A strange incident happened in the US recently, involving a Tesla Model S, some parents, and a child that was seemingly shoved into the boot. A concerned bystander saw parents put a kid into the boot of an example of the electric sedan and then drive off. Understandably, the bystander […]
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.
BMW X3 production shifting to South Africa, relieve pressure on US plant
BMW will shift production of its X3 mid-size SUV from its South Carolina facility in the USA to its Rosslyn plant in Pretoria, South Africa next year, the company announced yesterday. The move will free up production capacity at the US plant, which currently focuses on all of BMW’s X […]
Kia Niro previewed, new hybrid crossover arriving in 2016
A new hybrid crossover from Kia will arrive next year, called the Niro. Some early sketches have been released to preview the new model. The Niro will be a small crossover/SUV available as a hybrid vehicle only, making it Kia’s first hybrid-only model. A plug-in hybrid version will arrive later […]
BMW i3 Shadow Sport special edition heading to LA show
BMW is previewing a special Shadow Sport edition of the i3 electric city car. It’s set to be unveiled at the LA auto show coming up this week. Only a couple of teaser images have been revealed at this stage, with one of them showing an i3 in the dark […]
2015 Infiniti QX80 review (video)
Luxurious, monstrous, rhinoceros. These are the words that popped into our head when we first greeted the 2015 Infiniti QX80 in person. After spending some time with it, we find out it’s actually friendlier and more fun than a giant teddy bear. The QX80 is Infiniti’s (Nissan’s luxury brand) largest […]
ABT reveals tuning package for Audi SQ5 performance diesel
Renowned Audi tuner ABT Sportsline has come up with a neat upgrade kit for the SQ5 performance diesel SUV, lifting power and presence. ABT has taken the regular SQ5 and its 3.0-litre twin-turbo diesel V6 and turned things up a notch via some engine computer tweaks. Instead of producing 230kW […]
Mahindra acquiring Pininfarina, to be finalised soon
Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra is set to acquire famous Italian design firm Pininfarina in the coming weeks. Mahindra is buying the controlling share of Pininfarina owned by a company called Pincar, which means Mahrindra will have the controlling share of the famous yet struggling design house. Pininfarina was founded […]
Volkswagen global sales drop following emissions scandal
Following the reveal of a massive diesel emissions scandal in September, Volkswagen struggled to maintain sales growth during October, with global units dropping 5.3 per cent. During October VW sold 490,000 vehicles around the world, down 5.3 per cent on the effort achieved in the same month last year. Year-to-date […]