Articles by Matt Campbell

Matt Campbell

Managing Editor - Head of Video

Matt Campbell has been at the forefront of automotive media for more than a decade, working not only on car reviews and news, but also helping manage automotive outputs across print, online, video and audio.

After completing his media degree at Macquarie University, Matt was an intern at a major news organisation as part of the motoring team, where he honed his skills in the online automotive reviews and news space. He did such a good job there they put him on full time, and since then he has worked across different automotive media outlets, before starting with CarsGuide in October 2017.

At CarsGuide Matt has helped shape the video output of the business, while also playing a key role in management behind the scenes, and helping in-market new car buyers make the right choice by continually evolving CarsGuide's comparison reviews. Driving more than 100 cars a year seemed like a dream to Matt when he first started out, but now it's all just part of the job - a job he loves and plans to stay in for a long time to come.

Matt is also an expert in used car values, as he's always on the hunt for a bargain - be it a project beater or a prime example of the breed. He currently owns a 2001 Audi TT quattro and a 2007 Suzuki Jimny JLX.

Suzuki Jimny 2022 review: Lite 4WD off-road test

By Matt Campbell · 15 Nov 2021

If you want a Suzuki Jimny with all the fruit, you're going to have to wait. But there is a chance you might find one of these - the Suzuki Jimny Lite 2022 model - which removes a few bits and bobs inside and outside of the small 4WD to make it more affordable. Is the cheaper Jimny the better one? Let's find out.

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Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross 2022 review: PHEV

By Matt Campbell · 06 Nov 2021

The Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Plug-in Hybrid EV - or PHEV - is the newest member of the electrified family for the brand, adding a battery pack for real world EV driving of about 50 kilometres, while being backed by a petrol engine to charge the batteries or run the car entirely. It sounds confusing, and it can be, but this review will make this variant easy to understand.

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Ford Ranger 2022 review: Raptor X towing test

By Matt Campbell · 29 Oct 2021

There are plenty of reasons to want a Ford Ranger Raptor X - but towing isn't one of them. It has a lower towing capacity than all the other Ranger models, and its soft suspension with Fox Shocks means it's not really cut out for hard work. Can it hold its weight towing a 1725kg cherry picker? We did this towing review to find out.

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Suzuki Jimny demand still on fire!

By Matt Campbell · 23 Oct 2021

The Suzuki Jimny small 4WD is selling better than ever before, with the Japanese brand’s local distributor seeing unprecedented demand for the compact off-roader.

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Hyundai Staria Load 2022 review

By Matt Campbell · 15 Oct 2021

The Hyundai Staria Load is an all-new take on the commercial van from the Korean brand - this one is built on a passenger car platform, and shares a lot with its donor car, the Staria people mover. It's larger in all directions, offers more cargo volume than the iLoad it replaces, and moves the game forward for commercial vehicle safety, too. But is it any good?

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Tradie lives matter: Safety tech is vital

By Matt Campbell · 10 Oct 2021

While Hyundai has fitted basically every possible safety item to its new van, Peugeot has de-specced two of its commercial offerings to meet lower cost points.

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Renault Arkana 2022 review

By Matt Campbell · 30 Sep 2021

The Renault Arkana is a new nameplate for the French brand, and indeed offers a new direction for the company. This coupe-style SUV - with its lower, sleek roofline - is clearly inspired by the likes of the BMW X4 and X6, and Mercedes GLC Coupe and GLE Coupe, but comes in at a far more affordable price than any coupe-style SUV that has come before it from a European brand. But is it good value?

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Ford Ranger 2022 review: FX4 Max dual cab 4x4 load test

By Matt Campbell · 22 Sep 2021

The Ford Ranger FX4 Max is a great gap filler in the range, with more desirable stuff than an XLT model and some of the goodies you want from the Raptor / Raptor X model. So is it any good as a work truck? We loaded it up to its GVM limit to see.

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Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross 2022 review

By Matt Campbell · 21 Sep 2021

The Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross is a smaller-than-most compact SUV that cuts its own shape in this ever-burgeoning segment. Newer and more high-tech than the ASX, but not quite as big as an Outlander, does this SUV offer enough to consider it a contender in the class? And is the PHEV plug-in hybrid EV model worth considering?

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PHEV 'misunderstood' in Australia: Mitsubishi

By Matt Campbell · 20 Sep 2021

Mitsubishi was burned by its first attempt to sell a plug-in hybrid model. But it reckons that came down to a failure to market the positive attributes of plug-in hybrid EV tech.

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