Anytime before 6am is early by anyone’s measure, but the Bathurst 12 Hour start time of 5:45am doesn’t seem to bother too many people. Particularly unbothered was pole-sitter Chaz Mostert, who according to his team was ready to roll almost three hours before race start. With first
The Schnitzer BMW of Chas Mostert and Augusto Farfus will start the 2018 Bathurst 12 Hour on pole after an amazing lap from Mostert. The young Australian nailed a huge lap of Mount Panorama at the wheel of an M6 GT3, with a sub 2:02 lap, the only car
Audi’s R8 LMS has topped the timesheets in the 2018 Bathurst 12 Hour Qualifying. Audi and BMW have battled hard through every sessions, with the M6 GT3s initially placed second and third, with local heroes Chaz Mostert and Steven Richards in the driver mix. After qualifying, the second M6
The Redline is at the 2018 Bathurst 12 Hour and we are in the heat of battle – the BMW SRM pit box. We’ll be here for top-ten qualifying and all through the race to bring you the drama. Use this page as the hub for all thing #b12hr and
Jaguar F-Type-based Lister Thunder hits the road. Britain really knows how to do sports cars of a particular type. Then another British company takes that sports car and turns it into a total nutter. Lister is just such a company and almost thirty years since the mad 7.0-litre V12
The Lotus 2020 plan is out. Again. The message from Jean-Marc Gales, Lotus CEO: Two new cars by 2020. And guess what? There’ll be an SUV as well. Some months after Chinese car company and Volvo owner Geely bought Lotus from Proton, Lotus’ future plans are out in the
Land Rover Defender Works V8 Announced Land Rover has gone a bit overboard in its 70th Anniversary year, producing the Defender Works V8. As most of you probably already know, the Defender went out of production a couple of years back after many decades in service. Over the years it
Hyundai unveiled the 2018 Hyundai Veloster N at the North American International Motor Show. The 2018 Hyundai Veloster N has broken cover at the Detroit Motor Show and you know what? It looks alright. Building on the (critical) success of the i30 N, the Veloster will also have an N
Jaguar F-Type SVR Jaguar’s F-Type SVR feels like it’s the end of a story fifty-odd years in the making. With the incredibly beauty of Ian Callum’s roadster crammed with go-faster goodness from Jaguar Land Rover’s SVO team, it feels like it’s full of 1950s Le
Okay, yes, that’s a weird headline and it does feel a little like BMW M5 day here at The Redline given this morning’s M5 drifting-related news. But I quite liked this story for two reasons. 1. I like BMW M5s 2. I like Heritage Fleets Heritage fleets aren’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obkLDeO58Wo The Epic M5 Drift Some mad BMW chaps decided they were going to break two world records – drifting and refuelling. As surely as night follows day, if you drift a car for long enough, even at low speeds on a wet skid pan,
The Lamborghini Huracan Spyder LP580-2 is Sant’ Agata’s “bargain” drop-top. https://youtu.be/tCdYreMlqdw Right up front I’m going to tell you that I don’t like convertibles very much, even if it’s a Lamborghini Huracan. As a driver’s car, Lamborghini’s most affordable car is