Articles by Stephen Ottley

Stephen Ottley
Contributing Journalist

Steve has been obsessed with all things automotive for as long as he can remember. Literally, his earliest memory is of a car. Having amassed an enviable Hot Wheels and Matchbox collection as a kid he moved into the world of real cars with an Alfa Romeo Alfasud.

Despite that questionable history he carved a successful career for himself, firstly covering motorsport for Auto Action magazine before eventually moving into the automotive publishing world with CarsGuide in 2008. Since then he's worked for every major outlet, having work published in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Drive.com.au, Street Machine, V8X and F1 Racing.

These days he still loves cars as much as he did as a kid and has an Alfa Romeo Alfasud in the garage (but not the same one as before... that's a long story).

New merger could create auto giant
By Stephen Ottley · 30 Oct 2019
A new automotive giant could be formed with reports Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Peugeot-Citroen are in merger talks.
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Toyota is an unstoppable sales juggernaut
By Stephen Ottley · 27 Oct 2019
Toyota has for so long been derided as 'whitegoods on wheels', but Toyota is now riding high atop the Australian car industry and there seems to be no end in sight to its dominance.For decades Holden and Ford duked it out at the top of the sales charts, b
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Kia prepared for 10-year commitment
By Stephen Ottley · 22 Oct 2019
Despite an increase in seven-year warranty offers from rivals, Kia won't jump to 10 years just yet.
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Why the Kia Stinger may live on
By Stephen Ottley · 21 Oct 2019
Kia gave the Stinger a tweak in August, but a major makeover is coming soon.
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Why Kia won’t abandon passenger cars
By Stephen Ottley · 19 Oct 2019
Utes and SUVs dominate the sales charts these days, but Kia is determined to remain in the shrinking passenger car market - and it could be the key to its future growth.
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Kia’s EV push runs out of charge
By Stephen Ottley · 17 Oct 2019
Kia Australia has been forced to delay the arrival of its first electric vehicles due to a lack of government support.
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Kia's new flagship coming soon
By Stephen Ottley · 16 Oct 2019
Kia Australia has confirmed an all-new Sorento SUV is coming soon.
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Kia Stinger Carbon revealed
By Stephen Ottley · 15 Oct 2019
Kia has given its Stinger a fresh new look.
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Is the Bathurst 100 still relevant?
By Stephen Ottley · 13 Oct 2019
Win on Sunday, sell on Monday. It's the foundation on which the Bathurst 1000 was built on. For generations families declared themselves either 'Holden people' or 'Ford people' and it drove their buying habits.
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Meet the ultimate upgraded Ford Ranger
By Stephen Ottley · 10 Oct 2019
The Ford Ranger is already tough - not it’s battle ready.
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