Porsche has announced that all Taycan owners will be eligible for a free software update to the latest 2023 model year that unlocks faster charging, better thermal management for the battery pack and even added range. Porsche says that all Taycan variants, including the Cross Turismo, sold since its 2019 […]
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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.
Volvo global sales in H1 2022 drop 23% amid “turbulent” second quarter
Volvo Cars has posted its earnings report for the second quarter and first half of this year, revealing a 27 per cent drop in sales in a self-described “turbulent” second quarter brought on by increasing material costs, supply chain constraints and COVID lockdowns in China. All up, Volvo sold 291,300 […]
2023 BMW 7 Series & i7 prices and details confirmed for Australia
BMW is readying its all-new 7 Series flagship sedan for Australia, arriving in the fourth quarter of this year, with prices kicking off from $268,900 for the 740i and $297,900 for the range-topping i7 xDrive60 electric model. The 7 Series lineup will come to Australia strictly in long wheelbase format, […]
Porsche sales up 17.6% in Australia in H1 2022, global down 5%
Porsche has posted details of its global vehicle deliveries for the first half of 2022, with Australia bucking the overall trend while global numbers are down. Overall, Porsche’s H1 2022 global delivery figure stood at 145,860 units, which is down 5.0 per cent on the 153,656 units it sold during […]
Video: 2023 Ford Ranger 3.0 V6 does 0-100km/h acceleration test
It’s no secret that there’s a fresh 2023 Ford Ranger in town, and it introduces a beefy new 3.0 V6 diesel option. Ford hasn’t provided 0-100km/h times but we’ve put one to the test to see what it can do. During the Ford Ranger’s official launch event last week we […]
Hyundai & Rolls-Royce partner up to develop hydrogen aircraft
Hyundai and Rolls-Royce have announced an unexpected collaboration that looks set to result in a live demonstration of a hydrogen fuel-cell aircraft as soon as 2025. The companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that is looking to the sky instead of the road in the future, with the […]
Ralliart Mitsubishi Triton completes first test head AXCR rally
Mitsubishi’s highly-anticipated revival of the Ralliart division is getting near, and as a preview a special Ralliart Triton is being put through a series of gruelling tests before it takes on the AXCR rally. We reported back in March that Mitsubishi Ralliart was headed back to the world of rallying […]
Toyota announces more production cuts, down 150,000 units in August
Toyota has been forced to revise its production schedule yet again due to ongoing parts shortages and supply chain constraints, mainly brought on by the COVID pandemic. The company says it is aiming to produce around 700,000 vehicles in August, with 200,000 of those for the Japanese market. This week […]