Articles by Laura Berry

Laura Berry

Senior Journalist

Laura Berry is a best-selling Australian author and journalist who has been reviewing cars for almost 20 years.

Much more of a Hot Wheels girl than a Matchbox one, she grew up in a family that would spend every Friday night sitting on a hill at the Speedway watching Sprintcars slide in the mud. The best part of this was being given money to buy stickers. She loved stickers… which then turned into a love of tattoos.

Out of boredom, she learnt to drive at 14 on her parents’ bush property in what can only be described as a heavily modified Toyota LandCruiser.

At the age of 17 she was told she couldn’t have a V8 Holden ute by her mother, which led to Laura and her father laying in the driveway for three months building a six-cylinder ute with more horsepower than a V8.

Since then she’s only ever owned V8s, with a Ford Falcon XW and a Holden Monaro CV8 part of her collection over the years.

Laura has authored two books and worked as a journalist writing about science, cars, music, TV, cars, art, food, cars, finance, architecture, theatre, cars, film and cars. But, mainly cars.

A wife and parent, her current daily driver is a chopped 1951 Ford Tudor with a V8.

Laura Berry is a best-selling Australian author and journalist who has been reviewing cars for almost 20 years.

Out of boredom, she learnt to drive at 14 on her parents’ bush property in what can only be described as a heavily modified Toyota LandCruiser.

Since then she’s only ever owned V8s, with a Ford Falcon XW and a Holden Monaro CV8 part of her collection over the years.

Laura has authored two books and worked as a journalist writing about science, cars, music, TV, cars, art, food, cars, finance, architecture, theatre, cars, film and cars. But, mainly cars.

A wife and parent, her current daily driver is a chopped 1951 Ford Tudor with a V8.

Volkswagen to deploy thousands of autonomous vehicles by the end of the decade as it joins forces with Uber

15 hours by Laura Berry

China's new 540kW hybrid monster SUV launched to chase Range Rover at a fraction of the price: 2025 Lynk and Co 900 is a beefy plug-in hybrid brute that could land in Australia one day

29 April 2025 by Laura Berry

First we had to get our heads around the multitude of new brands going...Read more

Electric Suzuki Jimny ute rival? Jeff Bezos enters the electric car game with the tiny customisable Slate pick-up truck people can 'build' themselves

28 April 2025 by Laura Berry

Slate Auto, a new electric car company backed by tech billionaire Jeff...Read more

Trade in the SUV, it's people mover time! How the Kia Carnival made the people mover cool and why Chinese brands BYD, XPeng and Zeekr will take it further | Opinion

27 April 2025 by Laura Berry

People movers were never cool in Australia, but that’s changing as our...Read more

Zeekr 009 2025 review - Track drive

25 April 2025 by Laura Berry

If somebody told you that tomorrow you were going to Sydney Motorsport Park to drive around the circuit in something that puts out 450kW and 693Nm, your mind would start 'racing' before you even arrived there. An output of 450kW means it can’t be a Porsche 911 GT3 because that makes 'only' 375kW/...Read more

Lexus LM 2025 review: 500h Ultra Luxury

24 April 2025 by Laura Berry

In 15 years as a car reviewer there have been plenty of super luxurious cars and there has been plenty of people moving. But not many super luxurious people movers. Until now. Until the Lexus LM 500h. This people mover costs a quarter of a million dollars. And if that caught your attention you...Read more

'You have to be kidding?': Forums blow up after 2025 Kia Tasman price confirmed

22 April 2025 by Laura Berry

Kia’s recent pricing announcement for its Tasman ute has caused the...Read more

Self-driving cars? They're dreaming | Opinion

18 April 2025 by Laura Berry

It’s started again - the talk about how autonomous cars are just around...Read more

Bigger, boxier, better? 2026 Subaru Outback revealed with SUV design, hybrid powertrain, but can it compete with Hyundai Santa Fe and Toyota Kluger?

17 April 2025 by Laura Berry

Subaru has debuted its seventh-generation Outback at the New York Motor...Read more

Volkswagen Multivan 2025 review: Life - Australian first drive

15 April 2025 by Laura Berry

Volkswagen’s new-generation Multivan is the brand’s family-oriented bus, and having just been to its Australian launch the people mover feels more high-end and somehow more practical than ever. But something has changed and it’s only now that it feels as though the final piece of the Multivan...Read more