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Another year is nearly in the books, and it was a whirlwind. Between the traditional car reviews, the inaugural Cool Car Cup, our first Best of the Best Awards, bare-knuckles off-roading in the Truck Showdown, and the daily feature stories from Japan Month, Motor1 drove and photographed hundreds of vehicles in…

Japan is a place I need to visit at some point in my life. It's full of excellent food, wild electronics, beautiful scenery, supposedly amazing roads, and some of the most interesting creations outside of DARPA. There are also supposedly Godzillas and Gundams running around, so that's a plus. But Japan is also…

Some of this year's logos were no-gos.

I was never overly fond of the Nissan Murano, but I always rooted for it. As one of the pioneers of the modern crossover era, its odd first-generation styling ensured it never blended into the background. And lest we forget the Murano CrossCab, the funky convertible SUV introduced during the…

It was an excellent year for new cars, and we endeavored to drive as many of them as possible. Motor1 published just shy of 200 reviews and first drives in 2024, with the editorial staff taking its talents around the globe in an effort to get behind the wheel of…

Nissan announced earlier this year that it has stopped spending money on combustion engines. However, other major Japanese automakers see things differently. In a joint press conference and at subsequent separate events, Toyota, Subaru, and Mazda pledged their long-term commitment to ICE by investing in new developments. Now, it's Honda's turn…

When the latest Lexus GX hit the market, it arrived with huge expectations. Being a Land Cruiser derivative, Lexus’s LC needed to excel in errand-running and off-road adventure, comfort and capability. It needed to be just as good at slumming to Safeway as traversing the Matterhorn. Thankfully, it’s lived up…

Welcome to Cool Car Cup. This test gathers the six best performance cars of 2024 and throws them into the Motor1 Thunderdome. At the end of some epic SoCal canyon roads and a day at the race track, a winner emerges from the dust.

Something people don’t tell you about becoming a car reviewer is how many of your conversations sound like forum threads. I say I like Mazda Miatas. Someone says they’re underpowered. I say modern Porsche 911s rock. They say air-cooled is king. I say the 1,001-horsepower, $600,000, hybrid Lamborghini Revuelto is…

Video of a Utah man driving through glass front door of showroom after his request to return vehicle was denied.

There’s an iconic line in the movie Office Space where efficiency expert Bob Slydell asks programmer Tom: “What would you say you … do here?”