The stunning Aston Martin V12 Zagato has not only been confirmed for production, 150 will be built and some will make it to Australian showrooms. Is this the greatest news to come out of Aston Martin in recent times? Just the other day we reported that the V12 Zagato could […]
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.
For Sale: Ferrari F40 LM-spec road legal
Now you’re cooking with gas. Today we find a Ferrari F40 LM-specified, restored and rebuilt racer for sale. The Jameslist ad that we found on this car says it has been built with an “unlimited budget” and it has everything to suit road legal LM specifications. The Ferrari F40 is […]
Video: Lamborghini Aventador ‘Quality’ promo
Lamborghini has released a new Lamborghini Aventador ‘Quality’ promotional video, showing off some of the attention to detail Lamborghini engineers go to. It starts out by showing how the design of the Aventador was formed using nothing but a pencil, and then it shows some of the prototype scale-model formations […]
Edo Competition BMW M5 Touring Dark Edition
German automotive tuning specialist Edo Competition has released the E60 V10 BMW M5 Touring Dark Edition performance pack for for previous-generation V10 M5 wagon. Now this is what you call a family car. It’s got attitude, with visual enhancements, and Edo Competition has extracted more power from that awesome 5.0-litre […]
Video: Porsche 911 GT2 RS up Goodwood Hillclimb with Chris Harris
Porsche recently handed the keys to a new Porsche 911 GT2 RS to Chris Harris and told him to give it the beans at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England last weekend. Porsche has just released the video of all the action onto its YouTube channel. Harris gives some […]
Next Mazda MX-5 to get turbocharged engine
The next-generation 2013/2014 Mazda MX-5 will get a turbo four-cylinder powerplant and could weigh as little as 800kg, according to international reports. This could mean the new Mazda MX-5 will come with a significantly improved power-to-weight ratio over the current generation model. The very first Mazda MX-5 weighed just 940kg […]
Bluebird Electric to break 500mph electric car land speed record
Bluebird Team, using a custom-made ‘Bluebird Electric’, have announced they are aiming to break the world land speed record for an electric car and hope to go past the 500mph-barrior (805km/h) in the next few years. Who said electric cars were boring? Now normally, electric vehicles are slow, pretty boring […]
Video: BMW 1 Series M Coupe drifting on building helipad
Don’t try this at home kids, or on anyone’s building. BMW Canada recently released a couple of interesting promo films. The first of which involves a BMW 1 Series M Coupe drifting on the world’s tallest helipad, on the U.S. Bank Tower in Los Angeles, USA. The other involves a […]