Samantha Stevens

Writer

Samantha began freelancing in the automotive sphere over 20 years ago; a career encompassing motoring journalism, marketing and press for motorsport events and teams, motorsport event management, and she continues to write and drive alongside a permanent role at Sydney Motorsport Park.

She is also an ambassador and judge in the Automotive and Transport division of the Australian Good Design awards, and has judged other hallmark events such as Wheels COTY, Motor’s PCOTY, Wheels Design and Young Designer Awards, and the World Car of the Year awards.

She is passionate about motoring and motorsport, and has two Australian Tarmac Rally Championship titles on the pool room wall. When not hitting track or tarmac, she loves getting offroad and is an avid off-grid camper.

She still owns her Mitsi Evo 6 RS rally car, a MkII Focus RS, and would rather not talk about her daily driver which is utterly practical and covered in kids’ detritus and paraphernalia.

Latest articles

1978 Ford Falcon XC Cobra

Here’s why the Ford Falcon XC Cobra lives up to the legend

As XC Falcon production wound down, Ford was left with a bit of a dilemma. It’s hard to imagine now,...
Donkervoort P24 RS

Donkervoort goes global with right-hand drive P24 RS

After 49 years of building lightweight sports cars, Dutch boutique carmaker Donkervoort is in the midst of a global expansion...
Range Rover reveals bespoke Classic at Pebble Beach to match Range Rover SV Ultra

Range Rover brings Classic style and modern class together for Pebble Beach show cars

Monterey Car Week is right around the corner, and Range Rover has decided to bring some ‘capital C’ Classic style...
2027 Nissan Z NISMO MT Gray Sonoma

2027 Nissan Z scores revised styling, heritage touches, and manual NISMO variant

While the manual gearbox might be a dying breed in most segments of the Australian new car market, sports car...
Officially licensed Mad Max vehicles at the Mad Max Factory in Australia, where screen‑accurate recreations are built by hand to preserve the raw mechanical language of George Miller and Doug Mitchell’s iconic cinematic world.

Mad Max Factory to offer collector-grade, officially licensed builds

One of cinema’s most iconic automotive worlds is being brought into physical reality thanks to Mad Max Factory, which has...
1985 HDT VK SL Group A Brock Commodore Build #1776 – Matching Numbers Barn Find

Barn Find Brock: What’s the story behind this HDT VK Group A?

For many car people, stumbling across a genuine ‘barn find’ is the ultimate dream. Only making that even better is...
Breitling Top Time B01 Chronograph 41 Tribute to Aston Martin DB5

Aston Martin teams up with Breitling for Top Time Tribute to the iconic DB5

Simply say the name “Aston Martin” and the image that likely pops into your mind is the timelessly classy DB5....
2026 Noosa Concours

2026 Noosa Concours d’Elegance brings Pebble Beach to Hastings Street

If you’ve ever wondered what Pebble Beach might look like if you swapped Californian cliffs for Queensland sunshine, expensive American...
2025 Noosa Concours d’Elegance

2026 Noosa Concours d’Elegance to feature Brabham Anniversary Collection and inaugural Supercar Circle

The award-winning Noosa Concours d’Elegance, one of Australia’s leading motoring and luxury lifestyle events, is set to return to the...
2003 Volkswagen Golf GTI with Bridgestone Potenza Adrenalin RE005 Enliten tyres

Bridgestone Potenza RE005 long-term test, Part 1: Fitting and first impressions

After the RE003 enjoyed over a decade on sale in Australia as one of the go-to tyres for enthusiast car...
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