Opinion
Do you really care how fast your car is?
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By Stephen Ottley · 19 Nov 2022
The Mercedes-AMG One hypercar reclaimed the Nurburgring Nordschleife lap record for production cars recently, lapping the 20km German circuit in 6:35.183 minutes.
Why Volvo is right to go all-electric
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By Stephen Ottley · 19 Nov 2022
At first glance, Volvo Australia’s decision to accelerate its switch to an all-electric line-up by 2026 could be seen as a major risk. After all, electric vehicles only make up 2.6 per cent of all cars sold in the first 10 months of 2022, so there’s still plenty of life left in the internal combustion engine in the Australian car market.
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Why EVs need to be awesome - not just 'green'
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By Stephen Ottley · 13 Nov 2022
Say what you will about Tesla - and I’m sure many of you will in the comments section - but the American brand was unquestionably the catalyst for the current electric car boom in the car industry.
Why car names are getting worse
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By Stephen Ottley · 12 Nov 2022
Naming cars used to be simple - either you picked some evocative names (think Mustang, Falcon, Monaro, etc) or a sequence of numbers and/or letters (think 3 Series, C-Class, A4, etc) - but these days it feels more like car names are randomly selected by marketing teams rushing to get to the weekend.
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The ultimate test for the Ford Ranger Raptor
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By Stephen Ottley · 06 Nov 2022
Ford’s decision to send the Ranger Raptor to the Baja 1000 off-road race in Mexico later this month is a big deal - a very big deal. But unless you’re a motor racing fanatic the significance of the announcement may have been lost on you.
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Will the new HiLux be too little, too late?
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By Andrew Chesterton · 04 Nov 2022
Let's have a little ute history lesson, shall we? And stay with me, because we're going waaaaay back to 2015, which is when the current-generation Toyota HilLux first launched in Australia.
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Got range anxiety? Get over it!
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By Stephen Ottley · 30 Oct 2022
I love you, our CarsGuide readers. You are the reason I do this job, to inform and entrain you and give you the latest from the automotive world. But I was dismayed recently when I wrote a piece about the upcoming electric version of the Ford Ranger and one of the first comments on social media slammed the lack of driving range for this yet-to-be-released Ranger.
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Tesla to launch Australia's cheapest EV?
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By Andrew Chesterton · 26 Oct 2022
Trying to forecast the future through Elon Musk announcements is a bit like reading any kind of future-prophesying horoscope – you tend to bend and manipulate them until they're telling you something you want to hear.
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China's cheap EV car takeover of Australia
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By Andrew Chesterton · 23 Oct 2022
To understand just how big a threat the traditional auto makers consider Chinese EV brands to be, look no further than the recent comments from Stellantis' chief, Carlos Tavares, when faced with BYD (or Beyond Your Dreams) expansion into Europe.
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When will Australia allow new LHD cars?
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By Byron Mathioudakis · 22 Oct 2022
Why can't Australians buy a new left-hand-drive car, when other nations that also drive on the same side of the road that we do allow for such things?
