A Scottish start-up by the name of Munro Vehicles has taken the wraps off an outlandish new vehicle called the MK 1. It’s a battery-electric off-roader which is set for a 2023 release, and the headline stats are very impressive. The company says the MK 1 offers a payload figure […]
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.
2023 Toyota Yaris Cross GR Sport now on sale in Australia
Toyota has added a new Yaris Cross variant to the lineup in Australia, with the introduction of the exciting GR Sport treatment for the 2WD hybrid. The Yaris Cross GR Sport is based on the existing GXL 2WD hybrid, and receives a retuned and lowered suspension system and a handful […]
RAM 1500 Revolution & Peugeot Inception concept to debut at 2023 CES
Automotive giant, Stellantis, is set to take to the stage at the upcoming 2023 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to unveil an all-electric RAM 1500 concept and a brand-new Peugeot Inception concept. Chief at Stellantis, Carlos Tavares, will present a keynote address at the CES in January, where […]
Development begins on hydrogen fuel cell Toyota HiLux in the UK
A government-funded consortium headlined by Toyota’s UK manufacturing arm has announced plans to develop a Toyota HiLux ute powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. The news comes from D2H Advanced Technologies, who says that it is involved in a two-year project to produce a hydrogen HiLux that will culminate in […]
BMW iX5 Hydrogen production begins for initial test fleet
BMW has announced that it is putting a small batch of iX5 Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles into production as part of a test fleet, set to hit the road by the middle of 2023. The news comes just a few months after BMW confirmed that construction of the first fuel cells […]
New BMW M2 with full M Performance parts debuts at 2022 Essen Motor Show
BMW has stormed the stage at the 2022 Essen Motor Show in Germany with a prime example of its second-generation M2 performance coupe bedazzled in the latest range of the company’s optional M Performance parts. Although the M Performance parts were initially revealed in November, BMW’s showpiece for the event […]
MY2023 Mitsubishi Outlander announced; new LS Black Edition, added safety tech
Mitsubishi has announced an MY2023 update for its Outlander range in Australia, with the Exceed and Exceed Touring variants picking up the company’s MI-PILOT safety system, atop the introduction of a new LS Black Edition and the downsizing of the entry-level ES’s infotainment system. Headlining the update for the MY2023 […]
Kia EV6 GT flagship price to start from $99,590 in Australia – report
Reports have emerged potentially revealing a leaked starting price for Kia’s upcoming EV6 GT performance EV in Australia, which is set to kick off from around $99,590. The report comes from Drive, claiming to have seen “figures published in a third-party industry pricing guide” that has “generally been accurate for […]