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If you told the average person in 1949 that in 75 years, one of the world’s top-selling cars would be all-electric and made by a Chinese company named Build Your Dreams, well, who knows what they would have thought? But as 1949 was the year Mao Zedon

If you had Cyndi Lauper screaming “She-Bop” in one ear, Ronald Reagan denouncing communism in the other, and Don Johnson smacking you upside the head with an Atari 2600, you still could not have a more ’80s experience than driving the first-generatio

The Pathfinder made its debut as a chunky two-door SUV that shared its front-end styling, body-on-frame architecture, and engines with the Hardbody pickup. With SUVs beginning to supplant minivans as the family car of choice, Nissan added a four-door

The downsized Blazer, as its name illustrates, was based on Chevy’s S-10 pickup. For its 1983 debut, it offered cargo space comparable to the legendary full-size Blazer in a significantly smaller package. Like the Pathfinder, the S-10 Blazer initiall

FIRST DRIVE We’ve published numerous stories in the past several years about changing a beloved classic to electric propulsion, and it’s often followed by discourse over the intangibles. Will the car retain its original spirit? Will it still sound go

Legendary importer Max Hoffman is responsible for BMW bringing the 2002 to the U.S. market, having requested a sportier version of the 1602 that would also pass emissions requirements. Enthusiasts fell for the boxy exterior, its 100-hp 2.0-liter I-4,

FIRST TEST The thing that makes modern Porsche sports cars so dang easy to love is that they come into their element no matter where or how you drive them. The same precision that makes a 718 or 911 brilliant on a rollicking two-lane creates a sense

A 911 GT3 RS steering wheel had been one of life’s simpler pleasures. Devoid of buttons, the wheels of the 996, 997, and 991 GT3 RS were tasked with just one job: pointing Porsche’s purest sports cars exactly where you want them to go. That changes w

MARCH/APRIL/MAY 1974 PRICE: $0.75 The energy crisis was well underway in the spring of 1974, and it dominated our coverage. We looked at the 50 best cars to drive during a fuel shortage, from the Datsun B210 (35.0 mpg) to the Pontiac Ventura (14.6 mp

At CES 2024 in January, I ran across a mind-blowing audio concept that didn’t seem like it should work at all but in fact sounded amazing. My presumption it wouldn’t work reflected an incomplete understanding of the fundamentals of how audio loudspea

After subscribing to MotorTrend for exactly 27 years straight, I was extremely disappointed to learn it would switch to a quarterly print publication. I read Ed Loh’s special note in the February 2024 issue about the need for a major change to the Mo

MotorTrend’s 75th anniversary is coming in 2024, and we’re ready to celebrate with you in a variety of new ways. The magazine you hold in your hands, a brand founded by Robert E. “Pete” Petersen, is where it all began, and we’re memorializing this le

The 3 Series is commonly the first car enthusiasts learn an automaker’s internal naming codes for so they can better distinguish and argue which model is the best. Few other nameplates can boast such a rich legacy of engineering and performance from

It seems strangely clairvoyant that a year before Ford revealed its transformative 1949 cars—all-new designs from Henry Ford II's revitalized Ford Motor Co.—it introduced the first F-Series pickup. Did the Blue Oval know trucks would rule the America

Has there been a bigger democratization of performance than the Ford Mustang? A case can be made for the Japanese tuner cars of the ’90s and 2000s, but if you judge purely by from-the-factory hardware, horsepower, and engine size, the Mustang can’t b

Has any vehicle had a bigger or more important debut stage than the original Jeep? The Willys MB and Ford GPW’s goatlike agility and incredible versatility helped propel an army to victory in Europe. GIs, impressed by the Jeep’s go-anywhere nature, b

Let’s go back to 1971, when Lamborghini celebrated the Miura’s fifth anniversary by revealing a new SV model at the Geneva Motor Show. At the same event, the company pulled the cover off the Countach LP 500 concept. Lamborghini likely didn’t know it

Mazda hoped to recapture the magic of small British sports cars when it introduced the first-generation Miata in 1989. Officially called the MX-5 and bearing the internal code name NA, the original Miata was a breath of fresh air in the post-malaise

