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).

Striking Genesis sports EV concept revealed

By Stephen Ottley · 14 Apr 2022

Genesis likes to make a splash at the annual New York Motor Show and 2022 may have been its biggest splash yet with Hyundai’s luxury brand revealing a stunning electric coupe concept car.

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Hyundai Palisade boasts new look and tech

By Stephen Ottley · 14 Apr 2022

The Hyundai Palisade has a fresh look for 2022, despite only being on sale in Australia for less than two years. But that’s not all, it’s also smarter than before and will introduce Hyundai’s Bluelink connected car services to Australia.

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Audi e-tron S 2022 review

By Stephen Ottley · 14 Apr 2022

Audi has beaten Tesla and all of its other rivals to get a tri-motor EV on sale in Australia. Does this new sporty electric SUV live up to the hype?

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VW prices T-Roc R

By Stephen Ottley · 12 Apr 2022

Hyundai's Kona N broke new ground as a hot hatch in the body of a compact SUV, but competition is coming in August with the new Volkswagen T-Roc R confirmed for local showrooms.Part of an expanding line-up of R models - joining the just launched Tiguan R

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The last Holden Commodore never had a chance

By Stephen Ottley · 10 Apr 2022

Holden tried its best to put on a brave face. The first Commodore was based on a model from German counterparts, Opel, so surely this new Opel-built ‘ZB Commodore’ carried on the spirit of the badge even if it wasn’t actually bolted together in Australia like every other model before it. Right?

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Land Rover's 'Baby Defender' is coming soon

By Stephen Ottley · 09 Apr 2022

Land Rover has long talked about the idea of creating a ‘family’ of Defender models - and it seems a new baby is due in the near-future. A new, smaller version of the popular off-roader is tipped to launch within the next two years and expected to be known as the Defender 80.

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Is the VW Golf's time running out?

By Stephen Ottley · 07 Apr 2022

Volkswagen Group could cut back its model line-up by 60 per cent by the end of the decade.

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How many Teslas are there in Australia?

By Stephen Ottley · 05 Apr 2022

This is not a simple question to answer because Tesla is notoriously secretive about its sales data, choosing not to be recorded along with every other brand as part of the usual statistics complained by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI).

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Isuzu raises prices on D-Max and MU-X

By Stephen Ottley · 01 Apr 2022

Bad news if you’re thinking about buying an Isuzu D-Max ute or MU-X SUV, because the Japanese brand is the latest to pass on the price rises caused by the global supply chain crisis.

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Five largest SUVs

By Stephen Ottley · 31 Mar 2022

Unless you’ve been living under a rock you will have noticed a rise in the number of SUVs getting around. In just the last five years SUVs have become the dominant vehicle type on our roads, with more than half of all new vehicles sold falling under the SUV banner.

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