For viewers of the world-famous UK TV show, Top Gear, watching the ‘power laps’ is perhaps one of the easiest ways to compare performance cars. The laps are all conducted on the same track by the same driver (Stig). There’s a bit of flack circulating in the media at the […]
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.
KTM X-Bow GT images released, the ‘civilised’ X-Bow
KTM has selected to do what many other car manufacturers are doing and has unveiled the its new car ahead of the Geneva show next week. Introducing the KTM X-Bow GT, the more civilised track car. As you can see, the GT comes with features such as a windscreen and […]
2013 Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale four-seater unveiled
When it comes to exotic sports cars and supercars, Maserati has always been up there amongst the most desirable. The Italian company has just unveiled its latest model, the 2013 Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale, now with four seats. As Maserati describes it, the new four-seat version combines a number of […]
Land Rover to demo world’s first nine-speed auto at Geneva
Land Rover will announce and demonstrate the world’s first nine-speed automatic transmission at next week’s Geneva Motor Show. The ZF unit is set to be the world’s most advanced and most efficient transmission ever fitted to a passenger vehicle. How many is too many? Well, you have probably heard of […]
2014 Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk7 revealed in full
Volkswagen has decided to pull the wraps off the highly anticipated 2014 Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk7 ahead of its public debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show next week. The new icon will come in two trim levels, including a ‘GTI Performance’ with added power. The first thing we all […]
G-Power BMW M5 Hurricane GS fastest LPG car in the world
G-Power is at it again. This time the German tuning company has come up with an LPG conversion for the awesome E60 BMW M5 V10. Oh, it also comes with two superchargers. Starting with the 5.0-litre naturally aspirated V10 of the E60 M5, G-Power has fit a couple of ASA […]
Porsche Carrera GT gets Zagato treatment
If you’re somehow bored with the look of your Porsche Carrera GT, why not do what rally driver Ernst Berg has done with his? Give Zagato, the world-famous design firm, a call to see if some tweaks can freshen things up a bit. In its factory form, the Carrera GT […]
Rolls-Royce Wraith previewed for the last time
This is the final teaser image of the new Rolls-Royce Wraith which will be unveiled at next week’s Geneva Motor Show. The image shows less detail than an earlier teaser, but it does confirm the new model will take on a grand touring coupe shape. Details are limited at this […]