Is the global EV market really slowing?
September 9 is World EV Day so I thought I’d write something that’s been on my mind for while. Over the past few months, a narrative has developed in the media that electric car sales are slowing. As a regular…
Weekend Watches
Hopefully the weekend is a good time to sit back and catch up with what you’ve missed over the week. Here’s a selection of some great videos, or at least videos I like. Sign up for The Redline Cars. Travel….
Links We Like – September 4 2024
This week has been pretty busy with new launches and we’re kicking off a bit of a newsletter experiment to see if you’re keen. Volvo EX90 Launches A big one is the Volvo EX90, the all-electric successor to the XC90….
Side-by-side: Fiat 500e vs Abarth 500e
Words: Peter AndersonCo-pilots: Mark Dewar and Blake CurrallImages: Blake Currall I’ve always loved the Cinquecento. Even when it’s not very good – and there are a few versions that are borderline terrible – it’s fun. The formula of tiny car/big…
2024 Audi Q8 e-tron 55 Sportback Review
Audi’s first proper EV in Australia was just called e-tron when it first launched a few years back. But Audi’s ever-evolving naming scheme – and growing EV range – has seen the addition of the Q8 badge. It’s an interesting…
Electric Cars That Aren’t a Tesla: Part 1
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…
2021 BMW M2 CS Review
BMW’s fun-loving M2 scores more power, more stuff and some added rarity for its final bow as the M2 CS. Four and a half years ago I drove the BMW M2 for the first time. I was dead-set hooked. There…
2021 Bentley Bentayga Is Here
The big British 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. The Bentley Bentayga, if I’m being honest with you (as I…
Mercedes-Benz Driving Events Review
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. BMW, Audi, Jaguar all do…
2021 Mazda MX-5 RS
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…