Bugatti only planned on making 300 examples of the record-breaking Bugatti Veyron 16.4, and if you’ve just about saved up the $1 million-plus needed to buy one, unfornately, you’re too late, the last one has just been sold. Ordered by a customer in Europe, the final Veyron will complete 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.
Video: Hennessey Venom GT dyno run in the dark
The Hennessey Venom GT is an epic supercar made by American car company, Hennessey Performance Engineering. We just found this recently added video on the ‘Tube showing an example unleashing its full power on a dyno. For added awesomeness, one of the dyno runs is taken in the dark. In […]
Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima’s Suzuki Sport Pikes Peak racers
With the 2011 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb event just around the corner, we’d thought we’d take a moment to remember one of the most famous Pikes Peak driver and car duos of the era; Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima and the Suzuki Sport Cultus, Escudoi, SX4 and XL7. Some may remember […]
2012 BMW M5 RingTaxi spotted?
The team from BMWblog.com have spotted, what appears to be, the new BMW M5 RingTaxi. It could be just a prototype or apart of an insider wishlist. Either way, the idea of taking a ride in the new BMW M5 around the Nurburgring sure sounds good to us. The Nuburgring […]
EV Connect supplies Fisker with recharging stations
Fisker Automotive Inc., a car brand that specialises in performance electric vehicles (EVs), has announced a new deal with EV Connect which will see all 47 of Fisker’s showrooms fitted with charging systems. An agreement announced on Wednesday has sealed the deal for EV Connect, which will now be the […]
Video: Subaru Impreza WRX STI smashes Isle of Man record
Subaru, sponsoring this year’s Isle of Man TT event, has smashed the Isle of Man record for a motor vehicle in a Subaru Impreza WRX STI driven by British rally driver Mark Higgins. He posted an epic lap of 19 minutes and 37 seconds, beating the old record which has […]
Speed cameras remain off in VIC due to inaccurancy
Nine motorists were falsely accused of speeding and fined last year in Victoria due to a set of faulty average speed cameras. The cameras, positioned along the Hume highway, have been turned off since October last year and will remain off until further investigations. The Department of Justice investigated the […]
Video: Michael Stoschek drives Lancia Stratos around Francorchamps Spa
Want to take a brand-new Lancia Stratos made mostly of carbon fibre and built upon a Ferrari 430 platform for a drive around Francorchamps Spa racing circuit? Well, you can’t. Unless you’re Michael Stoschek. Michael Stoschek is a very rich businessman who commissioned Fiat and subsidiary company Ferrari to build […]