Automotive
Motor Trend
The North American Charging System Will Finally Fix Public Charging
THERE'S HOPE FOR THE FRAGMENTED AND FRUSTRATING EV CHARGING LANDSCAPE NOW THAT TESLA'S BETTER IDEA HAS WON OUT.
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Summer 2025
Motor Trend
The Other Quickest Electric Cars From 0 to 60 MPH We've Ever Tested
AS YOU JUST READ, THE TAYCAN REIGNS SUPREME, BUT THESE OTHER EVS ALSO TORCH THE DRAGSTRIP—AND EVERYWHERE ELSE.
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Summer 2025
Motor Trend
YOUR SAY...
I congratulate you for selecting the Lincoln Nautilus as your SUV of the Year (Winter 2024) and congratulate myself for purchasing one a few weeks before your announcement.
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Summer 2025
Motor Trend
Waymo One Advances the Robotaxi Future
THIS IS HOW DEVELOPING SELF-DRIVING CARS IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE—READY TO GO FOR A RIDE?
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Summer 2025
Motor Trend
Why We Trust GM's Super Cruise Driver Assistance System to Take the Wheel
THE BEST HANDS-FREE DRIVER-ASSISTANCE SYSTEM ISN'T THE ONE THAT GENERATES THE MOST VIRAL YOUTUBE FODDER.
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Summer 2025
Motor Trend
The 2022 Lucid Air Is the Best and Worst Car We've Ever Had
Thousands of miles behind the wheel of our long-term 2022 Lucid Air Grand Touring Performance made me appreciate how multitalented this machine is.
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Summer 2025
Motor Trend
We Wish We Could Keep Our 2023 Genesis G90
When Genesis unveiled the newest G90 full-size luxury sedan, we were stunned where previous models blended scale and Mercedes-like features in bland wrappers, the 2023 G90 was the first to slather the budget-Benz project in gotta-have-it appeal.
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Summer 2025
Motor Trend
Lighter, cheaper, fully active—can Domin's suspension outperform McLaren's and Ferrari's setups?
It's tough to beat the power of a hydraulic suspension, as TikTok reelz of chrome-bedecked lowriders bouncing up and over onto their roofs can attest.
4 min |
Summer 2025
Motor Trend
2025 MOTOR TREND BEST TECH AWARDS
AMIDST RAPID CHANGE AND RAMPANT HYPE, THESE AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES PROMISE A BETTER TOMORROW TODAY
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Summer 2025
Motor Trend
2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5: A Love-Hate Situation
I had stints in all sorts of vehicles during our yearlong test of a 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5. Whether I got time with a track-ready sports car or opulent luxury SUV, returning to our Hyundai was a delight.
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Summer 2025
Motor Trend
The Rivian App Turns Software Into an Experience
EVEN WHEN YOU'RE RELAXING ON YOUR COUCH, THIS SOFTWARE MAKES OWNING AN R1T OR R1S A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
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Summer 2025
Motor Trend
There's a Lot More to It Than Only Horsepower
Oh, the timing. The man who recently oversaw the development of the most powerful rear-wheel-drive car Ferrari has ever created, the 869-hp 296 Speciale, reckons the horsepower war is pretty much over.
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Summer 2025
Motor Trend
Rivian's Gear Guard Has Owners' Backs, Sides, and Fronts
MONITOR YOUR VEHICLE AND EVERYTHING IN IT WHILE PARKED OR ON THE GO, AND STREAM IT LIVE OR SAVE IT FOR LATER.
4 min |
Summer 2025
Motor Trend
2023 Ford Lightning F-150 XLT: The Right Truck, a Bit Early
Our 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning XLT test truck might just have landed a year or two early here in the nation’s midsection.
2 min |
Summer 2025
Motor Trend
REAR VIEW From the MT Archive ...
The summer of '75 was not a great time for the automotive industry, and we devoted as much ink to trends as motors.
