Peter Anderson

Sydney

Owner, The Redline and Contributor at WhichCar

Cars and bad takes. Contributor @whichcarau and owner @theredlinecom. Occasionally on @abcsydney and @abcadelaide Vorsprung derp Technik.

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Ford Mustang Mach-E GT Review

1 week ago | theredline.com.au | Peter Anderson

Words: Peter AndersonImages: Blake CurrallCo-pilot: Mark DewarIt's been a while since the Mustang nameplate was so sacrilegiously slapped onto the rump of a car that was a) not a two-door booted coupe and b) electric. Everyone got mad – I mean, seriously, get a grip – but that has, thankfully passed. For most people anyway. Folks who love high blood pressure are the only ones who care.
Weekend Watches January 31 2025

2 months ago | theredline.com.au | Peter Anderson

— 1 min read A personal obsession from the other Czech car company you may not have heard of, another Citroën, some cool Dakar cars and three incredible McLarens. Years ago I read about the rear-engined V8 Tatra 613 in CAR magazine and I am fundamentally obsessed with it more than three decades later. Thomas from Timeless Driving has got his hands on one in the Czech Republic. High Peak Autos bought a Citroën C6 – a car I loved when it came out – for just £750 (A$1500).
Weekend Watches January 24 2025

Jan 24, 2025 | theredline.com.au | Peter Anderson

— 2 min read This week we've got an epic drive through South America, some retro racing from 1973, a ropey video about the Alfa GTA 1300 Junior, Ford's biggest failure and racing's biggest failures. Canadian couple Matt and Stacey (not sure you could be more Canadian with those two cheery names) drive their self-built Toyota LandCruisier "Chinook" from Canada all the way to Ushuaia in Argentina. That's a long drive.
Weekend Watches January 10 2025

Jan 10, 2025 | theredline.com.au | Peter Anderson

— 2 min read Another Porsche video (but by a legend), a crashtastic off-road video, an insane engine swap, a second insane engine swap and the reason British Leyland died. Or one of the reasons, anyway. Very good friend and one-time (so far) contributor to The Redline, Scott Newman, has his own YouTube channel Addicted to Sliding. Here he reviews the 911.2 Carrera T. Mat Watson from Carwow seems to be able to do whatever the hell he wants and – crucially – has fun doing it.
Folks need to calm down over the Jaguar re-brand

Nov 21, 2024 | theredline.com.au | Peter Anderson

Jaguar allegedly broke the internet today, or they did according to a particular type of internet and media personality. Ahead of the launch of a design concept in a couple of weeks, the company released a spot called "Copy Nothing" to show off the new branding. As you can see from the thumbnail, the folks in this ad represent a variety of different backgrounds. It's colourful, and bold and has done a fantastic job getting people to talk about a brand that isn't even making any cars at the moment.
Links We Like November 13 2024

Nov 13, 2024 | theredline.com.au | Peter Anderson

An affordable EV comparison, a shouty German brand is unveiled, impossibly stylish man interviewed, off-roader starter guide and an electric cop car. M'colleague Alex Misoyannis of Drive.com.au has put the BYD Dolphin and MG4 head-to-head in the under $40k EV battle. Best $40K electric car in Australia: 2024 MG 4 vs BYD Dolphin comparison reviewThere’s now genuine choice for buyers after an EV under $40k. Is the MG 4 better than the BYD Dolphin?
Why am I such a big fan of the Renault 5?

Nov 11, 2024 | theredline.com.au | Peter Anderson

Renault's new small electric car has really caught my eye and I've posted about it and the Alpine A290 hot hatch as well. What gives? I am a hatchback fan. I love them for their size – particularly the B-segment as they're called in Europe. Cars like the Peugeot 205 and 306, Ford Fiesta, Hyundai i20, I just dig them. Growing up in Australia that size of car was dominated by Japanese brands like Toyota and Mazda. While those cars were – and still are – very good cars, they're not especially fun.
Weekend Watches Friday 8 November 2024

Nov 8, 2024 | theredline.com.au | Peter Anderson

— 2 min read A V12 diesel Audi that can seat five, cool cars for cool guys, cheating cheaters, an age-old question answered and a new electric Alpine. Drivetribe brings us the story of the diesel V12 Audi Q7, one of the more surprising cars to come out of Ingolstadt. James Pumphrey from Speeed has what is (hopefully) a very tongue-in-cheek video about cool cars for cool guys (apparently the latter is some sort of TikTok thing.
Links We Like October 22 2024

Oct 22, 2024 | theredline.com.au | Peter Anderson

Another great interview from CAR, this time Alfa's CEO,CAR's Luke Wilkinson interviewed Alfa's upward-moving CEO at the Paris Motor Show. I quite like this chap because he seems to have both saved Alfa from the Marchionne madness (yeah, fight me) and has sensible things to say about the government's role in the EV transformation. ‘I don’t need incentives, I need plugs’: Imparato on the future of Alfa RomeoAlfa Romeo’s irrepressibly charismatic bossman has moved up the Stellantis hierarchy.
Cybercab and Cybervan are...something (bad).

Oct 21, 2024 | theredline.com.au | Peter Anderson

It has been well over a (busy) week since Tesla's We, Robot event was held on the Warner Bros movie lot in Los Angeles. The idea of the title apart from being totally on-brand lame in a way only Musk and his companies seem to manage, was to educate us all on Tesla's pivot to robotics and AI. Both of these things are current tech buzzwords, less so in automotive. Robotics has long been a part of the automotive world, taking over a lot of dangerous jobs and specifically precise ones.