This is it! Come ride shotgun with the Motor Trend crew and pro race car driver Randy Pobst as they test ten of the most exciting, high-performance vehicles in the world in search of Motor Trend’s 2015 Best Driver’s Car! Finally, after all the testing and driving is done, we rank the contenders one by
On this episode of Wide Open Throttle, Jessi Lang and Motor Trend’s Technical Director Frank Markus attempt to drive the 2012 Tesla Model S from Los Angeles to Las Vegas in only one charge! It’s a classic American road trip, but can the all-electric sedan make it? Watch and find out! Read the full story
The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion attracts some of the rarest cars and gives some 550 owners the chance to compete in their vintage race cars against cars from the same era and class. While the largest chunk of cars participating will be sports cars and prototypes from the 1960s and 1970s, there is tremendous variety.
On this episode of Wide Open Throttle, Jessi Lang reports from the Tesla facility on the day of the long-awaited rollout of the Model S, the world’s first premium all-electric sedan and the car on which the company’s future now depends. Then, Motor Trend Technical Director Frank Markus gets exclusive one-on-one time with Tesla CEO
Don’t have $9091415926.99 to spend on the world’s best cars? You can still have fun! We did. Here are some of the best cars we’ve tested that retail for less than $60000.
On this episode of Tire Rack’s Hot Lap brought to you by Tire Rack, driver extraordinaire Randy Pobst goes behind the wheel of the Tesla Model 3 Performance equipped with Michelin Pilot Sport 4s tires. How does it hold up around the track? Watch how it performs right here! #TireRackHotLap #Tesla
Welcome to the highly anticipated MotorTrend 2019 Best Driver’s Car competition! Ride along with hosts Jonny Lieberman, Jethro Bovingdon, and SCCA Hall of Fame racecar driver Randy Pobst as they unleash 12 of this year’s hottest sports cars and supercars on the road and at the track and figure out which one’s best. Each contender
MotorTrend’s Kim Reynolds took a ride in the brand new 2021 Lucid Air electric car, to see just how far it can go on one charge. The electric car made it 490 miles in one day of driving! Read more here 👉 https://www.motortrend.com/cars/lucid/air/2021/2021-lucid-air-first-ride-review-range-test/ #MotorTrend #LucidAir #ElectricCar
The wait is over! World’s Greatest Drag Race is back with the year’s best 12 contenders from Motor Trend’s 2018 Best Driver’s Car competition. See the McLaren 720S, Porsche 911 GT2 RS, Honda Civic Type R, Lamborghini Huracán Performante, BMW M5, Ford Mustang GT PP2, Alfa Romeo Stelvio Q4 Quadrifoglio, Kia Stinger GT, Audi TT
It’s here! The Tesla Model Y. In an early look, MotorTrend’s Miguel Cortina shows the subtle differences between the new Tesla SUV and the Model 3 that came before it. Learn more 👉 https://www.motortrend.com/news/2020-tesla-model-y-long-range-first-drive/ #MotorTrend #Tesla #ModelY
A single running prototype of the 2022 GMC Hummer EV is now testing at General Motors’ Milford Proving Grounds in Michigan. It’s part of an accelerated development program GM has indicated will be the template for future vehicles. After the automaker released photos and video of the running prototype on Tuesday, GMC spokesperson Tara Stewart
The covers have come off Acura’s new luxury flagship and it isn’t a sedan. With the RLX luxury sedan bows out of the U.S. market after the 2020 model year, the new MDX three-row crossover SUV will be the top family vehicle in the Acura lineup. On Tuesday, the 2022 Acura MDX made its formal
The Jaguar E-Type set new standards for beauty and performance when it arrived in 1961. The current F-Type is the spiritual successor to that car, and Jaguar is releasing a special edition model to celebrate the E-Type’s 60th birthday. On Tuesday, Jaguar announced the F-Type Heritage 60 Edition to commemorate the E-Type’s diamond anniversary. Only
Jeep in November unveiled an updated Compass at the annual Auto Ghuangzhou 2020 show in China, and now a prototype for the version destined for sale in North America has been spotted. The current generation of the popular compact crossover SUV was introduced for the 2017 model year as a replacement for the previous Compass,
The new Grenadier off-roader from British chemical giant Ineos will end up being built at Daimler’s modern plant in Hambach, France, where the Smart Fortwo minicar is currently in production. With future Smarts to be built in China by a joint venture between Daimler and Geely, Daimler announced in July that it was seeking a
SUVs used to be needed to tow boats and trucks were used on the farm or the work site. Somewhere along the way, society and automakers decided wagons were no longer acceptable. It’s time to reconsider that line of thinking. The Audi A6 Allroad has returned for 2020 to right wrongs and offer a mid-size
Porsche is part of a consortium looking to test the feasibility of synthetic fuel as a solution for eliminating the carbon emissions of internal-combustion engines. The consortium, which includes fellow German firm Siemens, plans to build a pilot plant in Chile that will be the world’s first fully integrated plant capable of producing synthetic fuel
The 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E starts deliveries this month and new Ford CEO Jim Farley, when he’s not racing his 1966 GT40, is out promoting the handsome battery-electric SUV. One of his stops was the famous garage of Jay Leno, with the visit featured on the latest episode of the online series “Jay Leno’s Garage.”
