Stephen Ottley

What makes a car important? Depending on the brand, important can mean a lot of different things. It could be its profitability or maybe it’s the new technology it will bring or even a new image it could create for a brand.

Is the Dodge Charger Daytona the canary in the coal mine for electric vehicles? A report from the US this week indicates the brand is rushing to get its twin-turbo six-cylinder petrol engine into showrooms six months ahead of schedule.

Lotus has ushered in a new era under Chinese ownership, introducing three new models. We've driven the first two (the Emira sports car and Eletre electric SUV) and now we get to the final member of this trio - the Emeya sports sedan.We find out how this electric four-door stacks up as a challenger to the likes of the Audi e-tron GT and Porsche Taycan.

There’s a reason why McDonald’s sells Big Macs and cheeseburgers and not salads and protein shakes — that’s what people want. The car industry is learning this lesson now, but in a more expensive way with brands that had committed to electric futures forced to backpedal as internal combustion remains the overwhelming choice for consumers.

Lotus was once famous for making lightweight sports cars, but since being taken over by Chinese auto giant Geely the British brand is facing a very different future.We drive the new Lotus Eletre S, an electric SUV with a focus on performance and luxury, to see if this reinvented car company can become a serious rival to BMW, Mercedes-Benz and more.

The rising cost of new vehicles exposed: Why your Toyota Camry, Toyota C-HR, Honda Civic, Hyundai i30, Mazda3 and Nissan X-Trail are more expensive

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.

Ask any parent and they’ll tell you kids need boundaries. Regardless of what those boundaries are, whether you’re a strict parent or more liberal, every parent puts some kind of restriction on their kids. So, what does this have to do with cars, I hear you ask?Well, since the first automobile arrived in Australia, the car industry has had no boundaries on how much harmful CO2 gas its vehicles could emit into the atmosphere. That changed in the past week with the Federal Government pushing throug…

'They won't survive': Australia now has vehicle emissions laws and this is the truth behind the New Vehicle Efficiency Standards that has divided the car industry

Easter is a time of rebirth and new beginnings, and naturally that turns our mind to cars (what can I say, we have a one-track mind). Cars fail and disappear for all sorts of reasons, and while some probably should stay in the big car park in the sky (we’re looking at you, Leyland P76), there are some other former favourites we think deserve a fresh start.