Articles by Tim Nicholson

Tim Nicholson

Managing Editor

Calling out the make and model of every single car he saw as a toddler might have challenged his parents’ patience, but it was clearly a starting point for Tim Nicholson’s journey into automotive journalism.

Tim started his journalism career as a staff writer for the Australian Open tennis tournament in 2011, completing an internship as part of his Master of Arts (Media and Communications) at Swinburne University.

Tim followed his passion for all things automotive by launching the program, Fender Bender, on community radio station JOY 94.9. This led to an entry role at industry publication GoAuto, before eventually holding the role of Managing Editor.

A stint as RACV’s Motoring Editor – including a year as an Australia’s Best Cars judge – provided a different perspective to automotive media, before leading him to CarsGuide where he started as a Contributing Journalist in September 2021, and transitioned to Senior Editor in April 2022, before becoming Managing Editor in December 2022.

You can find Tim on LinkedIn and Instagram

Education

Master of Arts (Media and Communications) | Swinburne University | 2010-2012

Featured Publications

GoAuto | 2012-2019
GoAutoNews Premium | 2012-2019
RACV Royal Auto | 2019-2021
CarsGuide | 2021-present

Have Australians finally embraced EVs?

By Tim Nicholson · 16 Apr 2022

There's nothing like a dramatic spike in fuel prices to highlight the benefits of electric vehicles.The past month has seen huge increases to petrol and diesel prices in Australia on the back of the war in Ukraine, and combined with lengthy wait times for

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Suzuki Swift and Jimny prices up for 2022

By Tim Nicholson · 12 Apr 2022

Suzuki Australia has confirmed price increases for its Jimny off-roader and Swift hatchback, meaning all of its models have gone up in price in the past month.As CarsGuide reported earlier this week, Suzuki upped the price on the Baleno light hatchback, I

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Jeep’s electrified off-road concepts revealed

By Tim Nicholson · 11 Apr 2022

Jeep has teased future EV technology with the annual roll out of concepts for this year's Moab Easter Jeep Safari that includes an electric Wrangler with a 2.0-second 0-100km/h time, and an off-road capable plug-in hybrid Grand Cherokee.This year Jeep is

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Is the Jeep V8 about to be dropped?

By Tim Nicholson · 08 Apr 2022

The prospect of a V8-powered Jeep Gladiator pick-up has been swirling ever since Jeep released the Wrangler Rubicon 392 V8 a couple of years ago.Despite the potential for such a model in ute- and V8-loving Australia, it's safe to say it's never going to h

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Federal Court rules Toyota’s DPFs are faulty

By Tim Nicholson · 08 Apr 2022

Toyota Australia is facing hefty class-action bill after the Federal Court ruled the carmaker fitted certain models with defective diesel-particulate filters (DPF), falling foul of Australian Consumer Law.All up there were 264,170 vehicles affected and th

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Mitsubishi resurrects Colt name for new hatch

By Tim Nicholson · 06 Apr 2022

The Colt is back!

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2022 Suzuki SUV and hatch pricing revealed

By Tim Nicholson · 05 Apr 2022

Suzuki Australia is the latest automotive brand to increase pricing on some of its most popular models.The Suzuki Baleno hatchback, Ignis light SUV and the S-Cross and Vitara small SUVs have all copped slight increases.The popular Vitara has gone up the m

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Tesla Model 3 outsells Ford Ranger in March

By Tim Nicholson · 05 Apr 2022

The Tesla Model 3 rocketed into the top-five best-selling new vehicles in Australia last month, outpacing some of the most popular petrol and diesel cars in the country.March was the first time Tesla has officially released its sales data in Australia, fi

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2022 Honda HR-V revealed for America

By Tim Nicholson · 05 Apr 2022

Honda has finally ripped the covers from its new-generation HR-V for the American market - and it's considerably different to the one we will get in Australia.The new HR-V was teased back in January with a series of renderings that hinted at a much more r

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Cheaper servicing for Volkswagen owners

By Tim Nicholson · 05 Apr 2022

Volkswagen Australia has temporarily cut the price of its servicing plans for selected passenger, SUV and light-commercial vehicles.The German giant's Australian arm says it is "proactively responding to Australia's cost of living pressures" by making the

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