The British petrochemical giant Ineos has signed an agreement with Daimler to buy the German automaker’s factory in Hambach, France, where it will build the Grenadier 4×4 starting at the end of 2021, French media reports said. The companies sealed the deal, which had been in the works since this summer, on Monday, the reports
QuantumScape, a battery startup that counts Volkswagen Group as its largest shareholder, says new data show its batteries can be charged to as much as 80 percent of full power in 15 minutes, almost twice as fast as a Tesla Model 3. The performance data, which have yet to be road tested, suggests QuantumScape’s batteries
LONDON — Honda halted work at its Civic plant in the UK as ports struggle to cope with the confluence of COVID-19 cases, the pre-Christmas holiday rush and preparations for Brexit. The automaker will not run its factory in Swindon, England, on Wednesday because of delayed parts deliveries, a Honda spokesman said. Honda will restart
HAMBURG — Volkswagen Group’s supervisory board is due to discuss a reshuffle of the company’s management board on Thursday, two people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, as the automaker seeks to defuse a leadership crisis. CEO Herbert Diess this month demanded a vote of confidence in his reform efforts by asking stakeholders to
Apple has moved its self-driving car unit under the leadership of top artificial intelligence executive John Giannandrea, who will oversee the company’s continued work on an autonomous system that could eventually be used in its own car. The project, known as Titan, is run day-to-day by Doug Field. His team of hundreds of engineers have
DETROIT — Ford delayed production of the Bronco SUV after coronavirus-related logistics issues hampered German supplier Webasto’s ability to equip a Michigan facility in time to make the vehicle’s removable roof, according to people familiar with the situation. Webasto in April of last year said it would invest up to $47.9 million in a new
BEIJING — Volkswagen Group is launching a sales model in China that will see the automaker open showrooms in city centers for electric vehicles and offer fixed prices, departing from the conventional sales system used by the wider industry. Last week, VW’s joint venture with SAIC Motor opened its first showroom under this system in
Automakers are worried that the next round of European Union emissions standards will increase compliance costs to the point where it is unprofitable to build cars that do not have a plug-in hybrid or full-electric drivetrain. The standards, called Euro 7, will further reduce the maximum allowable emissions of air pollutants such as fine particulates,
Volvo Cars said on Wednesday it plans to start assembling electric motors at its powertrain plant in Skovde, Sweden. The automaker will begin making the component at the plant within the next few years. It will start complete production of the e-motor by the mid-2020s, a Volvo spokeswoman said. Full production will entail manufacturing the
MUNICH — Volkswagen Group’s supervisory board was holding an extraordinary meeting Wednesday to discuss a contract extension for CEO Herbert Diess, Handelsblatt business paper reported, citing sources close to the executive. Diess is demanding the board’s backing so he can continue to reform the automaker, including implementing cost cuts to free investment for improved software
SAN FRANCISCO – Tesla Inc. said minorities and others from underrepresented communities make up more than half of its employees in the U.S. and a third of its directors and vice presidents, according to its first-ever report on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Black, African-American, Hispanic, Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native
By Joey Klender Posted on December 5, 2020 The Tesla Model 3 continued its reign as the world’s most popular electric vehicle, and the Model Y crossover managed to overtake the Volkswagen ID.3 in the global EV sales statistics for October. The Model 3 has been the most popular electric car in the world in
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