A specially prepared Skoda Octavia vRS Bonneville special has cracked the 200mph (322km/h) barrier at the current Bonneville Speed Week meet in Utah, USA. The stock 2.0-litre engine hardware was made more useful by the help of a huge Garrett turbocharger pumping around 28psi of boost into the engine. Since […]
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.
Video: Ken Block Gymkhana FOUR – The Hollywood Megamercial
As promised, Ken Block’s Gymkhana FOUR; The Hollywood Megamercial video is out with more hoonage than ever. Ken Block is driving his several hundred horsepower Ford Fiesta HFHV (Hybrid Function Hoon Vehicle) rally car, and destroys a set of tyres in the only way he knows best. There’s elements of […]
Quimera AEGT – world’s most powerful electric production car?
You may not have heard of the Quimera AEGT supercar, and neither had we, but it is claiming to be the ‘most powerful electric car on Earth’ so we thought it deserved a bit of a look. The Quimera AEGT supercar is in prototype stages at the moment but the […]
AC Schnitzer BMW 1 Series M Coupe preview to Frankfurt show
Renowned BMW tuner AC Schnitzer has unveiled a preview to an upgrade package for the new BMW 1 Series M Coupe which it plans to unveil at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show, next month. It’s about time the popular specialist brought out some kind of performance pack, with a number […]
Video: Electric Chevrolet Camaro does 10.08sec quarter-mile run
A completely electric 1981 Chevrolet Camaro has just ripped down a quarter mile in just 10.08 seconds at 127mph (204.5km/h). Team Haiyin EV Racing and the electric Camaro just missed out on the electric car drag world record which is currently held by a Volkswagen Beetle named Black Current. The […]
2012 Lexus IS F details revealed
While we wait for the new generation Lexus IS to be announced, the latest 2012 Lexus IS F revisions for the international market have been leaked. While power will be the same, the suspension has been improved thanks to larger stabiliser bars, revised suspension geometry, and new shock absorbers. The […]
Lotus Evora GTE Road Car Concept revealed
Lotus is planning to unveiled the new Lotus Evora GTE Road Car Concept at this weekend’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in California, USA. The company has revealed an early image of the GTE Road Car which is based on the GTE Race car. Sharing much of the personality as the […]
For Sale: Original 1987 Holden Commodore SL VL turbo manual wagon
Surely this is one of the rarest mainstream cars around today? It’s an original 1987 Holden Commodore SL VL turbo, five-speed manual, wagon. And it’s brown. It couldn’t be any more of a potential sleeper if it tried. It’s currently for sale up on eBay, located in northern NSW. It’s […]