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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.

2025 Audi A5 TFSI Sedan.
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Audi reveals big NVES impact: Cheapest Aussie PHEV has been priced to woo buyers from in-house ICE rival!

July 17, 2025August 22, 2025 Bruce Newton 8359 Views Audi A5 PHEV, Audi S5, NVES

The impact of Australia’s new NVES CO2 emissions laws have been starkly illustrated by launch pricing for Audi’s cheapest plug-in

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2025 Hyundai Ioniq 9 Calligraphy.
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Hyundai Ioniq 9 pricing and spec announced: Electric family SUV will be offered in Australia as one expensive model

July 16, 2025July 16, 2025 Bruce Newton 7541 Views Calligraphy, Hyundai, Ioniq 9

Only well-heeled families are going to be able to afford the new Hyundai Ioniq 9 three-row electric SUV in Australia,

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Deepal S07
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Air time! Delayed Deepal S07 software updates are now rolling out, as Chinese EV newcomer announces huge Aussie dealer expansion

July 14, 2025July 15, 2025 Bruce Newton 10741 Views Deepal, S05, S07

Deepal has pressed the button on substantial over the air updates to improve the driving behaviour of its launch Australian

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2025 Leapmotor C10 REEV Design.
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2025 Leapmotor C10 REEV Design Review: Is this range-extender SUV the most frustrating new car on-sale in Australia today?

July 13, 2025July 12, 2025 Bruce Newton 6136 Views C10, Leapmotor, leapmotor c10 reev, range extender, REEV

Leapmotor, if you didn’t already know, is one of the phalanx of new Chinese brands arriving in Australia. With the

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2026 Mazda CX-5.
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Revealed! New 2026 Mazda CX-5 medium SUV breaks cover, but where’s the hybrid to fight Toyota RAV4?

July 10, 2025August 16, 2025 Bruce Newton 7637 Views Mazda CX-5

If you want an electrified version of the new Mazda CX-5 medium SUV then you will be waiting until at

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2025 Polestar line-up.
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Are the tough times over? Polestar sales on the up in Australia as Polestar 4 makes an impact

July 10, 2025July 9, 2025 Bruce Newton 9184 Views polestar, polestar 2, polestar 3, polestar 4, Polestar 7

Has Polestar turned a corner in the right direction in Australia? While the Sino-Swedish electric vehicle specialist isn’t dominating Aussie

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2025 XPeng G9 and G6.
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The future of XPeng in Australia is changing. Factory set to have bigger say in Chinese EV brand’s local plans

July 9, 2025August 16, 2025 Bruce Newton 17992 Views G6, TrueEV, Xpeng

Strong signs are emerging Chinese EV specialist XPeng could take a higher degree of control over the import and distribution

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2026 Hyundai Ioniq 6 N teaser.
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Crazy Hyundai IONIQ 6 N teased ahead of this week’s launch. And it’s promised to be even wilder than the IONIQ 5 N!

July 8, 2025July 7, 2025 Bruce Newton 6065 Views 6 N, Hyundai, Ioniq

Hyundai’s high-performance division has released teasers of its inbound 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 6 N and announced it will unwrap its

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2025 Ford Mustang.
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V8 burn-out? Australia’s new NVES CO2 reduction scheme drives huge price rises for iconic Ford Mustang muscle car

July 7, 2025July 6, 2025 Bruce Newton 5773 Views ford, Mustang, NVES, V8

Australia’s most affordable new V8 has gone up $5000 and Ford Australia says the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) is

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2026 Hyundai Elexio.
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It’s official: Hyundai Elexio medium electric SUV headed to Australia from China as BYD Sealion 7 and Tesla Model Y rival

July 5, 2025October 30, 2025 Bruce Newton 11583 Views Elexio, Hyundai

Updated 30/10/2025: Hyundai Australia has issued an official statement confirming the Elexio will go on-sale in early 2026. Today’s announceemnt

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

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

April 13, 2024 Iain Curry Comments Off on Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan

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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