Introducing Daily Fix: Direct-Injected Car Entertainment for Motor Trend OnDemand

I left this magazine a year ago. While walking down the hall for what I thought would be the last time, I felt proud of our massive accomplishments. This was a year when, with or without manufacturer cooperation, we'd managed to test the Ferrari LaFerrari, McLaren P1, and Porsche 918.

I also felt constrained. Spending thousands of words and filming multiple shows on each still didn't feel like enough.

In my spare time, I was making lengthy YouTube videos to talk about the things that didn't fit in the magazine articles or shows. I wanted to give a peek behind the curtain of testing, show the color and the nuance. The format imposed no expectations on production value or length, and its informal nature felt immensely freeing.

The depth of content resulting from that freedom is addicting. I've spent nights watching hours of people playing videogames, dialogue-free videos of a man fashioning primitive tools and weapons from stuff in the forest, lectures on the universe or new concepts in science, and compilations of cats falling off things. Like a rapidly growing number of people, I'm spending more time watching things like these than traditional-format TV shows. It doesn't matter if it's created by a 50-person production team with a million dollar budget or a guy with a GoPro in the forest. We still watch.

If you already subscribe to Motor Trend OnDemand, then you've been enjoying the early access to our original shows and hours upon hours of motorsports coverage. You also probably want more, but therein lies the rub: The production work and logistics required to make an episode of "Roadkill" limit how many we can make in a month. Those guys need to breathe hydrocarbon-free air every once in a while. And see their families, too.

The solution? Take the freewheeling approach and apply it to car entertainment. In addition to a new episode of our original programming, you could also have a video of the hosts giving an in-depth walk-around of the car they've built. Or bought. Or one that's just shown up to the office.

There are too many to choose from. If you walk out of theMotor Trendside of the building and through the hall, you'll find the teams behind theHot RodandTruck Trendnetworks. Make a few more turns and there's the people makingSuper Street. Now go to the back of the building. On the right is a photo studio where on some days you might find aLowridercover car or a privateer IndyCar entrant from 1982. Go left and you'll find the vehicle studio, which is the place legal tells me we can't say is a garage. You hear noises if you stand in that hallway, though; uncorked V-8s and sometimes fire, depending on when "Roadkill" is shooting. Our other office in Santa Ana has even more.

On any given day, these offices host fascinating cars being worked on or driven by a group of unique personalities that have dedicated their careers to following their passions. And I'm going to show you all of it on a new section of MTOD called "Daily Fix." In it, you'll find a swarm of videos that give deeper looks into the cars and the people behind them, the color and nuance that don't fit the magazine and shows. Our goals include a weekly podcast and a live show from that not-a-garage. Let's say every Friday.

If you don't subscribe to MTOD and don't want to, don't worry. The free shows and the ways in which they're delivered aren't changing. If you're an MTOD subscriber, you can look forward to an even better experience in the future. Not only is there more stuff to watch, but the site has also undergone major updates. New Android and iOS apps are out, and Apple TV, Chromecast, and Roku support are on the way. We have more features planned for the future, too.

If you're on the fence,sign up for our two-week free trial at MotorTrendOnDemand.com and poke around. If you don't like what you see, let me know. Like HBO Now or the WWE Network with their genres, MTOD is transforming how you can watch car entertainment online. We want it to be the home for people like you.

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