"Newcomers" (recently redesigned or all-new models), along with short informative articles about them, can also be found in this section.

Motor Trend keeps a fleet of long-term test cars at their headquarters in Los Angeles, California.

One of the earliest and most enduring of the magazine's creations was its Car of the Year award, given almost continuously since 1949,[4][5] although the phrase itself would not become entrenched until well into the 1950s.

The first winner was the 1949 Cadillac, which featured an innovative overhead valve V8 engine; while the company initially turned down the award from the brand new magazine, it now proudly references its COTY wins in publicity materials.

Nevertheless, it is still coveted by manufacturers and is usually covered by the mainstream press as the most important distinction awarded in the American auto industry.

for the next coming calendar year, whilst in October the magazine looks at off-roaders, MPVs and sport-utility vehicles (SUVs).

It features television series from Motor Trend, Automobile Magazine, Hot Rod, Super Street and Four Wheeler, such as Roadkill.

In April 2018, following the acquisition of a majority stake in TEN by Discovery Communications, it was announced that its U.S. cable channel Velocity would rebrand as Motor Trend Network later in the year.

[13][14][15] In Italy, the channel Motor Trend began broadcasting on April 29, 2018 at 6:00 am with the Car Crash TV in place of Focus, whose brand has meanwhile passed into the hands of Mediaset.

[16] In 2009, Motor Trend introduced a certified used car program,[17] beginning with dealers in Atlanta, Georgia and Cincinnati, Ohio.