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).

Six most expensive Ferraris in the world

By Stephen Ottley · 17 Feb 2022

Ferrari is an Italian sports car company and Formula One racing team. The two sides of the business are linked, you cannot have one without the other, because founder Enzo Ferrari started building road cars as a means to fund his racing team.

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How the EV game has moved past Tesla

By Stephen Ottley · 13 Feb 2022

Criticising Tesla is a fast track to some online retribution for devout Teslarati, and I’m sure the headline will get me some unpleasant feedback in the comments and on social media. So, let me start by saying this - I was a big Tesla fan in the not-too-distant past.

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What the new Lexus LFA needs

By Stephen Ottley · 12 Feb 2022

As any musician will tell you, creating a successful first album is hard but the second is almost impossible.

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Six most expensive Lamborghinis in the world

By Stephen Ottley · 10 Feb 2022

Some questions you don’t want the answer to because it can make you sad. Questions like - how much is a Lamborghini?

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Why 2022 could be make or break for Kia Aus

By Stephen Ottley · 06 Feb 2022

It’s crunch time for Kia. 2022 will determine if all of the work the South Korean brand has done in the past few years has paid off.

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How Honda Australia could change the future

By Stephen Ottley · 06 Feb 2022

Honda’s success or failure in the 2022 sales race will potentially have huge ramifications on the way you’ll buy new cars in the future.

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Will Genesis take it to Mercedes in 2022?

By Stephen Ottley · 05 Feb 2022

It’s not unkind to say expectations were low when Hyundai first spun-off Genesis as its own luxury brand in Australia.

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Everything you need to know about Steve McQueen and the famous Bullitt Mustang

By Stephen Ottley · 01 Feb 2022

Steve McQueen’s 1968 Bullitt is a neo-noir action thriller with a gritty realism that was bold for the time… but nobody remembers that. What everyone remembers is the car chase, a scene so epic it has become not only the most famous of its kind in cinema but also spawned an entire genre of Ford Mustang.

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Toyota’s hottest new hot hatch detailed!

By Stephen Ottley · 30 Jan 2022

Toyota is keeping its foot down as it accelerates its image transformation, and next on the GR agenda is the Corolla-based hot hatch.

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Is 2022 make or break for MG Australia?

By Stephen Ottley · 30 Jan 2022

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, you cannot deny the current MG range has been popular in Australia.

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