A German company by the name of E-Legend has released plans for a radical new electric vehicle, called EL1, to celebrate the iconic Audi Quattro S1 rally creation that took Group B rally by storm in the ‘80s. It’s known as the EL1, an electric vehicle with a styling package […]
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.
Aston Martin confirms insane track-only Valkyrie AMR Pro Models
Aston Martin has confirmed that 40 units of this insane new track-only Valkyrie AMR Pro, which uses the Le Mans Hypercar platform and somehow turns everything up to another level, will be produced by the end of the year. The Valkyrie AMR Pro is an absolutely insane creation, designed to […]
2022 Toyota RAV4 update announced for Australia
Toyota Australia says that a refreshed RAV4 for 2022 will receive a raft of updates when it heads into production later this year, with styling, technology and comfort topping the list of tweaked areas. While we’re yet to see exactly what the styling updates will look like, Toyota says that […]
Rolls-Royce debuts Wraith & Dawn landspeed record editions
Rolls-Royce has released two new limited-run models celebrating the company’s historic landspeed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats back in the 1930s. They’re known as the Rolls-Royce Wraith and Dawn Black Badge Landspeed Collection, and are a super limited-edition run of just 35 examples of the Wraith and 25 Dawn […]
Meet Aston Martin’s nod to its oldest car, the Vantage Roadster A3
Aston Martin’s Q division has taken the wraps off its latest creation, the Vantage Roadster A3, designed as a homage to its oldest road car which recently celebrated its 100th birthday. Q’s latest creation pays tribute to the 1921 A3, which was actually Aston’s third ever road-going prototype. It was […]
Volvo confirms next-gen XC90 will be fully electric, debuts 2022
Volvo has confirmed an all-electric successor to the XC90 SUV is set to debut in 2022. Aside from switching to all-electric power for the first time, the large SUV will show off a heap of new state-of-the-art safety technologies. Just days after detailing its new partnership with Northvolt, which will […]
Hennessey unveils Mammoth 1000 TRX pickup (video)
Enthusiasts of ridiculously powerful dual-cab utes rejoice as Hennessey has confirmed that its Mammoth 1000 TRX has officially entered production and the first deliveries can be expected later this year. It follows the announcement of the SUV version a couple of months ago. Underneath, the Mammoth is based on the […]
Toyota tests hydrogen as fuel for combustion engine, uses GR Yaris 1.6
Japanese auto giant Toyota is working hard on testing the feasibility of running combustion engines on hydrogen, rather than petrol or diesel, even competing in a 24-hour endurance race in Japan with a modified Corolla to see what happens. Toyota entered a one-off Corolla into round three of the 2021 Super […]