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    Articles by Stephen Ottley

    Stephen Ottley
    Contributing Journalist

    Steve has been obsessed with all things automotive for as long as he can remember. Literally, his earliest memory is of a car. Having amassed an enviable Hot Wheels and Matchbox collection as a kid he moved into the world of real cars with an Alfa Romeo Alfasud.

    Despite that questionable history he carved a successful career for himself, firstly covering motorsport for Auto Action magazine before eventually moving into the automotive publishing world with CarsGuide in 2008. Since then he's worked for every major outlet, having work published in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Drive.com.au, Street Machine, V8X and F1 Racing.

    These days he still loves cars as much as he did as a kid and has an Alfa Romeo Alfasud in the garage (but not the same one as before... that's a long story).

    Ford Bronco Raptor 2023 review
    By Stephen Ottley · 04 Oct 2022
    Ford has opened the door for the Bronco to one day make its way to Australia. We headed to the USA to drive the new Bronco Raptor to see if it would appeal to local buyers.
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    Electric cars must be 'insanely great' because customers don't care about being 'green': Ford
    By Stephen Ottley · 04 Oct 2022
    Ford wants to build “insanely great” electric vehicles, even if they’re not as environmentally friendly as they could be.
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    2023 Ford Mustang: Will it drift? New electronic drift brake uncertain for Australian-bound models
    By Stephen Ottley · 03 Oct 2022
    Australia could miss out on one of the headline items of the new, seventh-generation Mustang – the Electronic Drift Brake.
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    Race-ready Ranger: Ford wants to see the Ranger Raptor take on Dakar Rally and Australia's Finke Desert Race
    By Stephen Ottley · 02 Oct 2022
    Ford’s global racing boss would love to see the new Ranger Raptor put to the test in some of the world’s most demanding off-road races, including the Dakar Rally and Australia's own Finke Desert Race.
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    Living in the past? Why car designers are finally getting electric cars right | Opinion
    By Stephen Ottley · 02 Oct 2022
    Electric cars are the future, whether you like it or not. The problem I’ve had with them in recent years hasn’t been the switch from sweet sounding petrol engines to humming electric motors.
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    The lessons Ford is learning from Tesla might make it an electric-car powerhouse
    By Stephen Ottley · 01 Oct 2022
    Ford may have invented the mass-produced car over 100 years ago, but now it’s using lessons from America’s newest major carmaker, Tesla, to reinvent itself for an electric future.
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    Could the Ford Focus and Fiesta ST hot hatch live on in an electric future?
    By Stephen Ottley · 01 Oct 2022
    Ford Australia’s decision to drop the Focus and Fiesta ST hot hatches seemingly brought the carmaker's hot hatch era to a close. But the global head of Ford Performance believes there is still a future for the small performance cars, albeit in electric form.
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    Ford F-150 Lightning 2023 review
    By Stephen Ottley · 30 Sep 2022
    The F-150 EcoBoost is coming to Australia in 2023 - but the electric version is the one we should really be hoping for.
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    Ford Australia's design and engineering team is here to stay: Why the team behind Ranger and Everest have a future
    By Stephen Ottley · 30 Sep 2022
    Ford’s top management in Detroit has given the Victorian-based design and engineering team behind the Ranger and Everest a ringing endorsement and confirmed their short-term future is secure, despite reports to the contrary.
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    Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV 2023 review
    By Stephen Ottley · 30 Sep 2022
    Luxury car buyers have evolved and that has forced Mercedes-Benz to reinvent its flagship for this new era of customers.
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