All posts by Mitchell Jones
Top 10 Italian sports car tax specials
Italy is renowned for making some of the world’s most desirable supercars, but the working-class vehicles made do with very tiny engines. Due to a punitive tax for vehicles over 2.0-litres, some unique specials were...
Top 10 Underpowered Brazilian Hatchbacks
People love Brazilians and getting a Brazilian, but this breathless bunch couldn’t pull a Rio Carnival float over black ice. Around the world, the necessity of capacity taxes as a means of reducing emissions has...
Top 10 Experimental Australian engines / abandoned programs
The archetypal Australian engine became either a large displacement six-cylinder or V8, thanks in no small part to Ford and Holden. Throughout the years, there have been experiments aimed at boosting the export prospects of...
Top 10 rarest Ford models produced in Australia
Just as is the case with Holden, Ford is woven into the fabric of Australia’s automotive atmosphere – the local arm did build cars here for 91 years after all. The Falcon and other models...
Top 10 best manual transmission gear shifters
Many publications have been prognosticating the demise of the manual gearbox for the best part of the last decade. While it is undeniable that the row-your-own gearbox is disappearing from mainstream and even many sports...
Hyundai Motor Group unveils new ‘E-GMP’ EV platform
An all-new modular electric platform, called E-GMP, from Hyundai Motor Group will see 23 new battery electric vehicles (BEV) launched across the Kia and Hyundai brands by 2025. This will include a “high performance model”...
Ford Mustang Mach-E GT Performance Edition revealed
Ford’s Mustang Mach-E electric car has generated a lot of buzz and controversy on the internet. Some suggest that the hallowed pony should not be used on a four-door, electric-only SUV, while others have applauded...
2021 Subaru Outback confirmed for Australia
The sixth-generation 2021 Subaru Outback has been confirmed for Australia, just as its sedan sibling, the Liberty, ends its 31-year career in the country. Migrating to the Subaru Global Architecture which underpins the current Impreza...
Porsche Cayman with V8 conversion is nuts (video)
The Porsche Boxster and Cayman – whilst not exactly short on power – are not about outright grunt. They are mid-engined sports cars whose raison d’être is more about scalpel sharp cornering precision and mid-engined...
Next-gen Mazda2 to be based on Toyota Yaris – report
According to a report from Autocar, the next-generation Mazda2 will be spun-off from the recently launched, fourth-gen Toyota Yaris – at least in Europe. Company documents confirm plans for a model based on Toyota’s advanced...
2021 Toyota C-HR GR Sport on sale from $37,665
Those in the market for a small SUV with a strong sporting aesthetic are now treated to another option, with the launch of the Toyota C-HR GR Sport. This is the first GR Sport model...
Designer envisions 1994 Ford Mustang ‘RS Cosworth’ (video)
Here at PerformanceDrive we love automotive ‘what-ifs’ – hypothetical vehicles that are an imaginative flight of fantasy. Witness the Falcon ST & RS as well as the Holden Cruze A9X to see what we mean. Digital...
