Quick stats: John 5, songwriter/guitarist Daily driver: 2019 BMW i8 (John 5’s rating: 9 on a scale of 1 to 10) Other cars: see below Favorite road trip: Los Angeles to Las Vegas Car he learned to drive in: Cadillac Seville First car bought: late 1980s Toyota Tercel Songwriter and guitarist John 5 now plays
Month: February 2020
The Porsche Taycan has a lot of expectations to live up to. First, Porsche. Second, it’s the only true competitor for the Tesla Model S. Will the first-ever all-electric …
There are few Jeeps as beloved on Dirt Every Day as Fred’s 1997 Wrangler TJ, commonly known as Tubesock. Tubesock has been through it all on Dirt Every …
Austin Dillon, Tyler Reddick, and other NASCAR drivers are racing to get ready for the Daytona 500. Every second counts. Stream a new episode of NASCAR …
Bugatti only built 450 of its earth-shattering Veyron over a decade by the time production ended in 2015. Now, just four or so years into its production run, Bugatti has already built the 250th example of the Veyron’s successor, the Chiron. The 250th Chiron rolled out of the Bugatti atelier in Molsheim, France, earlier today, completing
Spoiler alert: We like the new Cayman GTS 4.0 . A lot. Which means Porsche would have to have done something monumentally stupid for us not to also like the 2021 Boxster GTS 4.0. A lot. Fortunately, Porsche rarely does monumentally stupid things. (Hey, you! In the back row! Quit muttering about the regular Boxster’s turbocharged
If you’re still kicking yourself for selling your 1981 Jeep Scrambler back in the day, we have some good news for you: A macho outdoorsy menswear outfit that goes by the name Ball and Buck will build you an even better one. Of course, you’ll pay $65,000 to $95,000 for the privilege, but the custom CJ-8
The GTS badge goes back a long way in the Porsche history—all the way back to 1963 and the Porsche 904 GTS coupe. The tiny, low-slung, mid-engine 904 GTS—for Gran Turismo Sport—was essentially a racing car with enough comfort and amenity to enable it to be driven on the road. Although not a road-going race
Loved a World’s Greatest Drag Race? Then you’ve got a lot more of them to watch! Every year since 2011, MotorTrend has put on a new World’s Greatest Drag …
Imagine building your project car with Dale Earnhardt Jr. ‘s old tachometer, Joey Logano’s rear axle, or Jimmie Johnson’s trailing arms. Well, you can. Used race-car parts are out there, and you don’t have to wake up for an early morning auction to find them. Quicker than a race car can be built, it can
Dealers are always looking to shift inventory off their lots. Cars sitting on the lot for more than a couple months are bad for business; the longer a vehicle sits on the lot, the more that carrying costs, also known as floor-planning, begin to stack up. Each day a new car sits on the lot
AMG is notorious for making ordinary Mercs look, go, and sound like properly antisocial maniacs. But not always—sometimes, it gets the inclination to take its talents to the high seas. Today, AMG announced the latest chapter in a partnership with Cigarette Racing to build a special-edition watercraft. To make sure its land lovin’ customer base
Behind the helmet and off the track – see what it takes to be legendary. NASCAR All In: Battle for Daytona is streaming NOW only on the MotorTrend App!
Watch the full episodes of 2019’s Super Street Week to Wicked build here! We’re taking this 2013 Subaru BRZ and giving it upgrades across the board.
Watch the full episode on MotorTrend: http://bit.ly/383BhCJ On this episode of Faster With Finnegan, the guys try something outside of their wheelhouse as they …
MotorTrend brings viewers an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of Porsche’s Big Game commercial. This is the first time in more than 20 years …
Want more 2019 Best Driver’s Car content on the Supra, Mustang Shelby GT350, Urus, and the rest of the BDC fleet? Have the MotorTrend App? Then you can watch all of the Best Driver’s Car videos you can handle HERE. “Because we can” is the reason we gave for doing World’s Greatest Drag Race the first time,
Have you ever looked at a 1980s-era Toyota Camry and thought to yourself, “That looks like a great starting point for a knockoff Hummer conversion?” Well, someone actually did, and as a result we have this little Toyommer number for sale—where else—on Craigslist. Starting with a 1987 Toyota Camry, the seller added the windshield from a
You needn’t be an experienced computer hacker to fool a car’s sensor-based driver-assist systems—you simply need a projector. Apparently, that’s all it takes to trick a Tesla equipped with Autopilot 2.5 hardware or any vehicle using 630 Pro driver-assist tech from supplier Mobileye. Ben Nassi, a Ph.D. student at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, discovered
If fast cars, big stars, and plentiful explosions are what draw you into the Fast and Furious films, then you’re going to love the trailer for the latest film in the long-running franchise. Known simply as F9, the movie looks as explosive as ever, with Dodge Chargers jumping off cliffs, fighter jets, and even a rocket-powered
World’s Greatest Drag Race is back for the ninth time, bigger and better than ever! Once again, the MotorTrend team descends upon the runway at Vandenberg …