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2021 MG HS Essence Review

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…

Volkswagen T-Cross 2021 Review

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…

2021 BMW 4 Series Review

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. I mean, really, the unhinging over the new nose has been more…

Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR Review

The Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR is the swansong for the Mark 7.5 (and, really, the Mark 7). With Golf R power and a few tweaks. Blimey. I say “hot hatch” and I reckon one person out of three will name…

2021 BMW M3 and M4: Australian Pricing and Spec

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. Yep, it’s got that nose. And in what is sure to be a staggeringly…

2020 Ford Focus ST Automatic Review

We’ve driven the manual and loved it – what does an seven-speed automatic do to Ford’s fabled Focus ST? Watch the Focus ST manual review and read more here. One of my favourite YouTube comments on the Focus ST review…

2021 Hyundai i30 N on the way

Hyundai’s giant-slaying hot hatch has had a facelift and had some surgery, adding a new optional eight-speed gearbox and more grunt. We’re very, very fond of the i30 N here at The Redline. So fond that we think that it…

2020 BMW M8 Competition: Dead-set beast

BMW’s flagship sports coupe is an absolute rip-snorter, with a proper sports car lurking underneath the long-legged GT body. The 8 Series is supposed to be the replacement for the 6-Series, but it’s more than that. I reckon it’s more…

2020 Land Rover Discovery 110 – Offroad Review

You’ve read the on-road review, now find out about what the 2020 Land Rover Defender is like out in the rough, slippery, loose and muddy stuff. I’ll put it out there that I am not a hard-core off-roader. Give me…

2020 Land Rover Defender 110 Review

Peter Anderson takes the new Land Rover Defender, fresh off the boat, for its first run on Australian roads (and muddy tracks). You know the old joke. The second album is always the hardest. Land Rover knew that so put…