Renowned Nissan GT-R tuner Switzer has announced its P600 PKG tuning upgrade package for the 2012 Nissan GT-R. As you’d expect, engine power is given a good kick in the pants. Starting with the 3.8-litre twin-turbo V6 engine, the P600 PKG kit includes a new intake setup with freer flowing […]
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Video: Mitsubishi Lancer Evo flies off cliff at 2012 Pikes Peak
A horrific accident has been captured on film of Jeremy Foley in his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII race car flying off one of Pikes Peak’s notorious cliff faces during this year’s hill climb event. Foley and his co-driver miraculously survived. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is one of the […]
Rhys Millen breaks world record at 2012 Pikes Peak Hill Climb
Rhys Millen and his Hyundai Genesis Coupe race car have broken the world record at the 2012 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb event with a time of 9:46.164. The record was set on the new all-tarmac ‘Race to the Clouds’ climb. The record beats last year’s best time of 9:51.278, […]
Marcos Ambrose wins NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen
Australian Marcos Ambrose has taken his first victory in the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup championship after a thrilling last lap stoush at the Watkins Glen road course in New York. Ambrose was running third on the final lap of the 355-mile race behind Brad Keselowski and leader Kyle Busch, but after […]
Video: Velos Designwerks Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG Black Series
Straight out of the US comes this Velos Designwerks 2012 Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG Black Series. If you’re into modded Mercs, you’ll be in in heaven. Just look at it. The project begun by stripping off the Black Series’ wheels and swapping them for a set of HRE P44SC items […]
Overfinch Range Rover Sport GTS-X with 429kW
Range Rover aftermarket specialist Overfinch has created a new package of the Sport, called the Overfinch Range Rover Sport GTS-X. It showcases vast revisions to the interior and exterior, as well as a modified engine. Under the bonnet the Sport GTS-X features a 5.0-litre supercharged V8. In standard form the […]
Speedhunters Toyota 86 drift car shows off 600kW 2JZ power
Here at PerformanceDrive we love aftermarket tuning, especially crazy engine conversions. This Toyota 86 built by enthusiast website Speedhunters has to take the cake as one of the most wanted dream builds of this year. The team recently completed the project, giving it a big dose of 600kW, vast body […]
Lowndes wins V8 Supercars Ipswich 300 at Queensland Raceway
TeamVodafone driver Craig Lowndes has stretched his Queensland Raceway winning streak to five after taking the clean sweep at the Ipswich circuit. After taking an easy win from pole yesterday, the five-time Bathurst 1000 winner had to do it from the second row after Ford Performance Racing duo Mark Winterbottom […]