Alborz Fallah
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.
8 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.
Alborz's Articles
Alborz Fallah
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.
11 Days Ago
Alborz Fallah
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.
11 Days Ago
Alborz Fallah
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.
14 Days Ago
Alborz Fallah
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.
26 Days Ago
Alborz Fallah
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.
1 Month Ago
Alborz Fallah
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.
2 Months Ago
Alborz Fallah
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?
2 Months Ago
Alborz Fallah
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.
2 Months Ago
Alborz Fallah
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.
2 Months Ago
Alborz Fallah
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.
2 Months Ago
Alborz Fallah
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.
2 Months Ago