Automotive giant, Stellantis, has opened up on some key details on how it plans on transitioning its business model in line with advancements in electrified vehicles and new, connected vehicles that it believes will provide highly-lucrative potential revenue streams in the future. The parent company of companies such as Alfa […]
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.
Audi e-tron S, S Sportback arriving in Australia early-2022, from $165,600
Audi has confirmed that its all-new e-tron S and e-tron S Sportback will make their way to Australia in early 2022. After a lengthy delay, the e-tron S will be priced from $165,600 when it arrives to Australia very soon, while the S Sportback variant will be priced from $172,700 […]
BMW iX scores 5-star Euro NCAP safety rating (video)
The European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) has awarded the new BMW iX a perfect five-star safety rating, following recent crash tests and vehicle function assessments. It was found to offer a high level of hardware to protect occupants, as well as some of the smartest active safety systems […]
Polestar 2 gets over-the-air upgrade that adds 50kW/20Nm
Polestar has confirmed that a performance-oriented software upgrade has been released for owners of the Polestar 2 long-range dual-motor in the European market, marking the first ‘tuning’ update issued. That’s right, Polestar’s latest software update taps into even more performance from the Polestar 2’s already-impressive battery electric motors, which has […]
Kia global sales up 7.6% in first 11 months of 2021, 13.3% drop in November
Kia has managed to record positive global sales figures so far this year, despite of a disastrous month of November that saw global figures drop by more than 13 per cent in the wake of production halts and shortages of key components. Across the first 11 months of this year, […]
BMW passes 1 million electrified vehicle sales, aims to double in 2022
BMW is celebrating the delivery of its one-millionth electrified vehicle, marking an important milestone in the company’s aspirations to ship two million battery electric and hybrid units in the space of two years. The milestone was hit after BMW board member, Pieter Nota, handed over the keys to a BMW […]
Toyota Corolla Cross SUV debuts in Europe, arrives in Australia H2 2022
Toyota has debuted its all-new Corolla Cross compact SUV range in the European market while confirming that the first deliveries will arrive here in Australia sometime in the second half of 2022. The Corolla Cross is the latest in Toyota’s compact SUV assault, joining the likes of the Yaris Cross […]
Nissan unveils 2022 NISMO Z GT500 race car for Japanese Super GT
Nissan has lifted the veil on its latest motorsport creation direct from its NISMO skunkworks, in the form of the all-new Z GT500 race car inspired by the upcoming Z sports car for the road. It was unveiled at Fuji International Speedway. Nissan says that the GT500 racer is set […]