As spotted earlier this year, Volvo is indeed planning to introduce a V60 Cross Country and as such has revealed the new model before its Los Angeles Auto Show debut later this month. The new model carries on from Volvo’s ‘Cross Country’ heritage that started in 1997, and builds on […]
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.
2015 Porsche Cayenne GTS gets twin-turbo V6 (video)
Porsche has revealed the 2015 Porsche Cayenne GTS which swaps the previous naturally aspirated V8 with a new 3.6-litre twin-turbo V6. Despite the drop in two cylinders the new model offers more power and torque, and improved fuel economy. Downsizing is a big trend for manufacturers at the moment as […]
RAUH-Welt Begriff & Tanner Foust build a fat Volkswagen Beetle
With the SEMA Show just getting underway, we’re starting to see a lot of highly tuned show cars being revealed. One of the latest is this Volkswagen Beetle which has been custom-built by renowned Porsche builder RAUH-Welt Begriff. Japan-based RAUH-Welt Begriff is known for creating ultra-fat wide-body kits for old-school […]
Toyota creates the ultimate Camry sleeper, 634kW
Just a regular US-spec Toyota Camry, right? Wrong. Toyota Motorsport technical centre has converted this humble family sedan into a fully blown drag car. And we mean fully blown. It might not look like it but under that rather innocent-looking body is a 5.7-litre supercharged V8 taken from the US […]
New Ford Everest previewed before Nov 13 debut
Ford will unveil the new Australian-designed and engineered Everest large SUV next week. And to help build up some suspense the company has released this teaser image. The teaser image is predictably vague, showing the headlight design and a bit of the front grille. It’s understood the new model will […]
2015 Mazda6 images surface online, revealing updated look
Some images of the soon-to-be-revealed Mazda6 facelift have surfaced online, showing a mild exterior design update more in line with the original Takeri concept car first revealed in 2011. As you can see, the front end of the new model is well and truly falling under Mazda’s latest design language, […]
Mercedes-Benz G-Code concept revealed, previews compact SUV?
Mercedes-Benz could be about to jump on the super compact SUV bandwagon. And to prove it, it has revealed a new concept called the G-Code which could eventually inspire a future production model. At the moment the German company’s smallest SUV is the recently-announced GLA-Class. However, the GLA is not […]
Aston Martin DB9 & Vantage exempt from NHTSA crash test
Aston Martin has been given a temporary exemption from a new National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) regulation, allowing the DB9 and Vantage to continue to be sold in the US market. Even though the two high-end sports cars have not passed new side-impact crash tests, the NHTSA will allow […]