Track Tested

Yes, we have just driven a Jeep on an F1 track. It wasn't so long ago a sentence like that would have made zero sense. And even if it did happen, we can't imagine it being much fun, or safe for that matter. However, Jeep recently booked the Circuit of the Americas, the stunning new Formula One ...

The legendary Nürburgring in Germany is often said to be the performance benchmark to beat among many of the world's fastest cars and auto manufacturers. On any given day, this track will see high speed action from anything with wheels, including production prototypes, professional racecars ...

Last month, Motor Trend took over Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca to perform one of the first head-to-head comparisons between the current Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and its newly redesigned nemesis, the SRT Viper. We've already gone over the article and amazing photographs of this epic all-American ...

It looks like 2012 was certainly the year of the MINI for Autoblog Canada. After a trio of press events and more than few press loaners, we were behind the wheel of nearly every conceivable body style and trim offered. Earlier this year we had a chance to flog the Cooper S Coupe, then Cooper S ...

Lincoln made a rather assertive statement about the future of its products at the 2012 LA Auto Show. Rather than put any new vehicle on display for the first press day, the American premium brand placed a collection of classic cars from its past on the show floor. For the second day, that ...

Nissan is reportedly gearing up for another assault on the Nürburgring. According to The Truth About Cars, the company believes the refinements it made to the 2013 GT-R will be enough to skip the supercar around the track in record time. Chief Engineer Kazutoshi Mizuno says there's "quite a ...

Ford gave the green light to Formula Drift stat Vaughn Gittin Jr. to do what every red-blooded race car driver would want to do with acres of wide open asphalt, car obstacles and a banked high speed half oval - shred it. Since 2004, every single Ford Mustang has been built in this Flat Rock, ...

Okay, we'll admit speed isn't exactly the first thing that comes to mind when you pull up next to an electric vehicle. Most of us still picture EV owners slowly surging from 0-100 km/h at a leisurely pace and sacrificing high performance in favour of zero emissions. Well think again my friends, ...

The Lamborghini Gallardo is certainly no slouch, but it simply wasn't crazy enough for the horsepower hungry maniacs at Heffner Performance. The twin turbo supercar was built by the team ay Heffner Performance and this video is from the first outing for this car... which went very well. This one ...

We've already watched Motor Trend's 2012 Best Driver's Car competition numerous times, and like us, apparently many M/T viewers had questions about the week-long, nine-car comparison. Not wanting to disappoint its audience, the crew got together to enjoy a few pints while reflecting on the ...