This is probably one of the first times that a car-related article starts with a cooking lesson, but here we go. Heat up some cream until it simmers gently, and then pour it onto some chopped bits of chocolate, before stirring and trying not to get too enchanted by its […]
Frances Van de Vel
Frances is a contributing journalist at PerformanceDrive, from Antwerp in Belgium. She recently ventured over to Australia to expand her journalism skills and to do a bit of travelling. She is an expert in cultural reporting and can write in three different languages. Her ideal car is a dark blue MINI Cooper S with a Union Jack flag on the roof.
Web series ‘Super-Fan Builds’ makes Batmobile stroller
To all super-fans out there, drop everything and read this. Before convincing everyone you know to nominate you for a precious appearance in Super-Fan Builds. After all, this web series has a Higher Purpose that will make fandom members in the universe of comics, games and films undoubtedly squeal with […]
Audi announces Virtual Reality Experience for customers
Four rings to rule them all, four rings to configure a car, four rings to select options and in virtual reality bind them. Those may not have been J.R.R. Tolkien’s exact words in The Lord of the Rings, but at least our adaptation is highly useful to introduce Audi’s latest […]
Ford hands out F-150 Raptors by drone at Detroit Auto Show
Dear readers. Have you attended one of the press days at the current Detroit Auto Show and did you have a closer look at Ford’s stand? If you answered “yes” to both questions, we bet your bedside table has by now been graced with an exclusive toy F-150 Raptor. Indeed, […]
26-year-old Brit discovers Europe in van-turned-house
Step one: Quit job. Step two: Build camper van. Step three: Travel. With this trio of sentences, Mike Hudson perfectly describes the last eighteen months or so of his life. As you may have guessed from the intro, the 26-year-old Brit has realised something that merely remains a nebulous dream […]
Forza 6 featuring 2017 Ford GT announced at Detroit Auto Show
Making a show-stopping red carpet debut and simultaneously being revealed as the new face of a video game franchise, even though the 2017 Ford GT is officially just a few days old, its curriculum vitae looks pretty awe-inspiring already. At the Detroit Auto Show, the gates towards a glorious lifespan […]
New Dodge Viper GTC presents 25 million possible customisations
Stress of choice is arguably one of the main diseases that wreak havoc in the Digital Age. The daily streams of internet information, for instance, already force us to filter and select so as not to drown in the swiftly rising sea of movie clips, images and tweets. Dodge, however, […]
Harman presents Individual Sound Zones technology at CES 2015
Even though it is hard to guess exactly how many road trips have already been spoiled by the inevitable ‘which music will we listen to?’ family fight, we suspect the number is rather high. We do know for sure, though, that Harman has come to the very same disturbing conclusion. […]