Articles by Stephen Corby

Stephen Corby

Contributing Journalist

Stephen Corby stumbled into writing about cars after being knocked off the motorcycle he’d been writing about by a mob of angry and malicious kangaroos. Or that’s what he says, anyway. Back in the early 1990s, Stephen was working at The Canberra Times, writing about everything from politics to exciting Canberra night life, but for fun he wrote about motorcycles.

After crashing a bike he’d borrowed, he made up a colourful series of excuses, which got the attention of the motoring editor, who went on to encourage him to write about cars instead. The rest, as they say, is his story.

Reviewing and occasionally poo-pooing cars has taken him around the world and into such unexpected jobs as editing TopGear Australia magazine and then the very venerable Wheels magazine, albeit briefly. When that mag moved to Melbourne and Stephen refused to leave Sydney he became a freelancer, and has stayed that way ever since, which allows him to contribute, happily, to CarsGuide.

Top five electric SUVs in Australia

10 July 2024 by Stephen Corby

Rolls-Royce Cullinan 2025 review

30 June 2024 by Stephen Corby

The truly great thing about great wealth - I mean like, drop $1 million on a new Rolls-Royce with a casual yawn and a mouse click wealth - would be how great it is not having to do anything for yourself. Personally, I would hire a chef, so I’d never have to cook again, and a pilot to fly my private...Read more

Every electric car available in Australia

28 June 2024 by Stephen Corby

Every electric car available in Australia.

It should be fairly...Read more

The top 8 electric sports cars in the world

26 June 2024 by Stephen Corby

A traditional sports car is a lot like the barfly at your local pub -...Read more

8 best small EV SUVs available in Australia

26 June 2024 by Stephen Corby

Give the people what they want. It sounds simple enough, as long as you...Read more

Best EV trucks available in Australia

21 June 2024 by Stephen Corby

It wasn’t so long ago that a ute with a four-cylinder engine was...Read more

Eight best large electric SUVs in Australia

12 June 2024 by Stephen Corby

This might seem controversial, but really it’s just logical. If the...Read more

The best electric convertible cars in Australia

4 June 2024 by Stephen Corby

Electric cars are seen as sensible, serious and streamlined vehicles;...Read more

The best electric hatchbacks in Australia

31 May 2024 by Stephen Corby

Electric cars come in all shapes and sizes these days, but arguably the...Read more

Polestar electric cars in Australia: Everything you need to know

8 May 2024 by Stephen Corby

Haven’t heard of Polestar electric vehicles? Well, there was a time...Read more

The top five electric 4x4s we want in Australia

8 May 2024 by Stephen Corby

People who enjoy the taste and sensation of dust in their teeth no...Read more

Could this cheap Japanese EV work in Australia? Mitsubishi eK X electric car being assessed for possible Aussie launch, but what's the BYD Dolphin, MG4 rival actually like to drive?

1 May 2024 by Stephen Corby

Australia’s long-awaited emission laws are set to launch a flurry of...Read more

Tesla Cybertruck 2025 review

28 April 2024 by Stephen Corby

Tesla’s Cybertruck truly is a giant wedge of cutting-edge technology, and not only because its edges are so sharp you could literally cut yourself, or chop kindling, with them. No vehicle, nor indeed even any of his stupid ideas, so perfectly represents the manic mania, the whooping, wanton...Read more

Tesla Model 3 2024 review: Performance

24 April 2024 by Stephen Corby

It is highly unusual to drive around in a bed, but that’s what it felt like we were being asked to do with the new and terribly exciting Tesla Model 3 Performance. Tesla doesn’t do media launches, nor traditional marketing, so everything about this event was predictably peculiar, but when we were...Read more