Opinion

By Laura Berry · 20 May 2023

The horrific crash between a truck and a school bus in Victoria this week urgently reminds us just how dangerous it is to have heavy vehicles on the same roads everybody else uses. But what’s the solution? Purpose-built roads for trucks? Mandatory high-tech safety equipment for heavy vehicles? Or just ban trucks from the roads altogether?

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Should we ban SUVs?

By Stephen Ottley · 07 May 2023

It’s been an eventful few weeks for the global car industry with some notable events that look set to shape what we’ll be driving in the years to come. And it's got me thinking - should we ban SUVs?

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How car makers will get you to buy EVs

By Stephen Ottley · 07 May 2023

Jaguar Land Rover announced a radical reimagining of its entire organisation recently, and while the news that the company would invest £15 billion on the project was the obvious headline, there was a lot more beneath the surface.

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Why is Australia's road toll still so bad?

By Laura Berry · 30 Apr 2023

Why is the annual national road toll increasing despite cars being safer than ever before? CarsGuide spoke to road safety policy makers and accident experts who know why more people are losing their lives, and they have revealed new tech coming to cars that will force us to slow down.

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Chery admits Omoda 5 needs fixing

By Laura Berry · 29 Apr 2023

Months after scathing reviews of the new Chery Omoda 5, the Chinese brand admits the model was faulty at the time of its Australian launch earlier this year but tells us the problem has now been fixed.

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Why we need cleaner cars quicker

By Stephen Ottley · 29 Apr 2023

Europe will ban all non-zero emission vehicles by 2035. The USA wants to have 67 per cent of all new car sales to be electric vehicles by 2032. Australia will introduce a fuel efficiency standard… eventually.

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2024 Triton will be tailor made for Australia

By Tom White · 25 Apr 2023

Mitsubishi's Triton will land in Thailand first, but executives say Australia has been cooked-in from the beginning.

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Why the Ford Explorer is a must for Australia

By Stephen Ottley · 23 Apr 2023

“You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.” Homer Simpson’s words came to my mind when the news came through this week that Ford Australia is dropping the Escape at the end of 2023. It’s no secret that the Blue Oval has struggled with the mid-size SUV, or to be frank, anything other than the Ranger and Everest.

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Ban utes? No, make them cleaner

By Stephen Ottley · 16 Apr 2023

‘Utes should be banned in Australia’ - it’s a notion about as popular as disconnecting the internet. But before you fire up in the comments section and bristle at the notion of ‘banning utes’, don’t panic, this isn’t one of those stories.

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You're using roundabouts all wrong!

By Laura Berry · 09 Apr 2023

Think you’re using a roundabout correctly? Well, there’s an almost a 100 per cent chance you’re not. But don't worry, everybody’s doing it wrong and that’s why it works.

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