The Skoda Rapid Sport concept has been revealed at the Worthersee festival in Austria. As previewed earlier this week, the car showcases a bespoke high performance theme. The images, thanks to autoforum.cz, show a decidedly chunky and super aggressive look, especially in real as opposed to the early sketches, with […]
Brett Davis
Brett is the editor and founder of PerformanceDrive. He's obsessed with driving, having played with Matchbox cars until he was tall enough to drive a real one. After initially working as a mechanic, Brett earned a degree in journalism and entered media as an editorial assistant at Top Gear Australia magazine. He then worked at CarAdvice. His dream is to live next door to the Nurburgring in Germany.
200kW Volkswagen Amarok R-Style concept headed to Worthersee
It looks like Volkswagen is planning a number of interesting and rather tantilizing concepts for the Worthersee festival. The latest addition that has been previewed is this Volkswagen Amarok R-Style concept. Taking on a clear performance focus, the Amarok R-Style follows in the company’s ‘R-line’ theme. Like the Scirocco R […]
Lexus set to introduce “more exciting” model in 2014-2015
At a private function in the US recently, a couple of Lexus executives, including Toyota boss Akio Toyoda, revealed a new model is coming soon. The model will wear an all-new nameplate, stepping into a market segment where Lexus hasn’t ventured before. (Lexus LF-LC concept shown) Details are all but […]
Video: Red Bull Mazda RX-7 in epic 10.4km mountain drift in NZ
New Zealand drift star Mike Whiddett, also known as Mad Mike, recently drifted up the Crown Range in New Zealand for an epic new drift video for Red Bull. The run was 10.4km in length, incorporating 47 corners, all of which were driven sideways. The Crown Range is located in […]
Porsche-Martini reunite for 150th anniversary with 911 GT3 Cup car
Those familiar will Porsche’s motorsport history will instantly recognise the Martini Racing livery. It’s been years now since the two companies paired up, so to reunite and to celebrate Martini’s 150th anniversary, a special Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car has been made. Wearing a distinct Martini Racing colour scheme using […]
370kW Volkswagen Golf ‘Design Vision GTI’ Worthersee preview
Volkswagen has released some teaser images of an insane new concept car it plans to unveil at the Worthersee festival later this week. Called the Design Vision GTI, the concept is being pitched as a potential track car of the future. As you can see by the sketches, this is […]
Video: Revolution Subaru WRX breaks Nurburgring lap record
Yep, this is, apparently, the fastest, quickest Subaru Impreza WRX to ever lap the famous 20.8km Nurburgring circuit in Germany. The car is highly modified of course, with extensive upgrades in pretty much every area. Built by a UK-based tuner called Revolution Motorstore, the WRX STI sedan has been converted […]
ADV.1 develops alloy wheels for the Bugatti Veyron
It’s not often you see a Bugatti Veyron, let alone one that has been modified in any way. Alloy wheel specialist ADV.1 has just finished developing a set of lightweight alloy wheels for the speedy beast. Developing wheels for any car is a big task. They have to be balanced […]