The team at Novitec Torado has unveiled a tuned version of the Lamborghini Huracan which sends 611kW in an unapologetic attempt to destroy the rear wheels. Welcome to the Novitec Torado Huracan RWD Coupe; a lighter, twin-supercharged version of the already maniacal rear-wheel drive raging bull. The stock 5.2-litre V10 […]
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.
Mazda tops J.D. Power 2016 Australia Sales Satisfaction Index
The J.D. Power Sales Satisfaction survey has run in Australia for the first time, with Mazda coming out on top of the rankings. The survey analysed data from 2477 new vehicle owners between September 2015 through to June this year, ranking on a scale out of 1000 through six main […]
US government gives go-ahead for autonomous vehicles
Autonomous driving technology has received arguably its most important endorsement to date, with the Obama administration suggesting the roads are safer with machines behind the wheel, rather than humans. Manufacturers of autonomous vehicles have been awaiting the publication of the Obama administration’s guidelines for the industry for quite some time, […]
Saleen revived, plans S7 Le Mans special edition
American manufacturer Saleen is back, and has released some details about a limited edition on the way called the S7 Le Mans. Saleen took to the 20th Annual Saleen Show and Open House event to announce plans for seven vehicles to be produced in the next few months. The S7 […]
VW has only fixed 10% of cars affected by dieselgate in Europe
Volkswagen remains faced with the challenge of fixing around 90 per cent of the impacted diesel vehicles in the aftermath of the dieselgate scandal. The German manufacturer yesterday made a statement outlining it has repaired less than 10 per cent of the 8.5 million affected vehicles in Europe powered by […]
Ford teams up with Michigan Uni to boost autonomous tech
Ford has announced plans to accelerate its development of autonomous technology in collaboration with researchers from the University of Michigan. In preparation to fast-track its autonomous driving program, Ford has become the first manufacturer to collaborate in-house with the University of Michigan. In addition, Ford announced U-M professors Matthew Johnson-Roberson […]
G30 BMW 5 Series to come with autonomous tech (video)
BMW has released a short clip teasing both its upcoming new G30 5 Series and the autonomous technology set to be packaged with it when it arrives in 2017. BMW says that its new steering and lane-control assist “presents a milestone toward automated driving”, and offers a similar function to […]
Last Mitsubishi Evo Final Edition sells at auction
The last Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Final Edition ever to be produced has gone under the hammer in the US at a price of US$76,400. Chassis number 1600 of the Mitsubishi X Final Edition, the last to be produced, ended up landing just shy of the $80k mark, but still commanded […]