In a world that is panting in the powerful grasp of a financial crisis and environmental issues, mankind is forced to live cheaper and greener. And although George Orwell stated in Animal Farm (1945) that some of us are more equal than others, even the most famous secret agent of […]
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.
Mopar introduces new merchandise, just in time for Christmas
Garlands of plaited greenery, twinkling baubles dusted with pseudo-snow, a sudden influx of extravagantly decorated conifers… Shop windows, city squares and house fronts start to show alarming symptoms of Christmas fever. After making the same diagnosis, Chrysler’s service and customer care organisation Mopar decided to jump on the Yule train […]
Terrafugia Transition ‘flying car’ counts down to commercial release
If you think the most interesting object of the entire Harry Potter franchise is Mr. Weasley’s sky-roaming Ford Anglia 105E, and you already felt a pang of longing whilst merely reading that, the following words will be music – or sweet engine noise – to your ears. Here it comes: […]
‘Tractor Girl’ on her way to South Pole in Massey Ferguson MF 5610
The realm of childhood dreams is vast and mighty. While some want to become a princess or an astronaut (or both), others yearn to drive to the end of the world… on a tractor. Dutch theatre maker Manon Ossevoort (38) is still one of the latter, but that will soon […]
BMW Museum celebrates MINI history with ‘The MINI Story’ exhibition
‘Visit Munich!’ now officially tops the universal to-do list for MINI fans. After all, the BMW Museum in the Bavarian hotspot will shortly open a new temporary exhibition in honour of the most iconic BMW Group member. From 27 November, ‘The MINI Story’ will offer a visual biography of “a […]
Toyota and Nickelodeon team up for SpongeBob Sienna
Toyota and Nickelodeon; now that is what dating app Tinder would call a match. Last year, the Japanese car brand and the American television network already held hands for a SEMA 2013 project, resulting in a SpongeBob-inspired Highlander. One year later, Toyota obviously still has a soft spot for the […]
Opel Astra Google Street View car crashed in Serbia
Regrettably, our newspapers are all too often littered with sorrowful reports of car collisions. Maybe that is why an article about a crashed Opel Astra in Serbia does not seem striking enough for you at first. This reader’s apathy, however, will doubtlessly change when the very same Opel Astra turns […]
Porsche puts massive 911 sculpture on roundabout in Zuffenhausen
Porsche has lifted a little corner of the opaque veil that has, until now, blanketed the plans for a new 911 sculpture, intended to grace the Stuttgart district of Zuffenhausen in Germany. The state-of-the-art structure aims to be the visual highlight of the Porscheplatz roundabout, where the sports car manufacturer’s […]