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.

Toughened up hybrid family SUV revealed? New 2026 Subaru Forester Wilderness leaks online ahead of Australian release of Toyota RAV4, Mazda CX-5, Mitsubishi Outlander and Nissan X-Trail rival

21 January 2025 by Laura Berry

'The number one undisputed off-road brand': Ford boss announces new direction, to overtake Toyota, Nissan, Jeep and others to become the 'Porsche' of off-roading: Report

20 January 2025 by Laura Berry

If you’ve ever wondered what Ford wants to be then you’ll be happy to...Read more

Used electric car prices in free fall : Exclusive report shows buyer's market as second hand Tesla Model 3, Tesla Model Y, BYD Atto 3 and MG ZS EV prices dive | Analysis

19 January 2025 by Laura Berry

CarsGuide’s analytics team has unearthed exclusive data...Read more

Porsche wants petrol Macan back, said insiders as bosses change their mind about electric Macan: Report

17 January 2025 by Laura Berry

Porsche appears to be reconsidering axing combustion engines from its...Read more

Has Leapmotor's boss come up with the perfect EV solution for Australia with the 1000km C10 REEV that could leave other electric cars like Tesla's Model Y stranded??

16 January 2025 by Laura Berry

First it was hybrids that were going to replace combustion engine cars...Read more

Wait - how much torque? 2026 RAM 2500 and 3500 announced with more tech and collossal torque to take on Chevrolet Silverado and Toyota Tundra

13 January 2025 by Laura Berry

RAM’s 2500 and 3500 Heavy Duty full-sized pick up trucks have been...Read more

Mazda CX-70 2025 review: GT D50e long-term | Part 1

12 January 2025 by Laura Berry

The Mazda CX-70 arrived the same day my family said goodbye to the Kia Carnival which had been with us for the past four months and had so completely won us over that we were looking into how to change its last name to Berry. Seriously, the youngest was still in tears in the driveway when I came...Read more

Zeekr X 2025 review: AWD

6 January 2025 by Laura Berry

Zeekr is a new electric brand and the X small SUV is one of its first cars to come to Australia. Owned by the Chinese carmaker Geely , which also has a big stake in Volvo, the X is designed in Sweden, built in China and now sold here. Rivals to this little electric SUV include the Smart #1 , Volvo...Read more

The car world's new names and words for 2024: Is you car software defined and V2G capable? Do you know your Xpeng from your Xiaomi?

24 December 2024 by Laura Berry

Just what is a “software-defined vehicle”? Why did we start calling...Read more

Laura Berry's Top 5 cars of 2024: From Audi TT to Kia Carnival

22 December 2024 by Laura Berry

Cars are like people. Meet enough cars and you can pick an outstanding one pretty quickly. When it comes to outstanding cars they don’t have to do everything right, but what’s important is that they do the things they’re intended for almost perfectly. The same probably goes for people, too. Anyway...Read more

Think your Tesla Model 3 or Model Y is smart? The first AI powered car race is a hilarious reminder that completely autonomous cars on our roads might never happen | Opinion

20 December 2024 by Laura Berry

Before you go believing whatever your carmaker said about the self-...Read more

Here come the 1000km hybrids! Another Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, Kia Sorento, Hyundai Santa Fe and Toyota Kluger rival from China? Details of the 2025 GAC Trumpchi S7 plug-in hybrid emerge

13 December 2024 by Laura Berry

Chinese car giant GAC will launch its 1000km Trumpchi S7 plug-in hybrid...Read more

Kia Carnival 2025 review: GT-Line Hybrid long-term | Part 3

10 December 2024 by Laura Berry

Four months - that’s how long this long-term test of the Kia Carnival GT-Line Hybrid has been. From the short, chilly days of early August to the end of a hot and humid November. We travelled more than 3000km, with most of them no more than 30km from our home in the inner suburbs of Sydney...Read more