Automotive purists are very particular about originality and what they do and don’t want to happen to their most beloved cars. LS1-swapped XY Falcons have provoked threats and arguments at car shows, for example. But if everyone listened to them, the automotive world would not be as weird and wacky […]
Mitchell Jones
Mitchell is a contributing journalist at PerformanceDrive. He has been a passionate petrol-head from a very young age. He is excited by the future of the industry, and considers himself as a bit of a fanatic when it comes to the technical aspects of cars. He is also fascinated by new cars that are popping up in developing markets.
Liberty Walk develops crazy-wide kit for Audi A5
When it comes to stance and wide-body bodykits, few do it better than Japanese craft masters Liberty Walk. As demonstrated by this new Audi A5 package. Various tuners the world over such as Mansory and Hamann offer excessively styled and sometimes over-the-top additions to the world’s most exotic cars, but […]
New Suzuki Ignis crossover revealed, full debut at Paris show
The Suzuki Ignis is one of Suzuki’s fresher and more characterful recent designs, and it’s getting scrubbed up for its European debut at the Paris Motor Show next month. Already on sale in Japan, the second-generation Ignis shares little with its eponymous predecessor, other than general size and the fact […]
Apple Car to feature unique Korean-made hollow batteries
The latest from the Apple car rumour mill suggests that it has teamed up with a Korean company to develop a revolutionary new battery for the upcoming car. A Korean news source has claimed the new batteries will be developed in conjunction with an expert battery company of 20-25 staff. […]
Mercedes-Benz G 300 ute to be offered in Australia in 2017
The Toyota LandCruiser 70 Series stands in a league of its own at present, but come early-2017, that will no longer be the case. Mercedes-Benz has confirmed the G 300 Professional, developed exclusively for the Australian Defense Force in 2008, will become available to civilians next year. According to a […]
Koenigsegg shows off its hybrid power, massive wheelspin (video)
Koenigsegg is an automaker at the very frontier of innovation, never afraid to test new technology. The company is involved with camless engines which it wants to spread to mainstream carmakers, and it has produced some of the most exotic hypercars the world has ever known. The Regera is the […]
Audi ‘RS 1’ rumoured to debut at 2017 Geneva show
A French website is purporting that an RS version of the Audi A1 compact car will be unveiled at Geneva next March – a claim which some find dubious but it’s not without merit. For starters, Audi already makes the 170kW, 370Nm S1 rocketship, capable of 0-100km/h in under 6.0 […]
Porsche planning ‘low-boost’ 718 Boxster / Cayman for China
In a bid to increase sales in China, Porsche is apparently planning to release a detuned version of the 718 Boxster and Cayman, with around 186kW, down from 220kW. Using the base 718’s 2.0-litre turbo flat-four as a base, rather than the Boxster/Cayman S’s 2.5-litre unit, the reduced output is […]