Blog Posts by: Christian Seabaugh   GT

Carroll Shelby was an automotive legend. The man was responsible for the Cobra, the GT40, the GT500 Mustangs, and so much more. Jessi Lang remembers his legacy in this week's Wide Open Throttle. Lang starts at Shelby International headquarters ...    Read more

Porsche today officially announced that its motorsports operation will be packing up its operations and moving right into the heart of Los Angeles with the previously announced Experience Center. The new Carson, Calif. facility will serve as the base of Porsche's motorsports operations in the United States. Porsche's new facility, to ...    Read more

Ever wonder how Ford's all new 2013 Shelby GT500 would fair in a good old fashioned police chase? Motor Trend's road test editor Scott Mortara sought to find that out in the newest episode of Downshift. Shot on-location in Detroit, the latest ...    Read more

On this week's episode of Ignition , host Carlos Lago puts the 2012 Subaru Impreza WRX STI through its paces on the track and off the beaten path where this rally-bred Subaru belongs. The ...    Read more

Toyota today pulled the wraps off its 2013 Camry NASCAR, which will compete against the all-new Ford Fusion and Dodge Charger NASCARs in next year's Sprint Cup Series. The ...    Read more

Ferrari holds Ferrari Racing Day events each year at famous racetracks around the world so Ferrari owners can race Ferrari 458 Challenge cars, and give attendees the chance to watch famous Ferrari racecars in action. One of those ex-factory Ferrari racecars making an ...    Read more

The 2013 Acura RDX and 2012 BMW 3 Series sedan have just been named Top Safety Picks by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Improved roof strength was key to both the ...    Read more

Here's a scenario: you've just inherited more money then you know what to do with from a great uncle you didn't know existed – what car do you buy with the money? To help with your decision making process, we compiled a list of the top 10 most expensive vehicles ...    Read more

A new film about the beginnings of Rolls-Royce called "Silver Ghost" will feature Martin Scorsese, Lord Attenborough, and Anthony Haas, it was announced today. "Silver Ghost" will follow the story of Lord John Douglas-Scott Montagu of Beaulieu. Montagu was instrumental in passing legislature in the United Kingdom that fostered the growth ...    Read more

GM has high hopes for the 2013 Cadillac ATS, a car it hopes will help revitalize Cadillac. In preparation for the ATS' launch, Cadillac has confirmed that the automaker has added 600 new employees to its ...    Read more

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has named three new Top Safety Picks in its latest round of testing. The agency has named the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco, 2012 Hyundai Azera, and 2012 Toyota Prius C Top Safety Picks. To become a Top ...    Read more

The Motor Trend crew producing the Ignition episodes on YouTube has had plenty of bloopers and outtakes. On this week's episode, associate road test editor Carlos Lago shows you how the Lexus LFA's complicated launch control system works, and ...    Read more

Lotus is set for its return to motorsports in the United States with its brand new Evora GTC leading the way. Based on the outgoing Evora GT4, the Lotus Evora GTC racecar will not only continue to compete ...    Read more

We've just received word from our sources at Mercedes-Benz that when the 2013 G-Class hits our shores later this year that it'll be missing an AMG model, for the 612-hp V-12-powered 2013 G65 AMG will officially not go on sale here ...    Read more

For the first time ever, we've got spy shots of the upcoming BMW 4 Series Convertible with its top down. The 4 Series convertible (formerly the 3 Series Convertible) was spied testing in Germany enjoying a sunny 86-degree Bavarian day. We've spied the ...    Read more

Pontiac GTO. Dodge Charger. Buick Regal. What do those three cars have in common? They're all new models with next to nothing in common with the old nameplates they wear. The 2004-2006 GTO has a rebadged Holden; the new Dodge Charger is a sedan instead of a coupe, while the ...    Read more

Vehicle sales in the U.S are currently on pace for their best year since 2007, reports Bloomberg, and automakers are currently boosting their production capabilities in order to meet pent-up consumer demand. According to Bloomberg, analysts have revised their initial estimates of 13.6 million vehicles sold upward to 14.3 million following ...    Read more

Subaru and Puma have officially announced their driver lineup for this year's Global Rallycross championship. The team, dubbed Subaru Puma Rallycross, features BMX legend and Rally America regular Dave Mirra, skateboarder Bucky Lasek, and 2011 European Rallycross champion Sverre Isachsen behind the wheel of modded-out Subaru Impreza WRX STIs. The ...    Read more

Chrysler has announced that it will be recalling almost 120,000 Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger sedans from the 2011-12 model years after reports of ABS and electronic stability control malfunctions due to an overheating fuse box issue. BMW is also set to recall some 24,000 diesel-powered 3 Series, X5, and X6 ...    Read more

New York City's new "Boro Taxi" livery has just debuted. The new cabs, which can legally pick up street hails in New York's outer-boroughs, have a distinctive new livery – green apple. Ask any New Yorker what the biggest problem with hailing a cab is and they'll inevitably answer it’s the ...    Read more

The thrill of discovery has sent explorers to the Arctic, man to the moon, and now Motor Trend senior features editor Jonny Lieberman to Russia in the latest episode of Epic Drives. What better vehicle to discover Russia in then in the one-millionth ...    Read more

Ford's chief Alan Mulally has modest goals for the automaker's first EV, according to Bloomberg. Mulally expects initial sales of the 2012 Ford Focus Electric to ramp up later in its production cycle. Mulally's modest expectations seem to be grounded in reality: Chevy and Nissan noted lower-than-expected sales during their EVs' ...    Read more

A late March explosion at a chemical manufacturer's plant in Germany could have an adverse effect on automotive production across the globe, a Bloomberg BusinessWeek report suggests. Evonik Industries produces a key ingredient to make automotive resin – a product used in both brake and fuel lines – and up ...    Read more

Over the years Mercedes-Benz's factory tuner arm AMG has perfected its formula of slapping turbos to a V-8 or V-12 and routing all that tire-smoking power to the rear wheels. That explains why the Mercedes-Benz A25 AMG we spied testing in Germany is such a departure for AMG, as it's ...    Read more

Among superstitious folk, Friday the 13th is cause for concern. While many think Friday the 13th's unlucky reputation is a load of bull, some cars are without a doubt inherently unlucky, whether it because they were ill-timed releases or just ignored by its manufacturer after debuting. So it gives us ...    Read more