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    Articles by Chris Thompson

    Chris Thompson

    Chris Thompson

    Journalist

    Racing video games, car-spotting on road trips, and helping wash the family VL Calais Turbo as a kid were all early indicators that an interest in cars would stay present in Chris’ life, but loading up his 1990 VW Golf GTI Mk2 and moving from hometown Brisbane to work in automotive publishing in Melbourne ensured cars would be a constant.

    With a few years as MOTOR Magazine’s first digital journalist under his belt, followed by a stint as a staff journalist for Wheels Magazine, Chris’ career already speaks to a passion for anything with four wheels, especially the 1989 Mazda MX-5 he currently owns.

    From spending entire weeks dissecting the dynamic abilities of sports cars to weighing up the practical options for car buyers from all walks of life, Chris’ love for writing and talking about cars means if you’ve got a motoring question, he can give you an answer.

    Australian pricing and specs locked in for 2025 BMW 1 Series, arriving with spicy hot hatch version at the end of the year to take on Volkswagen Golf, Audi A3 and Mercedes-Benz A-Class

    9 July 2024 by Chris Thompson

    Best sports cars arriving in 2024

    9 July 2024 by Chris Thompson
    The herd of sports cars available to those on a budget continues to thin, as does the number of options for fast cars with petrol engines, but a couple of cars set to debut in 2024 keep things grounded. Electrification looks like, for a while at least, it might make performance cars exclusively six...Read more

    Next-gen Kia Seltos to go hybrid as it battles Toyota Corolla Cross, GWM Haval Jolion and Hyundai Kona - report

    8 July 2024 by Chris Thompson

    New reports from South Korea suggest the next-generation Kia Seltos...Read more

    The cars driving China's dominance: The top 5 best selling Chinese-built cars in Australia and how many we've bought

    5 July 2024 by Chris Thompson

    China is now the third-largest source of new cars in Australia, beaten...Read more

    Opinion: Audi's got new confusing names for its cars, just as we were getting used to the old confusing names

    5 July 2024 by Chris Thompson

    It’s happening again: Audi is changing the way it names its cars....Read more

    Another brand ditches electric car plans: Ineos Fusilier 4WD, the sibling to the Ineos Grenadier and rival to the Mercedes-Benz G580, delayed as buyers cool on EVs - report

    4 July 2024 by Chris Thompson

    Ineos Automotive has delayed the release of its electric Fusilier SUV...Read more

    A 16-year warranty! Plug-in hybrid models from Ferrari like the SF90 and 296 score generous scheduled battery replacements 

    3 July 2024 by Chris Thompson

    Ferrari’s blowing the seven-year warranty standard out of the water...Read more

    Audi Q6 e-tron 2025 review

    2 July 2024 by Chris Thompson
    This is the future… of Audi, at least. It’s not so much the Q6 e-tron itself, but what’s under it. The 'Premium Platform Electric' which it rides on will underpin future Audi models as well as others from Porsche, which co-developed it. Read more about 'Australia is now one of Audi's top markets...Read more

    Solid state batteries are not the game-changing future of mass production electric cars, according to Audi powertrain engineers

    1 July 2024 by Chris Thompson

    If you’re even slightly interested in electric cars, chances are you’ve...Read more

    New 2025 Volkswagen Golf R scores more power and a tech update to fend off rivals like the Mercedes-AMG A35, Mini JCW and Honda Civic Type R

    26 June 2024 by Chris Thompson

    The spiciest version of one of the world’s most enduring nameplates...Read more

    Full-fat big M! 2025 BMW M5 goes plug-in hybrid but keeps all eight cylinders as a warning shot past Audi RS6 and future AMGs!

    26 June 2024 by Chris Thompson

    When AMG revealed its new C63 would have a hybrid four-cylinder, it...Read more

    This is the new 2025 BMW X3, and this family SUV is coming to Australia to take on the Mercedes-Benz GLC and Audi Q5

    19 June 2024 by Chris Thompson

    Arguably BMW’s most important model, the X3 SUV, is moving into a new...Read more

    "It's not for one manufacturer to survive, but to protect car enthusiasts": Toyota GR boss on why collaboration between brands will be the future of sports cars

    17 June 2024 by Chris Thompson

    Rumours of a purely Toyota-developed, dedicated sports car model may be...Read more

    2025 Isuzu MU-X update coming: what we know so far about the D-Max's SUV sibling and rival to the Ford Everest and Toyota Fortuner

    11 June 2024 by Chris Thompson

    Japan’s Isuzu is preparing to set loose an updated version of the MU-X...Read more

    Is the 2025 BYD Shark ute's Australian development enough to take on established rivals like the Toyota HiLux or Ford Ranger?

    11 June 2024 by Chris Thompson

    The rise and rise of BYD in Australia has been punctuated by some of...Read more

    Mercedes-AMG GLC43 2024 review

    11 June 2024 by Chris Thompson
    It’s a brave new world, AMG’s V8s are on the way out, and models like the C63 and GLC63 are going plug-in hybrid with a four-cylinder turbo engine. But this, the Mercedes-AMG GLC43 SUV and its SUV Coupe sibling, are also powered by turbocharged four-cylinder engines, the same as the brutally...Read more

    2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6 prices change as brand moves electric cars from online to showroom sales

    7 June 2024 by Chris Thompson

    Hyundai Australia has moved to change its sales process for its Ioniq...Read more

    Mercedes-Benz E-Class 2024 review

    6 June 2024 by Chris Thompson
    It might not be as tribal as Ford vs Holden, but there’s a rivalry between BMW and Mercedes-Benz that occasionally becomes more obvious - the launch of the new Mercedes E-Class only months after the BMW 5 Series being one of those times. But Mercedes has done something different. Instead of...Read more

    Suzuki Jimny 2024 review: XL Auto

    4 June 2024 by Chris Thompson
    You really can’t please everyone, can you? It seems like just about every example of the wildly, ridiculously, immensely popular Suzuki Jimny barely had time for the suspension to settle as it parked in the showroom before it was being snapped up and rolled out for a customer - in fact plenty of...Read more

    Jeep Cherokee replacement coming within a year: CEO leaves little doubt when hinting at incoming "mainstream" mid-size SUV to rival Toyota RAV4 and GWM Haval H6

    4 June 2024 by Chris Thompson

    At least three new Jeep models have been confirmed for reveal within...Read more

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