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Articles by Bruce Newton

Bruce started his career as a daily newspaper journalist but quickly gravitated to the motoring sphere. He has written about motorcycles, motorsport and motor vehicles for nearly 40 years. In that time he has edited Auto Action, Which Car, the GoAuto website and contributed to many fine publications here and internationally.

Bruce has been a freelance writer for 15 years, which allows him to indulge in a passion for mountain bikes when some editors think he’s actually slaving away at the laptop (ssh!). Bruce is a father of three adult daughters and lives on the Western Port coast in Victoria with wife Jane and loyal Dachshund Eddie.

2026 Toyota LandCruiser hybrid test vehicle.
LandCruiser LATEST Toyota 

Move over diesel! Electrified Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series breaks cover ahead of 2026 launch. First details confirmed. It isn’t going to be cheap!

September 18, 2025September 18, 2025 Bruce Newton 2455 Views landcruiser, LandCruiser Hybrid, Toyota

Toyota has confirmed first details and given us our first look at the new petrol-electric hybrid 300 Series Toyota LandCruiser

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Geely Starray EM-i.
Geely LATEST Starray EM-i 

So close! 2025 Geely Starray EM-i pricing leaves Chery Tiggo 7 as Australia cheapest plug-in hybrid … but only just

September 17, 2025September 19, 2025 Bruce Newton 3338 Views Geely Starray EM-i

Despite the lure of some potential extra headlines, Geely says it wasn’t tempted to set the pricing of its new

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2025 Aion V and 2026 Aion UT. Munich IAA 2025.
Aion UT Aion V GAC Auto LATEST News TOP STORIES 

Chinese giant GAC’s stunning Aussie ambition: Launch in late 2025, be a top 10 seller when?!

September 16, 2025October 10, 2025 Bruce Newton 16156 Views Aion V, E9, GAC Auto, GS3

Chinese auto giant GAC’s international chief has revealed highly ambitious sales growth for Australia on a stunningly short timeline. The

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2026 BMW iX3 right-hand drive.
BMW iX3 LATEST News 

Right-hand drive Neue Klasse BMW iX3 debuts; rear-drive electric SUV could be priced below $80,000 as BMW claims huge savings through “simplicity”

September 15, 2025September 23, 2025 Bruce Newton 15690 Views 40 sDrive, 40 xDrive, 50 xDrive, bmw, iX3

The right-hand drive BMW iX3 has made its global debut as more variants are confirmed and BMW talks up just

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2025 Polestar 2.
2 LATEST Make Model List News Polestar 

All-new Polestar 2 confirmed, but you’re in for a long wait. Name and fastback concept to stay the same in search of repeat customers

September 12, 2025September 13, 2025 Bruce Newton 17180 Views polestar 2

The global boss of Polestar has guaranteed there will be a second generation Polestar 2 and it will even be

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2025 Avatr 06.
06 07 11 12 Avatr LATEST Make Model List News 

Yep, yet another Chinese brand is coming to Australia: Luxury Avatr confirmed with its line-up of SUV and saloon EVs and range extenders.

September 12, 2025September 12, 2025 Bruce Newton 17141 Views 06, 07, 11, Avatr

Look out Denza, you’re about to get some Chinese prestige competition in Australia from an EV brand called Avatr Technology.

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Porsche Mission R race car concept
Boxster Cayman LATEST Make Model List News Porsche 

Will Porsche really stick with EV-only Boxster and Cayman? Macan segment reversal suggests petrol is still possible

September 12, 2025September 26, 2025 Bruce Newton 12777 Views Audi, Boxster, Cayman, Concept C, porsche, PPE

UPDATE: Porsche Cars Australia has objected to our description of the introduction of a new medium petrol SUV as a

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2026 BMW iX3.
BMW iX3 LATEST Make Model List News Uncategorized 

BMW’s mind-boggling spend on Neue Klasse EV: $17 BILLION Aussie dollars is a bigger budget than some small countries

September 11, 2025September 11, 2025 Bruce Newton 13194 Views bmw, iX3

More than 10 billion Euros or $17 billion Aussie dollars. That’s the mind boggling record investment BMW has made in

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2026 Leapmotor B05.
B05 LATEST Leapmotor News 

Leapmotor unveils B05 small EV: Razor sharp pricing and strong equipment expected. Will follow closely-related B10 SUV on-sale in Australia

September 10, 2025September 13, 2025 Bruce Newton 9337 Views B05, B10, C10, Leapmotor

The expansion of Leapmotor’s line-up in Australia will continue in the second half of 2026 with the addition of the

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2025 Polestar 5.
5 LATEST News Polestar 

“We do the right things”: Despite a horror billion dollar loss, Polestar boss talks up luxury EV maker’s future prospects

September 10, 2025September 10, 2025 Bruce Newton 11697 Views 5, 7, polestar

The global chief of Polestar insists the Swedish-Chinese EV specialist has a viable future despite a billion dollar loss and

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FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle

January 10, 2021 EV Central team Comments Off on FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle

Hydrogen electric vehicles, often called hydrogen fuel cells vehicles (FCEV), drive the same as regular EVs. They can have one

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PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

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Hybrid vehicle
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Hybrid vehicle

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Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan

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With acceleration to rip the skin from your cheekbones, Ford’s SuperVan 4.2 is an electric Transit with performance from another

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February 25, 2022 Toby Hagon Comments Off on VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review

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