Articles by David Morley
22 April 2025 by David Morley
Here’s a question we hear quite a bit at CarsGuide: Is E10 bad...Read more
11 April 2025 by David Morley
This idea hasn’t always worked out too well. Take a parcel-van (in this case the Ford Transit Custom) strip out the rubber matting and cargo barrier and bolt six or seven seats into what was the load area. Sure, the original vehicle to use this concept, the Volkswagen Kombi way back in the 1950s,...Read more
8 April 2025 by David Morley
The Ram 1500 Limited is the flagship of the facelifted pick-up range...Read more
6 April 2025 by David Morley
The $141,950 Ram 1500 Laramie Sport is the entry point to the facelifted...Read more
4 April 2025 by David Morley
Let’s not kid each other here. There’s an enormous elephant in the room and, depending on who you talk to, it might be missing a leg. The pachyderm in question is the Ram 1500 pick-up and the amputation refers to the fact that the mighty (and melodious) V8 with which the Ram ute made its name, has...Read more
28 March 2025 by David Morley
If the thought of a twin-turbocharged, inline six-cylinder engine in a...Read more
19 March 2025 by David Morley
The John Cooper Works version of the Mini Aceman is the flagship model in...Read more
19 March 2025 by David Morley
Pop-up headlights: A great automotive idea or a fashion-driven waste of...Read more
17 March 2025 by David Morley
Until the JCW version arrives, the SE is the top-rung Mini Aceman model...Read more
17 March 2025 by David Morley
The M badge here tells you that this is the high-performance member of the...Read more
15 March 2025 by David Morley
Mini's Aceman E kicks off the new range that effectively replaced the Mini...Read more
15 March 2025 by David Morley
The 30e version of the BMW X3 family SUV doesn’t just fill a medium price-...Read more
13 March 2025 by David Morley
The entry-level price-point in the new X3 range, the 20 costs $86,100...Read more
13 March 2025 by David Morley
They’re called variable voltage alternators, but the car-making world...Read more
13 March 2025 by David Morley
How much of a vehicle’s personality is determined by its tech? I’m pretty certain a Porsche 911 is still a 911 despite now being turbocharged, liquid-cooled and fitted with electric power-steering. And surely a Toyota Corolla is still the spiritual equal of the original Corolla of the 1960s,...Read more
11 March 2025 by David Morley
If you’ve ever wondered when cars will stop getting bigger…continue to wonder. Because if you’re BMW, it hasn’t happened yet. The new, fourth-generation BMW X3 is here now and as well as being bigger in every dimension apart from height, it also ushers in revised versions of existing tech , a...Read more
7 March 2025 by David Morley
As the flagship model grade in GWM's facelifted Cannon line-up, it...Read more
5 March 2025 by David Morley
The Vanta is GWM’s way of telling us that its facelifted Cannon ute can be...Read more
3 March 2025 by David Morley
As the second step on the GWM Cannon ute ladder, the Ultra represents the...Read more