Porsche has built a Cayenne EV prototype with fake engine sounds and gear shifts, and it’s winning over skeptics inside the company. Sascha Niesen, manager of Porsche’s prototype fleet, told The Drive the prototype has eight virtual gear and uses sounds sampled from a Cayenne V8. The company’s engineers recorded the V8’s exterior exhaust note,…

There are moments in my line of work that feel like pure time travel. You climb into a car that doesn’t just transport you physically, but mentally – back to an era when engineering decisions were made with instinct, when design was the product of one man’s pencil stroke, and when cars didn’t need to…

The facelifted Tesla Model Y Performance has been revealed, and it’s the quickest and most aggressive-looking version of the brand’s mid-size electric SUV so far. The hot crossover SUV has been revealed for Europe and the Middle East, where customer deliveries will begin in September. Australian release timing has yet to be announced; unlike those…

Skoda Australia has mapped out its launch calendar for the next two years, and that includes a pair of brand-new electric SUVs at both ends of the size spectrum. The small Epiq and seven-seat Vision 7S will both arrive in 2027, bookending the Elroq and Enyaq and rounding out Skoda’s range of electric SUVs. “2027…

Lotus has announced it will cut 550 jobs from its workforce across the UK, with the majority of layoffs to be made at the British automaker’s Hethel base in the south of England. Owned by Chinese auto giant Geely – which also owns brands including Volvo, Polestar and Zeekr, as well as a stake in…

The BYD Shark 6 is continuing to prove a strong seller in Australia, where it’s yet to be offered with a nationwide drive-away price – until now. The plug-in hybrid (PHEV) dual-cab 4×4 ute – so far only available in a single Premium trim locally – is now available Australia-wide for $59,400 drive-away until September…

Sometimes you need to borrow your dad’s car. Sometimes you may really want to as well, particularly if he has a 2024 BMW M3 Competition. When you have a provisional licence, though, that’s not an option. And when dad’s M3 is painted Sao Paulo Yellow, it makes it a lot easier for police to…

Ram’s local boss has warned that new vehicle prices will soon be forced to climb in Australia, with all internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to be impacted by the government’s New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES). “NVES will impact all ICE sales in Australia. It will have an adverse impact on pricing going forward,” Ram Trucks…

The Hemi V8 is disappearing from the local Ram 1500 lineup, but its return isn’t completely off the cards. Powering the updated 1500 is Ram’s new ‘Hurricane’ engine, a 3.0-litre twin-turbocharged inline six offered in two tunes and which produces as much as 38.5 per cent more power and 27 per cent more torque than…