Citroen has unveiled the car it hopes will take out the 2017 World Rally Championship, with its 2017-spec C3 rally car. The car was unveiled at a special event in Abu Dhabi earlier this week; the wealthy UAE nation is one of the team’s major sponsors. Kris Meeke, Craig Breen […]
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.
Bentley Continental GT Black Edition announced, looks the part
Bentley’s skunk works have released the latest and greatest versions of the mighty Continental GT. Welcome to the Continental GT V8 S Black Edition. As we reported back in May, the current generation Continental GT is set to be replaced in just over a year’s time, but before it goes […]
2017 Skoda Octavia RS officially revealed, more power & AWD TDI option
Skoda has taken the wraps off its most powerful Octavia model yet, with the 2017 Octavia RS. It boasts a more powerful petrol engine and a TDI option with all-wheel drive. Just a few weeks after Skoda debuted the facelifted Octavia, it has added the flagship model, available in both […]
Audi Q8 concept previewed before Detroit show
We’ve had a sneak-peak at what Audi’s all-new Q8 could potentially look like when it debuts next year, courtesy of a German publication’s interview with Audi’s head designer. Speaking with Welt, the man in charge of Audi’s styling Marc Lichte has given us a few clues as to what to […]
Volkswagen settles on $1 billion buy-back or fix plan for 3.0 TDI engines in U.S.
Volkswagen has reached an agreement with U.S. regulators, agreeing to a $1 billion settlement in regard to its 3.0-litre TDI engines embroiled in the dieselgate scandal. The $1 billion settlement includes plans to fix, or buy back the 80,000 vehicles equipped with VAG’s 3.0-litre TDI unit, and is in addition […]
BMW wins court case in China over copyright on intellectual property
A Chinese court has ordered companies to pay BMW hundreds of thousands of dollars after it was found they had registered trademarks found to be too similar to BMW’s intellectual property. A court in Shanghai has since ordered the founder of a Chinese firm, as well as another company to […]
Volvo raises $500 million in lead up to long-suspected IPO
Volvo’s parent company, Geely, has revealed it has raised over half a billion dollars as it takes its first plunge toward looking at an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Chinese multinational company Geely, who purchased Volvo from Ford Motor Co. back in 2010, has announced today that it has raised 5 […]
Volkswagen to contribute $200 million to pollution fund in U.S.
Volkswagen has agreed to contribute as much as US$200 million into a pollution reduction fund in the U.S. in the ongoing aftermath of the dieselgate emissions scandal. A source closely involved on the settlement told Reuters that Volkswagen agreed to the payment as part of a wider agreement related to […]