There’s a new EV company on the block, and it is looking to buck the trends of modern styling by packaging the latest and greatest electric technology inside timeless, retro designs. It comes from the UK-based Watt Electric Vehicle Company (WEVC), and it is being pitched as a sub-1000kg, mid-engined […]
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 reports 1.7 million global sales in 2020, down 8.0%
Audi has confirmed its global sales topped 1,692,773 vehicles in 2020, which marked an 8.0 per cent decrease from the 1.84 million units delivered in 2019. The company says this drop is dramatically smaller than the 15 percent fall for the overall global automotive market, mainly caused by the coronavirus […]
Lamborghini achieves record profit in 2020, CEO hints EV is coming
Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann has confirmed the company has generated record profit in 2020, despite a dip in vehicle sales compared with 2019. The CEO also hints an electric vehicle could be on the way. In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic and a factory shutdown of 70 days, Lamborghini was […]
2019 Genesis G70 3.3T Sport: Long-term review – Final
I recently tested the Genesis G70 2.0T Ultimate just a few weeks ago. One of the overall impressions I was left with after a week in the turbo four-cylinder was that the chassis was more than capable of handling what the powertrain could throw at it. So, I was excited […]
2020 Lexus RC F review (video)
The RC F is Lexus’s attempt at taking it to Mercedes’s AMG and BMW’s M division cars, but at a discounted price. And for 2020 Lexus has jammed in more tech, revised the suspension and powertrain, and refined the driving dynamics to create an even more attractive proposition. While there […]
2019 Genesis G70 2.0T Ultimate review
Genesis is one of the newest kids on the block now that it’s a stand-alone brand, separate from Hyundai. And while its first offering, the G80, competes in the large, luxurious limousine segment of the market, the G70 takes the fight to sporty sedans like the Audi A4, BMW 3 […]
2019 Isuzu D-Max LS-U review – quick test
The D-Max has become a staple of the Australian ute market for years now, and for good reason: it’s built tough, has a bullet-proof powertrain and offers buyers a nice balance as a workhorse that can keep up with family duties, too. Despite having introduced almost nothing new for the […]
2019 Genesis G80 Ultimate review (video)
The 2019 Genesis G80 is looking to steal buyers away from the likes of the Mercedes E-Class, BMW 5 Series and Audi A6 with a simple strategy: offer a vehicle that is of very similar quality, but undercut the price to snag a new demographic that may have previously been […]