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Porsche 356 America Roadster vs. 2019 Porsche Speedster: Droptops New And Old

Roadsters have been a part of Porsche history since its earliest days—since before even the Speedster. Jonny Lieberman had the chance to drive one of these proto-Speedsters alongside the latest and greatest, the 991 GT3-based Speedster. Can such dissimilar cars—over 400 horsepower and 60 years apart—share a spirit?

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Jonny Lieberman and Jethro Bovingdon hit the streets to find out who can get a better time in this scene lifted from episode 109 of Head 2 Head.

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One: a Le Mans-winning race car from the late 1960s. The other: a 21st century hybrid supercar meant to change perceptions of what electric motors could do for performance. Are they even comparable? Scott Evans drove both—yes, even the near-priceless 917—to find out.

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The king of drifting does what he does best at MotorTrend's 2019 Best Driver's Car

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Watch This! Jethro Bovingdon Gets Sideways at MotorTrend’s 2019 Best Driver’s Car

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 Air Force Base with a dozen of the hottest, quickest, and most powerful new cars on the market for one reason—a big, fat, crazy drag race!! See the Toyota Supra, McLaren Senna, Ford Mustang Shelby GT350, Porsche 911 Carrera S, Jaguar XE SV Project 8, Mercedes-AMG GT 63 4MATIC+, BMW 850i xDrive, Bentley Continental GT V8, BMW M2 Competition, Aston Martin DBS Superleggera, Lamborghini Urus, and the Dodge Challenger Hellcat Red Eye Widebody face off in epic quarter-mile and half-mile sprints for the ultimate bragging rights.

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For the past two decades, the Porsche Cayman has been regarded as one of the best performing 'entry-level' sports cars on the planet. Challengers have come and gone, but the Cayman has remained consistent, and consistently impressive. The latest threat to the Cayman throne is the new 2023 BMW M2. We wanted to get to the bottom of which super sports car offered the better driving experience, so we pitted these two coupes against each other in a head-to-head matchup.

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2023 Porsche 718 Cayman GTS 4.0 vs. BMW M2 Comparison: What's the Catch?

Can the 2025 Aston Martin Vanquish finally best a Ferrari? This all-new V-12, rear-wheel drive monster is set loose in the canyons and Jonny Lieberman explores how far Aston has come.

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2025 Aston Martin Vanquish First Test: Better Than Ferrari?

How does the $340,000 dollar, Cadillac Celestiq drive? MotorTrend editor Alex Stoklosa gets behind the wheel to find out.

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Finding Out How Well the $340,000, 2025 Cadillac Celestiq Drives

The wild looking pickup appeared at Austin’s big race weekend.

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Elon Musk Spotted at F1 U.S. Grand Prix With New Cybertruck