Alborz Fallah
Chery Stockman ute attracts over 5000 expressions of interest, 1000 deposits
Chery Australia says it has seen strong early demand for its Stockman, which will be the first diesel plug-in hybrid ute on the local market.
15 Days Ago
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Alborz Fallah is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for technology and cars. As a co-founder of CarExpert, he has been a driving force in the digital automotive space since launching CarAdvice in 2006, which was later sold to Nine and rebranded as Drive. With more than 15 businesses to his name, Alborz has found his calling in automotive media and continues to shape the industry. He is also an Honorary Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland. Although a technologist at heart, Alborz is most excited by the noise and feel of cars, with a particular love for his Aston Martin Vantage and Ferrari 458 Speciale.
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Ferrari considered pop-up headlights for its new Testarossa
The 849 Testarossa’s black front fascia is Ferrari’s solution to a much-loved design feature it couldn’t make work on a global production car.
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Why Ferrari expects the million-dollar 849 Testarossa Spider to outsell the coupe
The open-top 849 flagship costs $82,941 more than the hardtop and carries an extra 90kg, but Ferrari says its customers see it as “two cars in one”.
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2027 Ferrari 849 Testarossa Spider review
Ferrari's 849 coupe is already absurdly capable. Removing the roof gives it the theatre its numbers deserve, and sacrifices little of its ability.
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2026 Leapmotor B05 review
Leapmotor’s new electric hatchback is far more polished than expected, with a terrific ride, a quiet cabin, and a genuinely premium-feeling interior.
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Leapmotor's electric hot hatch could be upgraded for global markets, but Australia isn’t locked in
The Chinese electric hatchback’s hotter Ultra version is under study for export markets, but Leapmotor says it may need more than the Chinese-market setup to make sense outside China.
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Leapmotor says annoying safety beeps could get better, but not disappear
The Chinese brand says regulations and safety-test requirements are making driver-assistance systems more intrusive, but it's still working with Stellantis engineers to improve the tuning.
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Leapmotor B05 hatch could get petrol range-extender tech
Leapmotor is discussing whether its new B05 electric hatchback could follow the C10 and B10 SUVs in offering a petrol-assisted range-extender powertrain, but there are packaging and business-case hurdles.
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Why we've announced our CarExpert Choice Awards
More brands are selling more models in Australia than ever before. The CarExpert Choice Awards are here to help you choose the best of them.
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2026 BYD Atto 1 review
The BYD Atto 1 is cheap, compact and fully electric, and our biggest surprise from driving it for a month is how little it feels like a compromise.
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Inside the Chinese EV factory built to take on Tesla and BYD
Leapmotor says it wants to be more than a cheap EV brand and its Chinese factory tour showed us how it plans to do that.
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2026 Leapmotor D19 review: Quick drive
Leapmotor’s huge D19 flagship SUV packs six or seven seats, EV or range-extender power, and serious luxury intent, but will it work in Australia?
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2026 Leapmotor B05 Ultra review: Quick drive
China’s B05 Ultra gives Leapmotor’s compact electric hatch a warmer rear-drive flagship, but our drive left us with a lot of unanswered questions.
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Leapmotor won't just export carbon copies of the models it sells in China
The Chinese EV brand says its export-market cars are being developed with input from Stellantis engineers – and Australia could get its own tune if the business case stacks up.
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Leapmotor wants to take on BYD and Chery with just one brand
The Stellantis-backed brand says it sees other Chinese brands as its real rivals in Australia, but for now it won’t copy their multi-brand strategy.
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Leapmotor fixes one of its most annoying 'features'
The Chinese brand says new export-market models will get a physical key, while existing models are expected to follow with a model-year update.
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