Porsche has lifted the veil on its latest version of the Cayenne hybrid, with the introduction of the new Turbo E-Hybrid wagon and coupe, both of which come packing a 544kW punch from a V8 plug-in hybrid masterpiece of engineering. Porsche says that its 4.0-litre V8 plug-in hybrid arrangement in […]
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.
Ford Recalls 4841 Units of Ranger & Everest Produced Between 2021-23
Ford has issued a recall notice for a significant number of Ranger ute and Everest SUVs for an issue that can cause the transmission to shift into park while moving. Specifically, the recall implicates 4841 examples of the Everest and Ranger produced between 2021 and 2023 for a software issue […]
Toyota Restarts Production at 14 Assembly Lines After System “Malfunction”
Toyota says that all fourteen of its plants that were temporarily forced into a pause overnight have been kicked back into gear after what it describes as a system malfunction. The company, dismissing speculation that it had been impacted by a cyber security incident, says that a “malfunction in the […]
Skoda Previews Sleek New Cabin Designs for Next-Gen Kodiaq & Superb
Skoda has given us a look at what we can expect to see inside the cabin of its next-generation Kodiaq SUV and Superb sedan & wagon lineups. Headlining the hefty list of upgrades is a new 12.9-inch free-standing infotainment display, a relocated gear selector for the DSG unit to the […]
Colin McRae’s Subaru WRX STI 22B Sells for Nearly $1m
A few months back, we couldn’t help but start salivating at the thought of getting our hands on Colin McRae’s prototype Subaru Impreza WRX STI 22B when we saw it was going up for auction. By the look of it, punters at the Silverstone Festival were equally enthused, with the […]
Hyundai & Genesis Continue to Dominate J.D. Power Tech Experience Study
Hyundai and its premium arm, Genesis, have taken out both top spots in the most recent J.D. Power 2023 U.S. Tech Experience Study that showed electric vehicle owners are experiencing more problems than their internal combustion (ICE) counterparts. In terms of the overall rankings, Genesis topped the list with a […]
Polestar Teams up with Mobileye for Polestar 4’s Autonomous Driving Tech, Arrives 2024
Polestar has confirmed a new partnership with autonomous driving specialists, Mobileye, to help create the world’s first production car featuring the company’s ‘chauffeur’ driving tech. The collaboration will likely see Polestar’s future lineup adopting the Mobileye Chauffer autonomous driving tech that will be pioneered by the Polestar 4 later this […]
Record Delivery Numbers Help BYD Triple its H1 Profit Figures
China’s BYD is popping the champagne this week after securing record-setting delivery numbers in its home market, allowing the company to triple its profit figures for the first half of 2023. BYD remains by far China’s single-largest electric vehicle manufacturer by volume thanks to a healthy jump in deliveries, alongside […]