BMW has revealed the 2012 BMW M6 MotoGP safety car, dressed in full BMW M livery. The car’s first assignment will be at this weekend’s Nurburgring 24 Hours event in Germany. Apart from the obvious exterior colour scheme, the BMW M6 MotoGP safety car also features some discreet styling and […]
Motorbikes
Audi agrees to buy Ducati for 860 million euros – UPDATE
Audi has apparently agreed to buy Italian sports motorbike maker Ducati for a sum of 860 million euros (approximately AU$1.085 billion). There were reports floating around speculating the idea, but now it seems Volkswagen Group has taken the plunge. It was previously thought Mercedes-Benz’s sport car subsidiary AMG was interested […]
Audi to buy Ducati and take on its debt – report
A number of car manufacturers have shown interest in buying Italian motorcycle company, Ducati. Audi is reportedly about to seal a deal with the bikemaker. About a year ago, Mercedes-Benz’s AMG sports car subsidiary worked out a cooperation/promotion deal with Ducati, and even introduced a special ‘Streetfighter’ special edition of […]
For Sale: Jet-powered Suzuki Hayabusa (video)
We’re not normally about bikes here at PerformanceDrive, but we simply couldn’t let this one pass. It’s a jet-powered Suzuki Hayabusa. That’s a motorbike, powered by a turbine jet engine. You see, for Tony Pandolfo of Orlando, USA, the Suzuki Hayabusa (aka, the world’s fastest bike) is simply not fast […]
Video: 2011 Ghostrider 6.66 trailer preview
Ghostrider is back and up to his usual death-defying antics. Although PerformanceDrive is not normally about bikes, Ghostrider’s latest movie trailer preview, Ghostrider 6.66, could be an exception. Ghostrider 6.66, by the looks of it, will feature the same simply insane demonstration of getting from one end of town to […]