Erick Ayapana
Test Team Senior Editor
As MotorTrend’s road test editor and fleet manager, Erick Ayapana spends a bulk of his day pestering automakers for vehicles to test and shaming staffers for curbing wheels. Erick is a SoCal native who spends his free time doing SoCal things and pondering the world’s unsolved mysteries, including the proper way to launch a Subaru WRX with a manual transmission.
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2026 Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet First Test Review: Supercar Uncovered
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2025 Subaru Forester Hybrid Touring Quick Test: A Smoother, More Efficient Boxer
