Lotus has revealed a special edition Exige 350 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Hethel factory, dubbed the Exige 350… you guessed it, Special Edition. The Exige 350 is one three special models created to commemorate Lotus’s half-century anniversary, following the introduction of the Evora 400 Hethel Edition and […]
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.
Google autonomous car project passes 2 million miles
Google’s self-driving car project has hit a development milestone, having clocked up two million miles (3.2 million km) on public roads, as it nears a 2020 release date. Alphabet Inc, the team in charge of developing Google’s self-driving car project, says its vehicles continue to cover 40,000km each week in […]
Volvo reports 16th consecutive month in sales growth
Volvo has seen a growth in sales of just under 10 per cent in the first nine months of 2016, year-to-date, riding on the back of strong Chinese sales and demand for the new XC90. The Swedish manufacturer announced its 16th consecutive month for growth in sales, with a six […]
BMW ‘i5’ patent images show potential design
Images have surfaced showing what could turn out to be BMW’s next ‘i’ model and next entrant into the world of EVs, known as the i5. The digital renderings are part of a patent application submitted by BMW to the Japanese patenting office in April this year, and only recently […]
2016 Subaru WRX S4 tS STI announced for Japan
Subaru has released another hardcore WRX STI limited-edition variant complete with an updated chassis and a range of new parts, which, sadly, at this point is only available for the Japanese market. It’s called the WRX S4 tS, and it is arguably the ultimate version of the WRX STI ever. […]
2017 Mercedes-AMG E 63 to be AWD, with ‘drift mode’ – report
AMG has confirmed the end of the line for its rear-wheel drive layout for the E 63, with the next model turning in favour of a 4MATIC drivetrain. It is set to be packaged with a Drift Mode though. The current fourth-generation W212 E 63 can be optioned with the […]
Chevrolet LT5 V8 engine on the way? GM trademark found
General Motors has been caught for the second time in just three years submitting a patent application to register the ‘LT5’ moniker, more than likely the name for an upcoming V8 powertrain. The trademark application in question was filed to the United States Patent and Trademark Office on September 19, […]
2018 BMW X3 ‘G01’ getting EV variant, EV MINI planned – report
BMW is planning to release a fully-electric variant of the upcoming ‘G01’ X3 mid-size SUV, as well as an electric MINI variant by 2021, an overseas report has revealed. The news comes following revelations that several BMW executives skipped the 2016 Paris Motor Show in favour of discussions surrounding its […]