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Will wave of new utes challenge Toyota HiLux and Ford Ranger's dominance? 2025 Kia Tasman, BYD Shark 6, Foton Tunland will struggle topple the market leaders | Opinion
By Stephen Ottley · 21 Oct 2024
It’s been a busy period for new utes with all-new models coming our way from Kia, BYD, Foton, JAC and more to join the likes of the Mitsubishi Triton, Isuzu D-Max and Mazda BT-50 in a highly competitive market.
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Can this new Chinese brand save a US hero? Why Leapmotor is exactly what Stellantis needs to turn around its Australian sales performance | Opinion
By Stephen Ottley · 13 Oct 2024
Can an unknown, all-new car brand help rescue the sales fortunes of one of the world’s biggest car makers in Australia?
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Prepare for the big ute price war! What the Ram 1500, Chverolet Silverado, Ford F-150- and Toyota Tundra can learn from the Tesla Model Y, BYD Seal and MG 4 | Opinion
By Laura Berry · 12 Oct 2024
Australia is big like the United States with deserts and oceans and the inhabitants love the same things like the outdoors and sport, and even the same kind of cars and music and beer, well, maybe not beer. But it made sense that with so much in common between these two peoples on either side of the planet, the arrival of the extra large pick-up trucks would be met by open Aussie arms. 
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Image vs reality: Truth about cut-price Chinese cars from MG, GWM, Chery, BYD, GAC, Leapmotor, Geely and Zeekr and how they've evolved into true challengers for established brands like Toyota, Ford, Mazda, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Volkswagen and more | Opinion
By John Law · 22 Sep 2024
Just as there was scepticism about Japan's global auto expansion in the 1970s and resistance to Korea's meteoric rise in the '90s, there are staunch detractors of Chinese cars today. 
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Move aside, Tesla: Hyundai and Kia's electric cars are the new cultural benchmark | Opinion
By Chris Thompson · 16 Sep 2024
It’s been a long time since someone who’s not that interested in cars gushed to me about how much they like Tesla (it doesn’t help that the man in charge of Tesla has done less and less for his own reputation as time rolls on), so if Tesla isn’t the brand at the cultural forefront of electric cars then, who should be?
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2025 Nissan Patrol shock for Aussie buyers: One area where the tough as nails new 4WD can't compete with the Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series | Opinion
By Samuel Irvine · 12 Sep 2024
Fresh off the back of its Middle Eastern debut, the hype for the new Nissan Patrol Y63 has been huge.
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Electric cars have hit a roadblock: Without incentives, sales are plummeting in Germany hurting brands like Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen, but what about Australia? | Analysis
By John Law · 10 Sep 2024
What is the answer to lowering global tailpipe emissions? It doesn't seem to be fines for manufacturers, but incentives for buyers mixed with broader choice of hybrid, plug-in and future propulsion options.
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Why buying an electric car is a gamble: Jeep Avenger joins Ford Mustang Mach-E, Subaru Solterra and more with pre-launch price cut | Opinion
By Stephen Ottley · 07 Sep 2024
There’s few worse feelings than buying a new car and then finding out it’s now cheaper. Not only do you feel like you’ve been swindled but it only hurts your depreciation even more than normal.
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Five things you are doing wrong on the road: How we can be better drivers | Opinion
By Stephen Ottley · 24 Aug 2024
Reviewing cars for CarsGuide is a wonderful job (in fact, don’t tell them but it really doesn’t feel like a job) and it means I’m on the road more than the average motorist. It also means I’ve been lucky enough to drive in other countries and get a sense for what’s the same, what’s better and what’s worse.
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