Toyota Australia has announced the official launch of its highly-anticipated GR86 sports car, expanding its GAZOO Racing lineup to three models, alongside the GR Supra and GR Yaris. Twin-under-the-skin to the new Subaru BRZ that we’ve already put through its paces, the Toyota GR86 comes powered by the same 2.4-litre […]
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 Ford Mustang unveiled, on sale in Australia late 2023
Ford has taken the wraps off the latest seventh-generation S650 Mustang, with a revised pair of powertrains, brand-new styling package, updated interior technology and the confirmation of a fire-breathing Mustang Dark Horse flagship variant headlining the unveiling. The Mustang’s latest styling package casts a very familiar shadow, although most of […]
BMW XM previewed with snarling V8 sound, debuts September 27 (video)
BMW has released a short clip drumming up excitement for the official launch of its XM performance SUV later this month. In a clip posted by BMW USA we catch a quick glimpse of its silhouetted front fascia, twin horizontal headlights, sharp octagonal grille and most notably, hear the V8 […]
2023 Land Rover Defender 75th Limited Edition announced
Land Rover is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its iconic Defender nameplate with the release of a limited edition Defender, with just 75 set to arrive here in Australia. It’s called the Defender 75th Limited Edition, and is available in Defender 90 P400 and 110 P400 configurations. Special touches include […]
Ferrari Purosangue unveiled, V12 SUV with 533kW
After months of waiting and prototypes spotted on public roads, this is it, the first-ever Ferrari SUV and one of the last models to ever come powered by a V12 engine; the Purosangue. Taking its name from the Italian word for ‘thoroughbred’, the Ferrari Purosangue comes powered by a 6.5-litre naturally […]
G-Power Hurricane RR upgrade brings M5 CS power to 662kW
Renowned tuning house, G-Power, has released yet another performance upgrade kit for the current F90-generation M5 CS, this time called the G5M CS Hurricane RR package. The G5m CS Hurrican RR takes BMW’s already-impressive 4.4-litre twin-turbocharged V8 with stock outputs standing at 467kW/750Nm, and raises the mark up to a […]
Pagani Utopia revealed as Huayra successor, 635kW twin-turbo V12
Pagani has taken the wraps off its highly-anticipated follow-up to its Huayra supercar with the unveiling of the Pagani Utopia. It comes packing all the trademark eccentricities we’ve come to expect. Pagani says that the design brief for the Utopia was simple: simplicity, lightness and the pleasure of driving. These […]
2023 Ford Ranger & Everest score 5-star ANCAP safety rating
ANCAP has published results from its latest round of testing, confirming that the latest generation 2023 Ford Ranger and Everest have both received a 5-star safety rating under its strict new testing protocols. Of the two, the Ford Everest scored slightly higher marks, with 86 per cent for adult occupant […]