The 2017 Toyota Yaris is now available in Australia, with new safety features and no price increase, except for the flagship ZR. Visually, the updated model brings a new snub-nosed front end and rear lights that extend into the tailgate. This was previewed by the 2017 Toyota Yaris WRC car. […]
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.
Jeep Grand Cherokee modified to stilt over traffic (video)
Traffic is an inevitable and hair-pulling part of many of our daily commutes. If you’re anything like us you often fantasize about being able to glide over the gridlock, or have a drone coming to pick you up and take you away, or as in this case, your car grow […]
Top 10 cars with the strangest engine conversions
Engine swaps are, more often than not, to enhance a car’s power and speed. Note the Ferrari-powered Toyota 86, or GTR-engined Nissan Patrol we’ve featured, as well as the myriad small cars at Summernats 30 stuffed choc-full of V8. Sometimes, though, the motives behind a conversion are different. It could […]
Mazda hybrid patents surface, rotary engine to be used?
Rotary fans have been tormented by on-again, off-again flip-flopping with intentions to bring back the revered chook-cooker from Mazda. One minute it rolls out concepts such as the Taiki, the heart-meltingly gorgeous Furai LeMans prototype with triple rotors and 340kW, and as recently as late-2015 with the RX-Vision concept. For […]
Footage emerges of Nio EP9 breaking EV Nurburgring record (video)
Ambitious Chinese EV upstart Nio broke the EV lap record for the Nurburgring Nordschleife with its EP9 supercar last year, but now in-car footage has emerged of the attempt. Having since done so at the Circuit of the Americas in Texas this year (autonomously), the EP9 managed to conquer the […]
Volkswagen to fast-track EV plans to meet emissions targets
Automotive News reports that Volkswagen is doubling down on efforts to bring all of its electric MEB cars to market sooner than expected to meet increasingly tight worldwide emissions regulations. That means targets for its MEB platform are being moved forward to ensure the company’s fleet average meets the 95g/km […]
Aston Martin Rapide to be replaced by EV
Just like the next-generation Volkswagen Phaeton which has gone back to the drawing board as an EV-only car, the Aston Martin Rapide is set to join it in exclusively powering its wheels with electrons. Aston CEO Dr Andy Palmer told Motoring: “So obviously there’s a platform for the electric Rapide, […]
Jaguar Land Rover files a heap of trademark applications; P-Type, T-Type, XJS
Indian-owned British automaker Jaguar Land Rover has reportedly filed for a number of trademarks that could point to the names of interesting future models. Some of those trademarks include past names, such as ‘XJS’, recalling the company’s flagship coupe from 1976-1996. Others include C-XE, iXE, diXE, XEdi, XEi, CXF, CXJ, […]