A staggering collection of rare classic vehicles, including many highly sought after Holdens, will go under the hammer across four days this coming April. Some of the rarer stuff up for grabs includes a VK Brock SS Group A with 2336km, a VL Brock SS Group A with 5279km, a […]
Day: 27 February 2018
Hyundai Kona Electric becomes most powerful variant
Hyundai has unveiled the all-new Kona Electric, which will come in as the first fully-electric mainstream small SUV to hit the market. It’s also the most powerful Kona in the showroom. Thanks to a 64kWh lithium-ion battery which provides a maximum output of 150kW and an impressive 395Nm, the Kona […]
Lexus UX exterior revealed before Geneva debut (video)
The first image of the all-new Lexus UX compact SUV has been released in the lead up to its 2018 Geneva motor show debut next month. As suspected, the Lexus UX design is inspired by the dramatic concept car of the same name from 2016. The production version features a […]
Toyota building full-size LEGO Camry for Brickman Awesome Exhibition
Next month, Toyota will be presenting a full-size Camry assembled from LEGO bricks at the 2018 Brickman Awesome Exhibition in Melbourne. Keen PerformanceDrive readers will note we love featuring LEGO cars on a semi-regular basis. Some of these include a Land Rover Discovery 3, Ford GT supercar, Nissan ‘Godzilla’ GTR […]
2019 Hyundai Tucson N confirmed by senior exec – report
It’s been something of an open secret that Hyundai is working on a high-performance N variant of its popular Tucson medium SUV, set to follow up the first N car, the i30 N. As far back as last May at the third-gen i30 launch, Hyundai intimated to PerformanceDrive that the […]
Toyota Dynamic Force 2.0L, hybrid & E-Four powertrains announced
Toyota has announced a range of significant powertrain updates that are designed to cut its fleet emissions by 18 per cent. In the mix is a new Dynamic Force 2.0-litre and 2.0-litre hybrid, as well as all-wheel drive, and some new transmissions. Starting with the engine. It’s a freshly-developed 2.0-litre […]
Aston Martin returns positive profit in 2017, record revenue
Aston Martin has posted record revenue and profitability with its annual sales results for 2017, with the last quarter of the year being Aston’s best-ever quarterly result. During 2017 Aston Martin sold 5117 cars, up an impressive 58 per cent on the 3229 units it sold during 2016. This, in […]
BMW X3 gets Alpina attention for first time; the Alpina XD3
The third-generation X3 has not been in Australia long but already won many friends and plaudits with its design and technology. Renowned BMW tuners Alpina have created the XD3, a brutal quad-turbo monster based on BMW’s latest medium SUV. The XD3 is powered by a quad-turbo 3.0-litre inline-six diesel, with […]