Renault has announced the expansion of its all-electric light commercial vehicle range with confirmation of the Kangoo and Master E-TECH vans, set for the Australian market. The Kangoo E-TECH comes powered by a single electric motor producing 90kW of power and 245Nm of torque, with power supplied by a 45kWh […]
Alexi Falson
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.
8-seat Land Rover Defender 130 revealed, confirmed for Australia
JLR has lifted the lid on the largest member of the Land Rover Defender family, with its all-new 8-seat Defender 130. It has been confirmed for Australia and will be available in two main powertrain configurations, locally. When it arrives, the Defender 130 will be offered in a two-variant lineup, […]
2023 BMW X1 and iX1 EV officially revealed, confirmed for Australia
BMW has unveiled the new 2023 X1 small SUV, including an all-new addition to the company’s battery electric range with the introduction of the iX1 fully electric model. Codenamed the U11 X1, BMW’s small SUV range supersedes the outgoing F48 generation that has been around for seven years now. It […]
Toyota to slow production again in June, due to component shortages
Toyota has apologised to customers after it, the world’s largest auto manufacturer, has had no choice but to slow down production for the month of June as supply chain constraints and component shortages continue to plague delivery forecasts. Toyota says that 16 production lines across 10 of its factories will […]
F1-powered Mercedes-AMG One set for June 1 reveal
After years of cryptic clues and even complaints from some at the top of the food chain, Mercedes-AMG has confirmed that its F1-inspired (and powered) road car, the Mercedes-AMG One, is gearing up for its official reveal on Wednesday, June 1. Further than the official unveil date, Mercedes-AMG remains tight-lipped […]
Lucid aims to boost production with new Saudi factory
Californian electric vehicle start-up, Lucid Motors, has announced that construction of its first overseas production line is underway in the Saudi Arabian kingdom, which it hopes will add another 155,000 units to its delivery schedule by 2025. When it is up and running, Lucid is hoping to bring its manufacturing […]
Rolls-Royce CEO concedes supply chain issues are a “daily concern”
In worrying news for the wider industry, the head of one of the most famous names in luxury motoring, Rolls-Royce has confirmed that supply chain issues are a “daily concern” for the brand and parent company, BMW. Speaking with Bloomberg, Rolls-Royce CEO, Torsten Mueller-Oetvoes, said: “Supply chain is something that […]
Mercedes-Benz bids farewell to manual transmission from 2023
While you might have thought that Mercedes-Benz said goodbye to the humble manual transmission years ago, in fact, it’s still around… but only for a limited time. The company has confirmed that from next year, it will phase out the production of the manual transmission as the auto giant eyes […]