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.

BMW X3 M 2020 review: road test

By Peter Anderson · 05 Nov 2019

BMW's X3 has never had a really quick version and now, in its third-generation, has two - the M Performance M40i the freshly-bonkers X3 M Competition

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Hyundai Venue 2020 review: Elite

By Peter Anderson · 29 Oct 2019

Hyundai is making lots of SUVs. The Santa Fe, the Tucson, the Kona, the Palisade (okay, it's not here yet...) and now there's one even smaller than the Kona, the Venue. Does it make sense to have an SUV this small?

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Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross 2020 review: Exceed 4WD

By Peter Anderson · 22 Oct 2019

Mitsubishi's past surfaces again, with an old name on a new body on an old skeleton. Is the Eclipse Cross a funky new direction for Mitsubishi?

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Renault Megane 2020 review: RS Cup auto

By Peter Anderson · 01 Oct 2019

The Renault Megane RS Cup is the stuff of legend but was always for the hard-core hot-hatch lover. With the addition of the six-speed twin-clutch EDC, it might just make the Cup chassis accessible to a much wider audience.

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Honda Civic 2020 review: VTi-L sedan

By Peter Anderson · 01 Oct 2019

Plucky, independent Honda has been making the Civic for more than 40 years and this 10th-generation is up against some stiff competition. Can the mid-spec VTi-L tempt you away from segment heavyweights like the Hyundai i30, Mazda 3 and Toyota Corolla?

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Isuzu MU-X 2020 review: LS-T

By Peter Anderson · 25 Sep 2019

Australians love the Isuzu MU-X and it's soldiering on towards its 10th year on sale. Peter Anderson spent a week with one - amazingly, for the first time in his career - to see what the appeal is.

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Land Rover Discovery 2020 review: HSE SDV6

By Peter Anderson · 09 Sep 2019

The Land Rover Discovery is that rarest of things; an expensive car that remains rugged enough to not be considered posh. But should you consider one over something German?

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Porsche Macan 2020 review: 2.0

By Peter Anderson · 09 Sep 2019

Porsche's baby SUV wasn't the first of its type, but if it isn't the best, then we'd like to see one that's better. The updated Macan is here and we've driven the 2.0-litre base model.

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Mercedes-Benz X-Class V6 2020 review

By Peter Anderson · 21 Aug 2019

Mercedes-Benz is a company that rarely gets its market wrong, which is why every new SUV it makes seems to be a sales success, but its decision to go after well-heeled tradies and the ute market with the new X-Class has not gone quite so well. Plonking its badge on a massaged Nissan Navara might not have been so wise, either. So, does the X-Class live up to its premium German badge?

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Toyota Kluger 2020 review: GXL Black

By Peter Anderson · 21 Aug 2019

Does Toyota need to offer a special edition of its smash-hit Kluger? Well, apparently it couldn't do any harm, which is why we've now got a sparkling new Black Edition.

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