Articles by Terry Martin

Terry Martin
Contributing Journalist

GoAutoMedia

Terry Martin is editor of GoAutoNews and a senior writer.

His motoring career began as a two-year-old, assessing how well his dad’s Valiant reversed out of his cousin’s driveway.

He now has three children of his own who are only too ready to assist him with their opinions for his road tests for GoAuto and other media.

Terry’s motoring career started in the mid 1990s with Australian Consolidated Press including Australian Auto Action and Australian Rider which culminated in his appointment as deputy editor of the consumer reviews magazine, Which Car.

In 2000 Terry became a freelance journalist writing for The Australian, The Age, Wheels, Motor, ALPHA and, of course, GoAutoNews and GoAuto.com.au.

In 2004 Terry was appointed editor of GoAutoNews and since then his commitment to breaking and delivering news that the car industry wants to read has guided the weekly publication into Australia’s most authoritative industry journal.

Terry’s writing and editing skills, his news sense and his professional standards in journalism are widely acknowledged and respected by subscribers from around the world – from the shop floor to the showroom, from car company boardrooms to Australia’s federal cabinet and government offices.

His stories in GoAuto are equally widely read and respected.

Lagonda All-Terrain Concept revealed at Geneva
By Terry Martin · 07 Mar 2019
Aston Martin has revealed its new All-Terrain Concept, previewing the first of a new wave of Lagonda-branded electric vehicles (EV) starting with an SUV in 2022.
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Mazda to revive rotary
By Terry Martin · 03 Oct 2018
Mazda has finally confirmed it will resurrect the rotary engine, but as a range extender for future electric vehicles.
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Hyundai Santa Fe 2018 pricing and spec confirmed
By Neil Dowling · 05 Jul 2018
Hyundai Australia is aiming to appeal to families with its new Santa Fe, with a bigger and more comfortable seven-seat SUV that the company hopes will reach 1000 sales a month.
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Renault Alaskan ute back on the cards for Australia
By Spencer Leech · 21 Mar 2018
Renault has reopened the case to release its Alaskan one-tonne ute Down Under, garnering “full support” from the French carmaker's global head of light-commercial vehicles, Ashwani Gupta.
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Hyundai i30 on top in October sales
By Terry Martin · 03 Nov 2017
Since being released in new-generation guise in May, Hyundai’s i30 small hatch has returned to the top of the monthly sales table for the first time with 3983 units moved.
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2017 LDV D90 | spy pics
By Terry Martin · 11 Apr 2017
LDV has been preparing to launch its forthcoming D90 SUV by putting two engineering vehicles through their paces in New South Wales
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2018 Lexus LS500h charges up
By Terry Martin · 10 Mar 2017
Lexus has followed current engine downsizing trends by flicking its V8-engined LS600h hybrid saloon and replacing it with a V6 in the new LS500h
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2017 Volvo XC60 debuts at Geneva
By Terry Martin · 08 Mar 2017
Volvo has revealed its next-generation premium mid-size SUV at the Geneva motor show prior to its Australian launch in the fourth quarter this year.
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Tesla scoops Apple exec to head autonomous tech
By Terry Martin · 13 Jan 2017
Tesla Motors has nabbed another former-Apple employee, with the all-electric car-maker recruiting ex-senior developer Chris Lattner to lead the advancement of its Autopilot self-driving software.
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2020 Ford Bronco SUV to be based on Ranger ute
By Terry Martin · 10 Jan 2017
The iconic Ford Bronco nameplate has been officially confirmed as returning to production from 2020, with Aussie-developed T6 Ranger architecture as its basis.
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