A used 2012 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport has surfaced online for a listed price of US$2,950,000. The Veyron in question is for sale via Manhattan Motorcars, with one previous owner and a mere 1779kms on the clock. Judging by its appearance, the owner was a big fan of black. […]
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.
Hyundai Veloster Gurnade concept previewed before SEMA
Hyundai has enlisted the help of American rendering-house Gurnade to tease a radical Veloster concept headed for the 2016 SEMA show. Gurnade, known for its over-the-top styling cues, has absolutely gone to town on the Veloster by the looks of it, with a carbon fibre front splitter, side sills, bonnet […]
Toyota Prius recalled for potential park brake issue, 340,000 affected
Toyota has announced a recall of 340,000 Prius units after a fault in the Prius’s parking brake was identified, which could potentially result in the brake not working. Toyota has confirmed that Prius units produced between August 2015 and October 2016 are impacted by the recall, with affected vehicles in […]
Obama on autonomous cars; “The technology is essentially here”
US president Barack Obama has talked in-depth on the topic of autonomous vehicles in a recent interview with US publication Wired. While the 44th President of the United States’ tenure is set to end in January, he does have a few more months in the driver’s seat of the world’s […]
SCG003S revealed in production form, new hypercar from Italy
Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG) has released details of a maniacal new hypercar set to premiere at next year’s Geneva Motor Show. Meet the SCG003S. The car is closely related to the Nürburgring 24-hour-winning SCG003C, replacing with the C for ‘Competizione’ with S for ‘Stradale’, or street. The car is hand-built […]
Volvo to introduce car-to-car communication this year
Volvo executives have confirmed it will begin packaging some of its vehicles with cloud functionality enabling car-to-car communication by the end of the year. The system will make its way to Volvo’s 90 series models like the V90 Cross Country, S90 and XC90, enabling these vehicles to transmit information on […]
Mercedes-Benz autonomous tech to save occupants over pedestrians
Mercedes-Benz has confirmed its autonomous driving system will prioritise the safety of its occupants rather than pedestrians, according to an interview with an executive member from Daimler. The rise of autonomous vehicle technology, particularly higher levels of autonomy like level four and above, has brought with it a range of […]
Toyota remains most valuable car brand in the world
Toyota has remained atop the automotive world’s rich list once again, taking out Interbrand’s survey of global brand value for the 13th consecutive year. Interbrand’s survey, in its 17th year, features US$178.1 billion Apple, Google, Coca-Cola in the top three, with Toyota coming in fifth position overall with a nine […]