The McLaren 720S Spider made its Australian debut at a special event in Melbourne this week, joining the showroom as the latest Super Series model. McLaren unveiled the drop-top supercar in December, giving 720S passenger’s an open air experience. According to Rob Pritchard, McLaren’s head of Asia Pacific region, said […]
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.
2019 Subaru Forester scores 5-star ANCAP safety rating
The 2019 Subaru Forester has just undergone crash testing in ANCAP’s latest round of product analysis, and it has come out the other side with a five-star safety rating. Subaru Australia introduced the new Forester late last year, but up until now it was technically unrated by ANCAP. After smashing […]
Tesla Model Y revealed as new mid-size SUV
This is the new Tesla Model Y. It has just been revealed during a special event in the US and live-streamed online. The Model Y comes in as the electric vehicle company’s new mid-size four-door coupe SUV, with an option of up to seven seats inside. You can think of […]
Video: 2019 Kia Picanto GT – Detailed review (POV)
Before we put together our usual written review of the new Kia Picanto GT, we were so excited by the car we thought we’d also try out another POV-style ‘detailed review’ video for you. Australia has been missing out on this little gem for a couple of years now, but […]
2019 BMW 3 Series arrives in Australia, 320d & 330i variants
The 2019 BMW 3 Series has touched down in Australia, underpinned by the company’s latest CLAR platform while bringing in all-new levels of technology and standard equipment. As confirmed earlier this year, two variants are being launched locally, at least initially. The two include the 320d base model and the […]
Stock McLaren 720S produces 504kW ATW on dyno (video)
We’ve all seen plenty of sports and performance cars on the dyno, but it’s not very often somebody chucks a cutting-edge supercar onto a rolling road to see what it does. Here we have a McLaren 720S undergoing such analysis. It comes from Hennessey Performance in the US, a company […]
2020 Mercedes-Benz C-Class ‘W206’ spied testing (video)
Mercedes-Benz has been spotted test driving prototype versions of the next-gen, 2020 Mercedes C-Class ‘W206’ in freezing conditions in Sweden. These are believed to be some of the first prototypes seen, wearing plenty of thick camouflaging and makeshift panelling. The next-gen model is set to adopt a tweaked version of […]
Lamborghini Aventador successor to come with V12 hybrid – report
The Lamborghini Aventador will be the company’s last pure petrol-powered V12 vehicle, with the next-gen model set to adopt a hybrid powertrain for the first time. And we hear there could be a last hurrah special edition model in the works to send off the Aventador model line. Speaking with […]