At last week’s 2011 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb event in Colorado Springs, USA, Jeff Zwart drove his Porsche 911 GT2 RS to a personal best 2WD Time Attack sprint. An intriguing video has just been compiled outlining the drive. Jeff Zwart broke his previous record, which was set using […]
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Video: BRABUS SLR McLaren does 150km/h in car park
Here’s an interesting video that has popped up on the www, it’s a BRABUS SLR McLaren Roadster doing 150km/h in a car park. The special Mercedes-Benz-based BRABUS SLR Roadster is apparently one of only four in the world. Doing 150km/h in a car park is probably not the smartest thing […]
Video: BMW 1 Series M Coupe vs Audi RS 3
AutoExpress in the UK has released a nice little video of a race between the new BMW 1 Series M Coupe and the new hottest hatch to hit the block, the Audi RS 3. Both cars offer a 250kW engine. In the Beemer, it’s a 3.0-litre TwinPower turbo straight six, […]
Video: Dacia Duster ‘No Limit’ at Pikes Peak
Dacia has released a nice video of the Dacia Duster ‘No Limit’ Pikes Peak race car onto YouTube. The car was used in the recent 2011 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb event a couple of weeks ago. (image courtesy of Greek Renault News) The car is powered by a Nissan […]
Video: 2012 Audi Q3 RS prototype revealed
At a recent 2012 Audi Q3 press launch in Switzerland, Audi revealed a prototype 2012 Audi Q3 ‘RS’ edition to all the journalists as a kind of surprise. The Q3 RS was rumoured to be in the making, but now, Audi has simply shown that such a model will exist, […]
Video: Nissan GT-R Switzer R1K-X package on dyno
Switzer, US-based Ohio tuning specialist, has come up with an R35 GT-R R1K-X package that takes power to an earth-shattering 1250hp at the wheels, or 932.5kW. Switzer has released a video of one of the first dyno runs. The tuning company says the run was achieved using VP Q16 race […]
Five awesome performance car YouTube videos
Here at PerformanceDrive, when we’re not reporting on the performance car world, driving, or straining the octane booster from our blood, we spend our relaxation time watching car-related videos. There’s nothing better than sitting down with a bowl full of popcorn in preparation for a trawl on YouTube (or PerformanceDrive.com.au) […]
Aston Martin V12 Zagato production of 150, Australia confirmed
The stunning Aston Martin V12 Zagato has not only been confirmed for production, 150 will be built and some will make it to Australian showrooms. Is this the greatest news to come out of Aston Martin in recent times? Just the other day we reported that the V12 Zagato could […]