Toyota is popping the champagne for the 70th anniversary of its legendary LandCruiser series of off-roaders, a lifespan that has seen more than 10 million units sold around the globe. To help celebrate, Toyota Australia is launching a special edition based on the 70 Series. The company is celebrating the […]
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.
2021 H1: Aston Martin reduces losses, big demand for DBX SUV
Aston Martin has managed to curb the worst of its half-year losses thanks to insane demand for its luxurious DBX SUV, helping the company buck last year’s figures and minimise its 2021 losses. Compared to last year’s figures, Aston Martin has managed to fight off the worst of the financial […]
Mitsubishi previews 2022 Outlander PHEV; more power, confirmed for Australia
Mitsubishi Motors has sent out a preview of its next-gen 2022 Outlander plug-in hybrid (PHEV), confirming its Australian arrival for the first half of next year. It comes complete with an overhauled and more powerful PHEV powertrain. Details at this point are few and far between, however, Mitsubishi has told […]
Bathurst 1000 postponed in 2021 as COVID-19 lockdowns extend
Organisers of the Supercars Championship have confirmed the world-famous 2021 Repco Bathurst 1000 race weekend has been postponed until November, in response to extensions of Sydney’s COVID-19 lockdowns. Typically the Bathurst race weekend falls in early October, however, race organisers have pushed it back by a month to hopefully get […]
Hyundai’s XCIENT world-first hydrogen truck hitting roads in California
Hyundai has confirmed a partnership in California that will see the supply of 30 hydrogen fuel-cell electric trucks, called the XCIENT, for a series of projects designed to improve the state’s air quality. The publicly-funded project will see a fleet of 30 XCIENT fuel-cell trucks – currently the world’s first […]
2022 Bowler Defender Challenge one-make race series announced
Off-road specialist and Jaguar Land Rover subsidiary, Bowler, has unveiled its new rally-ready Land Rover Defender package which will compete in a one-make race series in the UK next year, called the Bowler Defender Challenge. The Bowler Defender Challenge is going to be a cracking series that’s open to all […]
Alfa Romeo sends off 4C with 33 Stradale Tributo edition
Alfa Romeo is saying arrivederci to its little 4C sports car, but the company is keen for it to go out with a bang. To say farewell, the company has announced a special 4C 33 Stradale Tributo edition and it’s now available in Australia. The 4C 33 Stradale Tributo is […]
McLaren unveils 765LT Spider, its most powerful convertible
British supercar manufacturer McLaren has lifted the curtain on its most powerful convertible yet, the 765LT Spider. It packs the same 562kW/800Nm punch from its twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 as the 765LT coupe, which sends it from 0-100km/h in just 2.8 seconds and 0-200km/h in 7.2 seconds. That makes the 765LT […]