Toyota Motorsport GmbH will be attempting to break the Nurburgring electric vehicle (EV) world record on August 29, using a specially made two-seat lightweight sportscar. The current EV Nurburgring lap record belongs to a Peugeot EX1 Concept EV that has recorded a time of 9:1.338. Toyota will attempt the record […]
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.
Lamborghini Gallardo finds golf course sand bunker
If you ever find yourself driving along the fairway on a golf course in a Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder, do be careful to watch out for the sand bunkers. If you don’t, you could end up embarrassing yourself like this driver at the 2011 Pebble Beach event in California. We simply […]
Video: Chris Harris laps the Nurburgring in a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
Renowned motoring journalist and race car driver Chris Harris has recently posted up a video of himself doing a flying lap of the Nurburgring in a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG ‘Gullwing’ supercar. For those who are unaware, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Gullwing was made to pay homage to the original Mercedes-Benz […]
For Sale: Ferrari 456 – the quiet achiever?
It may not be the first Ferrari that comes to mind when someone mentions the exotic Italian marque, but a Ferrari 456 like this one up for sale is actually a pretty cool car. It features a chrome-gated six-speed manual transmission at the back and a singing V12 up front. […]
What happened to the Honda we all loved?
It seemed like just a short time ago that Honda had a big range of desirable, highly engineered performance cars on the market. Cars like the Honda S2000, the Honda Integra Type R and the Honda NSX all offered an almost unrivalled level of quality in naturally aspirated, fine-tuned motoring. […]
Video: ‘Monster’ Tajima’s 2011 Pikes Peak Hill Climb run – awesome HD edit
GoPro camera company has released a final edit HD video of Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima’s 2011 Pikes Peak Hill Climb world record run. Images were taken from up to 10 different GoPro cameras mounted on and in Monster’s Suzuki Sport Pikes Peak race car. Earlier in the year, we showed you […]
Kia rear-drive sports concept revealed before Frankfurt show
Kia has revealed preview images of a rather spectacular-looking Kia concept car that the company plans on unveiling at the 2011 IAA Frankfurt motor show next month. Specific details of the sleek new concept, including the name of it, are yet to be released, however, it is said feature a […]
Audi RS3 B&B tuning package offering over 500hp
The 2012 Audi RS3 was only released onto the international market earlier this year, but German tuner B&B has already managed to extract 510PS (503hp/373kW) out of the standard 2.5-litre turbocharged five-cylinder engine. The Audi RS3 is considered to be the quickest hot hatch on the market, one can only […]