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South African race car manufacturer Red-Lined International has launched its radical all-new race-ready Revo. Built to the latest FIA T1.1 class specification for petrol 4x4 race vehicles, the Red-Lined Revo is purpose built to compete in the FIA World Cup Cross Country Series including the Dakar Rally. It is designed and built to fulfil the dreams of the serious privateer and semi-professional rally raid teams. 

 

“The Red-Lined Revo is the first vehicle we have built that does not have to follow an existing pickup truck design,” Red-Lined International team boss Terence Marsh explains. “Which means we were able to totally optimise the technical aerodynamic design of our all-new race car. “We invested significantly in putting the car through aerodynamic simulation tests to optimise its aero performance, which is why the Revo’s radical lines and body design are quite unique.”

 

Revo is proudly independently South African designed and built without affiliation to any motor manufacturer. Red-Lined is a privately owned business situated in Kyalami, South Africa with 21 years of rally raid experience including 10 successful Dakar campaigns. 

The company has utilised its extensive experience and expertise to optimise Revo’s performance and reliability with the driver and navigator, as well as a technical team's ease of maintenance at both the workshop and the race bivouac, top of mind.

 

The all-new Red-Lined Revo is powered by a Motec M1 electronics controlled mid-mounted normally aspirated 5-litre V8 engine with a dual radiator system for optimal cooling. It powers a latest specification, 11 kg lighter and stronger-built Sadev 6-speed sequential gearbox and all-wheel drive system. Revo features fully independent 280 mm travel 8-damper suspension with dual dampers in each corner.

 

Weighing in at 1850 kg dry, the Red-Lined Revo has a water cooled Powerbrake system and also features an onboard hydraulic jack system and a reverse camera. The FIA approved Red-Lined Revo is delivered ready to race.

 

Red-Lined International already has more than 40 cars competing out of 16 countries around the world. The Revo extends the Red-Lined International range to three models. The front engined 5-litre V8-powered Red-Lined VK50 has a solid rear axle and the mid-engine 5.6-litre V8 Red-Lined VK56, which also has a solid axle. Now the all-new mid-engined 5-litre V8 Red-Lined Revo joins the line-up with fully independent suspension.  

 

Red-Lined was established after team boss Terence Marsh travelled overseas in 2012 in search of a car suitable to race the Dakar. Disillusioned, Marsh returned to South Africa with the mission to design and build his own cars using South African expertise. The team was already running the ex-factory V6 Dakar Navaras, which were at the time replaced by the Red-Lined VK-50 and thereafter the VK-56. 

The all-new ground-up designed Revo marks a total departure for Red-Lined International.

 

Red-Lined race cars have successfully completed  8 out of the 10 Dakar Rallies they were entered in and 123 of 128 Dakar stages started. Red-Lined race cars have also finished every World Cup event around the world as well as the longer and more challenging Africa Eco Race, Russian Silkway and Chinese Taklimakan Rallies. 

Find out more about the company and its cars and contact Red-Lined International via www.red-lined.com.