SPECS PACKAGE DRIVE VERDICT Looking to buy a large, 7-seat family SUV? Here’s a couple you should be interested in. One offers plush comfort and punchy performance and the other offers sheer practicality and economy. From Hyundai it’s the recently updated MY2018 Santa Fe, fitted with an economical turbo-diesel engine […]
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.
Australian vehicle sales for November 2017 (VFACTS)
It’s down to the pointy end of the year and now we can start to assume the best sellers for 2017 with the release of the Australian VFACTS figures for new vehicle registrations during November 2017. It was never really contested throughout the entire year but it looks like Toyota […]
Lamborghini Urus officially unveiled with twin-turbo V8 power
This is it, folks. The all-new Lamborghini Urus. It comes in as the most powerful, quickest, and most insane petrol SUV on the market. It also debuts Lamborghini’s first twin-turbo V8 powertrain. As previously suspected, the Lamborghini Urus is powered by a 4.0-litre twin-turbo VW Group-derived V8. It churns out […]
2018 Subaru BRZ now on sale in Australia, STI-inspired tS added
Following Toyota last week, Subaru has announced announced upgrades for the Subaru BRZ for the model year 2018. Coinciding with the new range is the introduction of an STI-inspired tS variant. Starting with the tS, it gets Sachs sports suspension, four-piston front and twin-piston rear Brembo brakes with red calipers, […]
HSV Colorado ‘Wildfire’ to be revealed on December 8
Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) is gearing up to unveil its first new product since the demise of the Holden Commodore-based Clubsports and GTSs, sending out a couple of teasers onto its Facebook page. The Walkinshaw-owned firm first released a teaser of a headlight over the weekend, and then earlier today […]
Misha Designs creates eye-popping Ferrari 488 GTB wide-body kit
Having trouble not standing out enough in your Ferrari 488 GTB? Here’s an aftermarket kit that might help you with your strange problem, by Misha Designs. Starting with a regular 488 GTB, Misha Designs has come up with a complete wide-body bodykit that uses unique front and rear bumper bars, […]
Rimac previews new ‘game-changing’ model before Geneva
It looks like Rimac is planning a new electric supercar, following the launch of the insane Concept_One of several years ago. The company sent out this teaser image onto its Facebook page. In typical teaser form, the image doesn’t show much except a dark silhouette of the side profile of […]
2018 BMW M5 production commences in Germany
Production of the 2018 BMW M5 has officially commenced at BMW’s Dingolfing plant in Germany, as it prepares for its showroom arrival next year. The all-new model was unveiled at the Frankfurt motor show in August, boasting a number of impressive performance stats and technology firsts. One of the biggest […]