With the SUV apocalypse well and truly here, it seems to be getting harder to find a cheap, manual sports car. So what vehicles tick the checklist? First, we’ll need to set a budget. While $70,000 is expensive for a lot of people, it’s not supercar territory, and frankly, a […]
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5 cars you should totally buy with the extended asset write-off scheme
The Government’s instant asset tax write-off has been extended through to the end of 2020. Under the scheme, small business owners with turnover under $500 million can instantly write off an asset at tax time to the tune of $150,000 – up from just $30,000. Naturally, the Federal Chamber of […]
Top 5 fun yet sensible cars for young professionals
You’ve graduated uni, settled into a job, have no kids and aren’t a true ‘adult’ yet – so now it’s time to have some fun. What car should you buy? Here are our top 5 fun yet sensible cars for young professionals. Your twenties and early thirties are generally a […]
Top 10 best SUVs coming to Australia in 2021
SUVs are the most popular vehicle style at the moment. During 2019, Australian new car buyers bought 483,388 of them according to VFACTS figures. That’s almost half of all 1,062,867 vehicles sold in that year, or 45.47 per cent to be precise. To give you a bit of a heads-up […]
PerformanceDrive’s Top 10 Cars of 2019
Just as 2020 swings into full stride, we thought we’d take a look back over some of the highlight vehicles of 2019. Think of it as like our ‘car of the year’ awards, with no advertising dollars influencing the list. This is specifically for vehicles that we’ve driven and reviewed […]
Top 10 best-selling SUVs in Australia in 2019
It goes so fast, doesn’t it? 2019 is done and dusted, and now we’re already into 2020. And as we found out with the December VFACTS report, utes and SUVs dominated the sales charts in Australia in 2019. In descending order, let’s take a closer look at the top 10 […]
Top 10 best-selling SUVs in Australia during first half of 2019
It’s been a quick year, as ever, but now we can start to put together what vehicles are the most popular for 2019 thanks to the June VFACTS report. While sales for the industry are down an alarming 8.4 per cent compared with the first-half of 2018 (year-to-date), it’s the […]
Top 10 craziest, most interesting supercars at 2019 Geneva Motor Show
Although this show is usually home to many glorious and glamorous spectacles, including plenty of world-first unveilings, we got the feeling the 2019 Geneva Motor Show had a certain supercar theme to it. Here are just a handful of what were think are the craziest and most interesting. Koenigsegg Jesko […]