MotorTrend takes the 500-horsepower Shelby GT500 on a coast-to-coast journey from Los Angeles to New York, retracing Mustang history and testing the limits of America’s most powerful pony car.

Introduced during one of the most exciting eras for Ford vehicle design, these five impressive concepts deserved a shot at production ...

Carroll Shelby and Vaughn Gittin Jr. might not seem to have much in common at first blush, but the way their fates became intertwined with the Ford Motor Company is quite similar. Ford leaned on ...

The GTI first earned our Car of the Year trophy in 1985, back when we awarded separate Golden Calipers for domestic and imported models. Thirty years later, the seventh-generation Golf lineup, which ...

With a history of street trucks like the SRT-10, it’s a wonder Ram didn’t just build a true Ford F-150 Lobo competitor from the factory. Fortunately, the Fox Factory team, in collaboration with Direct ...

The differences between the fourth-gen base engine powering most new Tiguans and the fifth-gen one in the 2026 Tiguan Turbo are many, but a larger turbo earns most of the credit for the additional 67 ...

It's award season at MotorTrend and we're not talking about something silly like the Oscars or Emmys—it's Of The Year time! First up is Car of the Year, an award we've been handing out since 1949. A ...

Neither Charger that arrived for our Car of the Year event appeared to be assembled with care. One had a misaligned front bumper, the other a hatch. Panel gaps were large, fit and finish uneven. There ...

Our fondness for the current-generation Honda Civic is well documented. The model line has been a repeat finalist in our Car of the Year of the program, first in 2022 when the 11th incarnation of the ...

The Wagoneers hit the market in 2021 after a 30-year hiatus. Maybe that made some of the decision-making a little rusty. Wagoneer was the more affordable option, targeting mainstream competitors; ...

The 2025 Mercedes-AMG CLE 53 Cabriolet had every Car of the Year judge grinning Cheshire Cat style from the moment they slid behind the wheel. Drop the soft top and dial up some sweet house beats on ...

As is seemingly the case with every traditional mainstream automaker these days, Audi has been struggling to find the right balance between the gas and electric vehicles in its lineup. Charging into ...