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We’re moving and changing!

April 29, 2024April 29, 2024 Peter Anderson0 comment

Hello to all you folks still subscribed to The Redline. It’s been a while and you’ve probably just forgotten I exist, but that’s okay. These things happen. The Redline is moving from its long-time hosting platform to a new one, which means your notifications will stop working. Again, that’s okay, because the new site has a built-in, very secure membership platform that means once I’m in the swing of things, there will be regular newsletters to go out and hopefully notifications as well. We’re moving soon, but theredline.com.au will stay…

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Electric Cars That Aren’t a Tesla: Part 1

November 11, 2022November 12, 2022 Peter Anderson670 comment

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 really like talking about them. First up, let me be honest with you – none of them are cheap. The cheapest new EV in the country today is the MG ZS EV followed closely by the BYD…

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2021 BMW M2 CS Review

May 29, 2021May 29, 2021 Peter Anderson67, bmw, bmw m20 comment

BMW’s fun-loving M2 scores more power, more stuff and some added rarity for its final bow as the M2 CS.

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2021 Bentley Bentayga Is Here

May 16, 2021May 16, 2021 Peter Anderson67, bentley, SUV0 comment

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.

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Mercedes-Benz Driving Events Review

April 25, 2021April 25, 2021 Peter Anderson670 comment

You know what I always say – don’t track your own car. Instead, you can track, like, twenty of someone else’s, all in one day. Mercedes fan or not, this is a fun day out.

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2021 Mazda MX-5 RS

April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 Peter Anderson67, mazda, mx-50 comment

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 generation, distilling three decades of experience into a single, brilliant package. It even has a nice interior now with the correct number of cupholders. Not six. I’ve driven the ND several times and not once have I wondered if it needed any further…

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2021 MG HS Essence Review

January 24, 2021April 5, 2021 Peter Anderson67, HS, mg, SUV0 comment

Putting together this classic British badge and 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 sales figures, you’ll see that these cars are good enough to find thousands of buyers in 2021. Possibly 20,000 of them. MG sold nearly 16,000 cars in Australia last year, almost double its 2019…