Articles by Stephen Ottley

Toyota spent decades ignoring the hot hatch market and now it has launched its second entrant in three years. But can the new GR Corolla not only live up to the hype of the GR Yaris but go head-to-head with the likes of the Honda Civic Type R and Volkswagen Golf R?

Audi is confident it can reclaim the ground it lost to Tesla in 2023 - but admits it will need the much-anticipated Q4 e-tron to really do battle with its American rival in the electric vehicle market.

Toyota will undertake unprecedented checks on customers looking to buy its new GR Corolla hot hatch in order to ensure each of the 700 due in Australia this year end up in the hands of an enthusiast and not someone looking to make a quick buck.

Think of a Mercedes-AMG and the first words that spring to mind are probably not - understated, efficient and restrained. And yet those are probably the best words to describe the all-new C 43.Of course, before we go any further it’s important to note that the C 43, even in its previous six-cylinder guise, was never meant to be as wild, raucous or powerful as the C63 flagship - that’s simply not its role in the AMG line-up.But even so, this new model is a dive into fresh territory for the brand and puts a very different spin on the AMG sports sedan as we know it.This is a four-cylinder model, complete with a Formula One-derived electric turbocharger, so it lacks the sound and fury you expect from something carrying the ‘AMG’ badge - but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad car, as we’ll explain.

Toyota Australia has managed to secure an additional 200 examples of the all-new GR Corolla than originally expected, with 700 confirmed for the first year on sale.

Last year we asked if Honda’s new way of selling cars could change the way every brand went about dealing with customers. And the answer is… too early to tell.

Ford is set to abandon its petrol-powered Escape and Puma SUVs - and it might be the best decision the Blue Oval could make.

Ford will be relying on a new dual-ute strategy to bounce back from a difficult sales year in 2022, with the still-fresh Ranger set to be joined by the highly-anticipated F-150.

At the start of 2022 you could have argued things looked tough for Mitsubishi. The brand was facing a serious threat from MG, which was stealing sales from the popular Mitsubishi ASX and Eclipse Cross, plus there was no new Triton model to help combat the incoming Ford Ranger or any special version to fight the Nissan Navara Warrior.

Formula 1's push into sustainable fuels and hybrid technology has lured Ford back to the sport for the first time in 20 years.