The automotive world is going wild over a new restomod project from a secretive Swiss company which looks to be recreating the iconic Ferrari Testarossa. It’s an extremely bold and ambitious project by a company based in Switzerland known as Officine Fioravanti. The company is looking to give the Testarossa […]
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.
Current-gen Citroen C3 surpasses 1 million global sales
Citroen is celebrating a production milestone of one million units of the current, third-generation C3, just five years after its launch in 2016. In total, Citroen says that more than 4.5 million C3s have left its factories since the nameplate was introduced in 2002, making it the French company’s all-time […]
Lamborghini Urus claims ice-driving speed record in Russia (video)
Lamborghini can officially hold claim to having the fastest car on ice, with its Urus SUV recently setting a high speed record verified by the Russian Automobile Federation (a member of the FIA). Lamborghini’s almighty Urus took to a Russian ice lake known as Lake Baikal back in March, for […]
Mazda MX-30 Electric now available for pre-order in Australia
Mazda Australia has announced pre-orders for its electric MX-30 SUV are now open, with deliveries scheduled to commence in August. The MX-30 is an immensely important vehicle for Mazda, considering it is the first 100 per cent electric vehicle to come from the Japanese manufacturer. Mazda is bringing just 100 […]
Ford confirms 200kW for upcoming E-Transit van, 350km range
Ford has announced customer trials for its all-electric 2022 Ford Transit van, called E-Transit, are underway, and the company has confirmed some of the technical specifications including power and range figures. Customer trials are being held in Germany, Norway, and in the UK with a number of major businesses. Ford […]
Baidu rolls out world-first autonomous taxi fleet in Beijing
Chinese technology giant Baidu has rolled out the world’s first fleet of self-driving taxis over the weekend in Beijing, marking an important milestone for the autonomous driving industry. This past weekend saw Baidu launch its autonomous taxi service, which gives residents of Beijing the opportunity to hail a self-driving taxi […]
BMW & Ford co-developing solid-state EV battery tech
BMW Group and Ford have expanded their existing agreement to co-develop battery technologies with an additional US$130 million in funding for Solid Power, one of the industry-leading producers of solid-state batteries. The Series B investment is being led by BMW and Ford, alongside Volta Energy Technologies. The automotive giants chose […]
Ford Australia teams up with ARB for Ranger & Everest accessories
Ford Australia has announced plans to team up with off-road specialists ARB for a range of official 4×4 accessories for its Ranger and Everest lineup. The blue oval company says that a suite of 4×4 accessories from ARB will be made available through Ford dealerships in the second half of […]