The Redline

11/11/2022

With Elon Musk in the news for all the wrong reasons, here's a bunch of EVs that aren't Teslas.

Elon's Twitter acquisition has shone the spotlight on the kind of guy he is and not everyone is keen. Electric cars are starting to gain a foothold in the Australian automotive market. I regularly appear on ABC Radio Sydney and the talk just ends up being about EVs, which is fine because I...

29/05/2021

2021 BMW M2 CS Review - See what BMW's fabled M Division has done with the M2, the car that kicked off a renaissance in the way M cars drive. The BMW M2 CS is the car's send-off. Is it good?

16/05/2021

2021 Bentley Bentayga Is Here - A subtle but effective facelift for the massive British SUV, along with some new tech and the first of a three-engine lineup, the V8.

The big bruiser has landed with a tightened front end and vastly improved rear, new tech inside and service plans. Still a twin-turbo V8, still big, still fast.

25/04/2021

Mercedes-Benz Driving Events Review: Track days are back for 2021

05/04/2021

2021 Mazda MX-5 RS - Fettled MX-5 2.0-litre is that little bit sharper for the discerning driver and, just perhaps, fit for the track day terror.

Mazda's evergreen, ever brilliant roadster scores some chassis tweaks for the old fogeys like me who once owned a 1989 NA Clubman. Oh, probably other people too. Mazda's fourth-generation MX-5, the ND, is such a great car. It brings together all of the good things of every...

24/01/2021

2021 MG HS Essence Review: Classic brand, lots of Chinese money and an obvious will to succeed delivers a mildly surprising mid-size SUV.

Put together this British badge and the mighty Chinese automotive company SAIC the MG HS gives the sense that big things are coming. This is the story of a car that is not the best in class. Like its smaller stablemate, the ZS, there is plenty of room for improvement. But if you look at MG's...

16/01/2021

Volkswagen T-Cross 2021 Review: Late to the party - as it often is - VW delivers an excellent compact SUV.

One half of the T-Cross and T-Roc pair, the T-Cross is the German giant's latest - and late to the party - SUV offering. If you could show Karl Benz what his creation would become, I reckon the small SUV segment must be one of the most surprising things to him. Once he'd, you know, recovered...

09/12/2020

2021 BMW 4 Series Review: Forget the internet outrage about the looks - in real life it's a striking machine and it drives even better than ever.

A new BMW sports car is always a good thing and when it's based on the excellent 3 Series and the styling makes people mad, it's an event.

29/10/2020

Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Review: Mark 7.5's final GTI goes out with a very powerful bang.

I say "hot hatch" and I reckon one person out of three will name the Renaultsport Megane or Ford Focus ST or, more recently, the Hyundai i30 N. For reasons that will become obvious to that third of responses, the other two thirds say, "Volkswagen Golf GTI." It should already be obvious because...

27/09/2020

2020 Ford Focus ST Automatic Review - auto version of the fast Ford does nothing to blunt the fun.

We've driven the manual and loved it - what does an seven-speed automatic do to Ford's fabled 2020 Focus ST?

27/09/2020

2021 Hyundai i30 N on the way - more power, new gearbox, more safety.

Hyundai's giant-slaying hot hatch has had a facelift and had some surgery, adding a new optional eight-speed gearbox and more grunt.

23/09/2020

2021 BMW M3 and M4: The Schnozz has landed. BMW's distinctive new M3 and M4 arrive in Australia in early 2021 with a crap-ton of power and a big reputation

The 2020 BMW M3 and M4 have landed (after the usual, suspicious leak) with plenty of photos in lairy colours. And stacks of gear and power.