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    Articles by Graham Smith

    Graham Smith

    Graham Smith

    Contributing Journalist

    With a passion for cars dating back to his childhood and having a qualification in mechanical engineering, Graham couldn’t believe his good fortune when he was offered a job in the Engineering Department at General Motors-Holden’s in the late-1960s when the Kingswood was king and Toyota was an upstart newcomer. It was a dream come true.

    Over the next 20 years Graham worked in a range of test and development roles within GMH’s Experimental Engineering Department, at the Lang Lang Proving Ground, and the Engine Development Group where he predominantly worked on the six-cylinder and V8 engines.

    If working for Holden wasn’t exciting enough he also spent two years studying General Motors Institute in America, with work stints with the Chassis Engineering section at Pontiac, and later took up the post of Holden’s liaison engineer at Opel in Germany.

    But the lure of working in the media saw him become a fulltime motorsport reporter and photographer in the late-1980s following the Grand Prix trail around the world and covering major world motor racing events from bases first in Germany and then London.

    After returning home to Australia in the late-1980s Graham worked on numerous motoring magazines and newspapers writing about new and used cars, and issues concerning car owners. These days, Graham is CarsGuide's longest standing contributor.

    Used Nissan Elgrand review: 1997-2014

    25 September 2017 by Graham Smith

    Used Honda Integra review: 1993-1997

    22 September 2017 by Graham Smith
    The Honda Integra had the same soft image as most other Japanese sports...Read more

    Used Toyota Camry review: 1983-1987

    24 July 2017 by Graham Smith
    The first Camry to be sold here was a family-sized hatch that pointed to...Read more

    Used Toyota Camry review: 1993-1997

    14 July 2017 by Graham Smith
    In the mid-1990s Toyota was doing its utmost to compete with Holden and...Read more

    Used Toyota Camry review: 1987-1993

    14 July 2017 by Graham Smith
    Back in 1987 when the locally assembled second generation Camry was...Read more

    Used Toyota Camry review: 1997-2002

    28 June 2017 by Graham Smith
    In an age when Holden and Ford dominated the market and big six-cylinder...Read more

    Used Toyota Camry review: 2002-2006

    27 June 2017 by Graham Smith
    The Camry has long struggled to gain any real traction with Australian...Read more

    Used Toyota Camry review: 2006-2011

    20 June 2017 by Graham Smith
    The market was in a state of transition in 2006 when Toyota released this...Read more

    Used Mazda 3 review: 2009-2013

    9 June 2017 by Graham Smith
    Who'd have thought it, a Mazda knocking off the likes of Ford, Holden and...Read more

    Used Mazda 3 review: 2004-2009

    9 June 2017 by Graham Smith
    Mazda was riding high in 2004 when it replaced the 323 with the new...Read more

    Used Toyota Corolla review: 1989-1994

    24 May 2017 by Graham Smith
    As the new AE90 series Toyota Corolla was entering the market in the late-...Read more

    Australian road signs for dummies

    12 May 2017 by Graham Smith

    Road signs are used to bring order to our roads so that we can go about...Read more

    Used Toyota Corolla review: 1994-1999

    5 May 2017 by Graham Smith
    Local car production was in full swing as the 1990s began. So strong was...Read more

    Used Toyota Corolla review: 1999-2001

    24 March 2017 by Graham Smith
    The end of the 1990s was a time of change for the Corolla in Australia...Read more

    Used Toyota Corolla review: 2001-2007

    17 March 2017 by Graham Smith
    Graham Smith reviews the 2001-2007 Toyota Corolla as a used buy. The 9th...Read more

    Used Toyota Corolla review: 2007-2012

    3 March 2017 by Graham Smith
    Graham Smith reviews the 2007-2012 Toyota Corolla as a used buy. The 10th...Read more

    Used Ford Kuga review: 2013-2014

    9 December 2016 by Graham Smith
    Graham Smith reviews the 2013 and 2014 Ford Kuga as a used buy. Revised...Read more

    Used Land Rover Freelander 2 review: 2007-2014

    2 December 2016 by Graham Smith
    Graham Smith road tests and reviews the 2007-2014 Land Rover Freelander 2...Read more

    Used Subaru XV review: 2011-2014

    25 November 2016 by Graham Smith
    Graham Smith reviews the 2011, 2012,2013 and 2014 Subaru XV as a used buy...Read more

    Used Ford Territory review: 2011-2014

    18 November 2016 by Graham Smith
    The diesel variant for Ford's SUV was the last piece in the jigsaw. New...Read more

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