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Summer 2025
Motor Trend
RECORD SETTER!
THE 2025 PORSCHE TAYCAN TURBO GT WEISSACH IS THE FIRST PRODUCTION CAR TO HIT 60 MPH IN LESS THAN 2 SECONDS.
4 min |
Summer 2025
Motor Trend
SENSATIONAL, AGAIN
MINOR CHANGES TO PORSCHE'S GT3 PRODUCE SUBSTANTIAL RESULTS
4 min |
Spring 2025
Motor Trend
NOT JUST ANOTHER MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR HYPERCAR
THE UTOPIA MIGHT NOT BE THE NEW PAGANI EXPERIENCE YOU EXPECTED, AND IT'S ALL THE BETTER FOR IT
6 min |
Spring 2025
Motor Trend
DRESSED TO THE NINE
THE NEARLY YEARLONG WAIT FOR HYUNDAI'S PIXELTASTIC THREE-ROW ELECTRIC SUV PAYS OFF
4 min |
Spring 2025
Motor Trend
WORTH YOUR ATTENTION
THE AVIATOR REMAINS FULL OF PERSONALITY DESPITE MISSING A KEY NEW LINCOLN FEATURE
3 min |
Spring 2025
Motor Trend
WOULD THESE CHINESE EVS WORK FOR AMERICANS?
WE DROVE 18 OF THE BEST TO FIND OUT
8 min |
Spring 2025
Motor Trend
IS THIS THE END?
DODGE CHARGER DAYTONA SCAT PACK VS. FORD MUSTANG DARK HORSE
9 min |
Spring 2025
Motor Trend
AUTOPIA?
AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MAKES THE GR COROLLA FASTER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE
4 min |
Spring 2025
Motor Trend
JAGUAR FLIPS THE BIRD AT CONVENTION
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE STORIED BRITISH MARQUE? AND WILL IT WORK?
4 min |
Spring 2025
Motor Trend
HUGE RANGE, HIGH EXPECTATIONS
LUCID'S FIRST SUV IS A WORTHY SEQUEL TO THE AIR, BUT WILL IT SELL?
3 min |
Spring 2025
Motor Trend
CAN WE PLEASE GET EV MOTORS OUT OF THE CAR?
Nineteenth-century EVs were as likely to use inboard motors as they were wheel-hub motors. OG car guy Ferdinand Porsche raced a wheel-hub-motored EV in Vienna in 1897, and Lohner and others built production versions from 1900 to 1920. Porsche's direct drive eliminated the friction of a geared or chain drive but also lacked their torque multiplication. So the copper and iron required to generate sufficient torque to accelerate his heavy batteries resulted in 320-pound motors.
3 min |
Spring 2025
Motor Trend
$100,000 LUXE TRUCK DUEL
GMC'S SIERRA EV MEETS RIVIAN'S RIT TRI: WHICH ONE IS THE MOST LUXURIOUS PICKUP?
10 min |
Spring 2025
Motor Trend
BORING?! BAH!
DRIVING 70 YEARS OF VOLVO HISTORY IS A FASCINATING AFFAIR
10+ min |
Spring 2025
Motor Trend
CONTEMPLATING THE MEANING OF “WILDERNESS” IN OUR 2024 SUBARU CROSSTREK
Blackened trees fill the valley ahead, stubborn Douglas fir refusing to give into the previous season's wildfire. Snow still caps distant peaks, but here the early summer sun shines through wispy clouds, and a cool breeze rustling the undergrowth is all I hear.
3 min |
Spring 2025
Motor Trend
We'll Say It Again: Racing Matters, Even if You Don't Know It
\"Racing improves the breed.\" \"Win on Sunday, sell on Monday.\" There was a time when these axioms indeed rang true throughout the car business, but the linkage between performance on racetracks and performance on the roads most of the global population is limited to driving on has become increasingly tenuous over the years.
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