Audi has unveiled the 2016 A4 Allroad quattro at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, which, among other things, has gained 34mm in ground clearance and is available with a wider range of powertrains. For the new model Audi is offering TFSI petrol and TDI diesel engine options, […]
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.
Volkswagen global sales for 2015 drop 4.8%, first decline in 11 years
Embattled automotive company Volkswagen Group has suffered its first annual loss in VW-branded vehicle sales in 11 years. Following poor sales in the last quarter of 2015, the German manufacturer reported a drop of 4.8 per cent for 2015, with 5.82 million vehicles sold, down from 6.12 million in 2014. […]
Volkswagen might have to buy back 115,000 cars – report
Volkswagen may have to buy back as many as 115,000 of its defective vehicles, according to a German newspaper investigating the dieselgate scandal. Sueddeutsche Zeitung claims that Volkswagen is facing two choices; either refund 20 per cent of the just-under 600,000 affected diesel models, or offer consumers a massive saving […]
Hennessey develops tuning kit for new Shelby Mustang GT350
American tuning house Hennessey has turned some attention to the 2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350, and the results speak for themselves. Hennessey’s kit, called the HPE575, for the new GT350 is all yours for US$6950 installed, or $4995 if you’re skilled/brave enough to install it yourself. The HPE575 kit takes […]
Audi unveils interior tech of the future at 2016 CES
Audi is in Las Vegas for the CES event, and it brought a bunch exciting new technologies that we can expect to see in its future production cars. Some highlights on display include a 14.1-inch AMOLED (active matrix organic light emitting diodes) virtual gauge cluster, which was previewed at CES […]
McLaren 675LT JVCKENWOOD special edition revealed at CES
McLaren has taken to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to unveil a new special edition model; the 675LT JVCKENWOOD. In a move that surprised many, the special edition model celebrates the 25th year of a fruitful Formula 1 partnership between the Japanese and English brands. The 675LT […]
Volkswagen shows off gesture control tech with e-Golf Touch
Volkswagen has unveiled its latest infotainment system, the e-Golf Touch concept, at the CES show in Las Vegas, complete with a futuristic gesture control system. Only last year Volkswagen unveiled the Golf R Touch at the CES show with some gesture control functions. Now however VW is showing off its […]
Hyundai i20 Sport announced in Germany, gets new 1.0L turbo
Hyundai has unveiled a special edition i20 in Germany, with a maniacal 1.0-litre turbocharged three-cylinder engine. The i20 Sport was created by introducing a tiny 1.0-litre engine to a single scroll turbocharger, which was developed by Hyundai’s German wing in Russelsheim. Hyundai’s previous most powerful i20 was the N Sport, which […]