The first examples of the high-performance Kia EV6 GT variant have arrived here in Australia after completing a gruelling round of testing at the Nurburgring with Aussie engineers behind the wheel. Local tuning is now getting underway ahead of its showroom arrival here during the fourth quarter of 2022. Kia […]
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Alexi is an automotive road tester and news editor at PerformanceDrive. He appreciates the complexity of modern vehicle engineering and loves to keep his hands greasy working on motorbikes and cars. He prefers wagons over SUVs, vans over utes and reads more news than your Grandma.
MINI debuts ‘Aceman’ fully electric crossover concept
MINI has taken the wraps off an interesting concept car called the Aceman EV concept, which previews an all-electric crossover that’s set to hit the market in 2024. MINI says the Aceman concept is designed to fit perfectly between its iconic little Cooper hatch and the Countryman, with the platform […]
Porsche tops 2022 JD Power APEAL study, BMW X6 highest-ranked model
Porsche has taken the overall honours in the 2022 JD Power US Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) study, with the results showing that for the first time since 2014 overall customer satisfaction has declined. Battery electric vehicles have closed the gap when it comes to overall satisfaction compared with […]
GM battery joint-venture getting $2.5 billion loan from US Energy Department
In a significant turn of events for the world of battery electric vehicles, the US Energy Department has confirmed it will loan a General Motors and LG joint-venture US$2.5 billion. Specifically, the Department of Energy says that the $2.5 billion is to be used to finance the construction of manufacturing […]
Volvo rolling out over-the-air update adding Apple CarPlay
In some positive news for Volvo owners that use an iPhone, the company has announced that Apple CarPlay support will be added to its vehicles via the latest over-the-air update. Volvo’s current infotainment system is built on the Android operating system (OS) which is a Google product. It has now […]
Porsche chief Oliver Blume becomes VW CEO, Herbert Diess steps down
Volkswagen’s board of management has tapped Porsche’s CEO, Oliver Blume, on the shoulder to take the job as chief executive officer at Volkswagen as outgoing CEO Herbert Diess steps down. In the short-term, Blume will take over as Volkswagen’s CEO while retaining his position as Porsche’s CEO, with the company […]
BMW X6 Black Vermillion Edition coming to Australia in Q4
A special BMW X6 is set to arrive here in Australia in the fourth quarter, with the local arm bringing just five examples of the X6 Black Vermillion Edition. Based on the X6 M50i, the Black Vermillion gains a heap of visual enhancements over the standard car, including a unique […]
Maserati unveils track-only Project24 with 551kW
Maserati caught us by surprise this week with the confirmation of a track-only special codenamed the Project24, which is designed to showcase a new-found endeavour as a maker of specialised track-eaters. Maserati is yet to spill the beans on the Project24’s full specifications but says it has tuned its 3.0-litre […]