Articles by Peter Anderson

Peter Anderson

Contributing journalist

Peter grew up in a house in Western Sydney where automotive passion extended to white Sigmas and Magnas. At school he discovered "those" magazines that weren't to be found in the house. Magazines that offered him the chance to sit in the driver's seat of cars he’d never even heard of let alone seen. His path to rebellion was set - he would love cars, know cars and want to write about cars, much to his family’s disgust. They wanted him to be a teacher. He bought a series of terrible cars and lusted after Ford Escort Cosworths, the Alfa Romeo 164 Q and occasionally kicked himself for selling his 1977 Alfa GTV. From 1.0-litre three cylinders to roaring V12s, Peter has driven them all and can't wait to tell you all about it.

Lexus GS 2018 review

By Peter Anderson · 27 Feb 2018

Lexus has a distinct positioning in the new car luxury segment, with design-led offerings across a broad range. The full-size GS sedan is aimed at the German big three.

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Subaru XV 2018 review: 2.0i-S

By Peter Anderson · 06 Feb 2018

The first-generation XV was wildly successful for Subaru. And the cheaper price, better equipment and new high-tech platform of this second-gen car should hurt its popularity exactly not at all.

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Meet Audrey Moore, the woman in charge of the new Jeep Compass SUV | video

By Peter Anderson · 05 Feb 2018

We climbed aboard the Compass with Audrey at the new compact SUV’s international launch in Texas.

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Honda Odyssey 2018 review

By Peter Anderson · 01 Feb 2018

Honda's sleek Odyssey has long been a popular choice for Australians in need of more seats plus space to move the gear of all those occupants.

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Honda Jazz VTi 2018 review: snapshot

By Peter Anderson · 19 Jan 2018

The Jazz VTi is the first of three in the range and the only to feature a choice of manual or CVT auto transmissions.

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Honda Jazz VTi-S 2018 review: snapshot

By Peter Anderson · 19 Jan 2018

The middle-child VTi-S loses the manual option and is available for $19,990.

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Honda Jazz VTi-L 2018 review: snapshot

By Peter Anderson · 19 Jan 2018

Top of the tree, the VTi-L builds on the VTi-S spec and retails for $22,990.

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Honda Jazz 2018 review

By Peter Anderson · 19 Jan 2018

Honda gave its Jazz range a little tweak in late 2017 to hand us the MY18 Honda Jazz. Some features were lost, and a few gained in an effort to keep up with the very fine Mazda2.

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Mazda CX-5 2017 review: GT diesel

By Peter Anderson · 18 Jan 2018

The Mazda CX-5 was a genuine phenomenon. It pretty much came out of nowhere and knocked off a few cars we previously thought had an unassailable grasp on the Australian SUV budget.

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Holden Trax LS 2018 review

By Peter Anderson · 16 Jan 2018

Compact SUVs aren't all created equal and they don't all follow the same path to production. Some, like the Holden Trax, were most definitely a toe in the water.

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