Revline Drive is a reference first and a magazine second. Every figure we publish is meant to be correct to the decimal, every claim is meant to be traceable to a source, and every verdict is meant to be ours alone. This page sets out exactly how we get there.
1. Where our information comes from
For news about a newly revealed or updated car, our primary source is the manufacturer: the official press release, the press-kit media centre, and the published technical specification. We read the primary source before we read anyone else's coverage of it.
- Every news article ends with a Sources block that links the primary source we worked from, plus the credit for every photograph used.
- When a figure is reported by a manufacturer ahead of homologation (for example, a pre-launch power or range claim), we say so and we mark it as provisional.
- We do not publish rumours, spy shots, leaks, or render speculation as fact. Where we cover an unconfirmed report, the article is labelled a rumour and the uncertainty is stated in the text.
- We do not republish another outlet's reporting as our own. Where a fact originates with a third party rather than the manufacturer, we cite that party by name.
2. How we verify specifications
Our spec database is the backbone of the site, so it gets the strictest treatment.
- Every headline figure (power, torque, 0 to 100 km/h, top speed, weight, dimensions, battery and range) is checked against the manufacturer's own published data for the specific market and model year we are describing.
- We publish ranges where a range genuinely exists across a model's trims, and a dash where the data does not exist yet. We do not fill a gap with an estimate dressed up as a fact.
- We render both metric and imperial units so a reader in any market can check our numbers against their local source.
- When a manufacturer restates a figure after launch, we update the record and the change is reflected in the article's modified date.
3. How we review cars
News and reviews are different genres and we hold them to different standards of experience.
News covers cars at the moment they are revealed, before anyone outside the manufacturer has driven them. Here our job is accurate reporting and original analysis: what changed, why it matters, and how it sits against its rivals. We do not pretend to first-hand driving impressions we have not earned.
Reviews are held to a higher bar. A review reflects genuine first-hand experience with the car: our own driving impressions, our own photography where possible, and instrumented data where we can gather it. When a review is written using a manufacturer press loaner or comes out of a launch event, we disclose that in the review, on the terms set out in our affiliate disclosure.
4. Independence
Commercial relationships never change what we write. No manufacturer, PR firm, or sponsor sees a review before it is published, and none of them has edit or approval rights over our work. The full detail of how we handle affiliate links, sponsorships, press loaners, and launch-event travel lives in our affiliate disclosure.
5. Corrections
We will get things wrong, and when we do we fix them in the open.
- Substantive corrections (a wrong figure, a misattributed quote, a factual error) are made to the article and noted, and the article's modified date is updated.
- Minor fixes (a typo, a broken link) are made quietly.
- If you spot an error, tell us through the contact form and we will check it against the source. We would rather be corrected by a reader than be wrong in public.
6. Who writes this
Revline Drive is a small, independent publication built by enthusiasts who memorised the spec cards as children. You can read who we are and why we do this on our about page. Coverage is written by people who can tell a 991 from a 992 across a parking lot, and nothing here is generated as filler.
These standards reflect current practice and will evolve as the publication grows. The “Effective” date above shows when this page was last revised. Questions about our editorial process can go through the contact form.