The original Porsche 911 existed under a set-in-stone creed that its basic form could never change. In all of automotive history, has there been a smarter decision? Despite having the engine “in the wrong place”—a charming if sometimes dangerous char

Just 20 years ago, many car enthusiasts dismissed EVs as glorified golf carts—and then along came Tesla. Sure, the Roadster proved (to those who hadn't driven a GM EV-1) that electric cars could be thrilling, but it was the Model S that proved they c

The Beetle is known for its never-changing shape, a silhouette so iconic that nearly any person, young or old, in any country with motorized transportation, is bound to recognize it. Yet has any car in history seen more change? Forged in the fires of

Was there ever any doubt? MotorTrend readers are largely American, and as much as we love Jeeps, Mustangs, and F-150s in this country, the Corvette has been “America’s sports car” for nearly as long as this publication has existed. That’s why you cho

Truck of the Year, while logistically complex, is generally the least chaotic of MotorTrend’s various Of The Year competitions. SUV and Car of the Year are multimarque madness-fests, with editors flapping around like inebriated butterflies to drive a

PROS Powerful Duramax diesel engine with excellent 10-speed • Stylish and upscale interior; improved exterior design • Impressive off-road ability across the lineup CONS Not all trims benefit from the 2024 refresh • Missing towing and tech features f

PROS Tows and hauls better than it needs to • Intoxicating acceleration, off-road capability • A more versatile, equally fun Shelby GT500 CONS • Droning exhaust note • Tires squirrely on pavement • Transmission hunts a bit Which new overpowered picku

PROS Strong engines • Hugely capable haulers • Functional interior layout CONS Looks and feels old • Mediocre unladen ride quality • Loose steering The heavy-duty truck world moves more slowly than other pickup classes, and progress comes in spurts.

PROS Pleasant to live with • Good work ethic • AT4X is a no-holds-barred off-roader CONS Stylish trim contrasts with cheap plastics • Build-quality issues • High price GMC, the luxe-truck division of General Motors, has long struggled to differentiat

PROS Futuristic interior and cool theatrical elements • Great handling when towing • Impressive fast-charging capability CONS Needs Extreme Off-Road package for full potential • Some interior materials don’t align with cost • Inefficient The Hummer E

PROS Interior enters the modern era with abundant leather and chrome • Locomotive-like towing chops • Legendary Duramax/Allison powertrain CONS Is the price worth it for a dressed-up Silverado? • Close, but not the torque king • Polarizing interior l

The 49 players who most influenced the car world in 2023—and the MotorTrend Person of the Year. It was a year of build and repair, of normalcy and lunacy, of press forward and pull back. The recovery from the pandemic continued as new vehicle invento

WHICH AWD EV GOES THE DISTANCE? HYUNDAI IONIQ 6 TESLA MODEL 3 POLESTAR 2 It’s easy to get worked up about the country not being "ready" for electric cars if you haven’t taken a moment to appreciate how far we’ve come in the past decade. The bestselli

EPA range numbers represent a blend of 55 percent city and 45 percent highway driving, which might be useful if you’re trying to figure out how many laps you can take around D.C.’s Capital Beltway before the battery goes kaput. However, you’ll need a

Hyundai Ioniq 6: 800 That’s the magic number when it comes to the Hyundai. As opposed to the 400-volt systems found in the Tesla and Polestar, Hyundai’s more advanced 800-volt electrical architecture allows the manufacturer to use wires that are thin

Intrigued by electrics but not ready to commit to a full-on EV? The Toyota Prius Prime might be for you. Despite a recent spate of compelling choices popping up at entry-level price points, Tesla’s Model 3 is the elephant that won’t leave the room. A

BASE PRICE $51,315 AS TESTED $52,140 EPA CITY/HWY/COMB FUEL ECON 35/33/34 mpg (gas); 83/75/79 mpg-e* (gas+elec) VEHICLE LAYOUT Front-engine, 2x front-motor, AWD, 6-pass, 4-door SUV ENGINE 1.6L turbo direct-injected DOHC 16-valve I-4 plus permanent-ma

Your choice as the most iconic car of the past 75 years? Of course it’s the Corvette; there really isn’t any other car that comes close. For 71 of the 75 years MotorTrend has been informing and entertaining the world about all things automotive, the