Ford has taken the automotive world by surprise with its unveiling of the Mustang GTD, effectively a road-legal version of the Mustang GT3 race car designed to “take on the best of European sports cars.” The 2025 Mustang GTD has been developed alongside Ford’s Mustang GT3 which is set to […]
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.
2024 Arrival Confirmed for Jeep’s First-Ever Battery-Electric Avenger SUV
Jeep has confirmed that Australian dealerships will be accepting deliveries of the company’s first-ever battery-electric SUV, the Avenger, in the second half of 2024 as the brand moves toward an electrified future. Jeep gave us our first look at the Avenger at last year’s Paris Motor Show, as well as […]
Maserati Reveals Track-Only MCXtrema ‘Racing Beast’ with 536kW/730Nm
Maserati has taken the wraps off its latest track-only special, the MCXtrema, which marks an important return to the world of track cars for the Trident brand. Limited to just 62 units in total, the MCXtrema is effectively a hyped-up take on the standard MC20 that doesn’t have to go […]
YouTuber’s Ferrari F8 Tributo Burns to a Crisp in Texas Field
YouTuber Cody Detwiler, otherwise known as ‘WhistlinDiesel’ has set more than the online world on fire with his latest clip, which resulted in his Ferrari F8 Tributo burning to the ground on a corn field in Texas. The video, titled “The Fastest Way to Lose Half a Million Dollars,” kicks […]
Keiichi Tsuchiya set to Pilot Hyundai Ioniq 5 N at Sydney’s World Time Attack Challenge
Hyundai has confirmed that none other than the drift king, Keiichi Tsuchiya will be behind the wheel of an Ioniq 5 N as the all-electric performance SUV makes its Australian debut in September. Designed as an exercise for the Ioniq 5 N to introduce itself to the Australian public in […]
Australia’s Premcar Brings Reframed Ford Bronco to Monterey Car Week
Premcar has taken the US Monterey Car Week by storm with the unveiling of its latest collaboration with Gateway Bronco, with saw the Aussie company design and manufacture a brand new, modern frame for an age-old classic. Known internally as Project Pegasus, Chicago-based, Gateway Bronco, leaned on Premcar to create […]
Zenvo Returns with Ballistic 1380kW Aurora Hybrid Hypercar
After considerable time on the sidelines, Danish automaker Zenvo Automotive has offically returned to the world of hypercars with its latest creation, the Aurora, which will come in two forms: a grand tourer and an unapologetic track-muncher. After teaming up with powertrain specialists, Mahle, Zenvo has confirmed some mental power […]
$219,900 Sticker Price Confirmed for Mercedes-Benz EQS 450, Arrives September
Mercedes-Benz has confirmed pricing and specification details for the forthcoming EQS 450 battery-electric sedan, which arrives on Australian shores in September with a $219,900 price tag. It sits beneath the current Mercedes-AMG EQS 53 4MATIC+ as a more affordable entry point into the world of Mercedes-Benz premium electric motoring, which […]