger , while the Toyota HiLux was also...Read more

Attention Uber, Deliveroo and Amazon: Kia PBV van and minivan electric car range shape up for Australia to take on Renault Kangoo and Ford e-Transit

17 July 2023 by Byron Mathioudakis

Kia is set to branch out into medium and large-sized electric vans and...Read more

How Australians got the Kia ute over the line to take on the Ford Ranger, Toyota HiLux, Mitsubishi Triton, Isuzu D-Max and Nissan Navara

16 July 2023 by Byron Mathioudakis

By now, everybody knows Kia is developing a mid-sized ute to take on...Read more

Has Honda got it right after all? Why new small-car and SUV buyers cannot afford to ignore the car industry's comeback kid | Opinion

15 July 2023 by Byron Mathioudakis

Has Honda been right all along?

Exactly two years into its...Read more

How Kia is futureproofing the 2025 Tasman ute against the Ford Ranger and coming all-new Mitsubishi Triton, Nissan Navara and Toyota HiLux rivals

9 July 2023 by Byron Mathioudakis

Kia has revealed that the upcoming pick-up truck (thought to be called...Read more

Is this Kia EV a future electric car of the year? Past form and present trends are indicating this could be a Tesla Model Y and Toyota bZ4X beater!

8 July 2023 by Byron Mathioudakis

Is this going to be the electric vehicle (EV) that Australian families...Read more

BMW iX1 2023 review

4 July 2023 by Byron Mathioudakis

The world is full of shock brand announcements. Remember the time Coke suddenly changed its cola recipe? Or when Apple decided to take on Nokia with iPhone? Nobody saw those coming. We all know how the latter turned out and even the former eventually became a marketing masterstroke. Read more about...Read more

Kia Tasman Raptor rival: What we know so far about the explosive Ford Ranger Raptor-chasing high-performance mid-sized pick-up

2 July 2023 by Byron Mathioudakis

Kia has dropped its strongest hint yet that rivalling the class-leading...Read more

Kia Telluride update: If Korea builds it, it will come (to Australia) - and with turbo hybrid power and economy to boot!

1 July 2023 by Byron Mathioudakis

With apologies to fans of the 1989 film, Field of Dreams, another...Read more

Cupra Leon 2023 review: VZe

25 June 2023 by Byron Mathioudakis

Behold the beautiful Cupra Leon VZe. Like its name and multimedia screen, this enigmatic hatchback needs some decoding to make sense to Australians. Essentially, the Leon VZe is a variation of today's eighth-generation Volkswagen Golf. Except it's built in Spain by VW Group subsidiary SEAT (...Read more