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2020 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Hot Lap! - 2020 Best Driver's Car Contender

Pro driver Randy Pobst hot laps the 2020 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 around WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for MotorTrend's 2020 Best Driver's Car presented by Tire Rack.

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We got the numbers, and more! The 1,250-horsepower ZR1X has been through our independent instrumented testing, plus some damp track laps and a drift session. We even dusted the pavement this time. But how quick is it to 60 mph, through the quarter-mile, and around our figure eight course? Is X gon' deliver it to ya? Combining the 5.5-liter twin-turbo V-8 of the rear-drive ZR1 with an enhanced version of the front electric motor from the all-wheel drive E-Ray, the ZR1X promises the ultimate Corvette powertrain, with the Nurburgring lap time to prove it. Watch the video to see the results, because they're not as cut-and-dry as we expected.

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Tested! Just How Quick Is the 2026 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X?

MotorTrend tested the Corvette ZR1X, Mustang GTD, Lucid Air Sapphire, and Czinger 21C on road and track to see what defines American performance in 2026.

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The State of American Performance: Corvette ZR1X vs. Mustang GTD vs. Lucid Air Sapphire vs. Czinger 21C

The 2026 Porsche 911 Turbo S is here—it's a hybrid. We tested the new Turbo S with launch control to get its 0-60 mph acceleration time and more. Its performance results rival the quickest supercars and hypercars, including Porsche's first hybrid, the legendary 918 Spyder. Does electric assistance make the 911 better?

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2026 Porsche 911 Turbo S Hybrid Test: Hypercar Quick in 0-60 and 1/4 Mile

Welcome to the highly anticipated MotorTrend 2019 Best Driver’s Car competition! Ride along with hosts Jonny Lieberman, Jethro Bovingdon, and SCCA Hall of Fame racecar driver Randy Pobst as they unleash 12 of this year’s hottest sports cars and supercars on the road and at the track and figure out which one’s best. Each contender must face a barrage of instrumented tests, miles of real-world driving, and blistering hot laps around world-famous WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca—all for the chance to be crowned Motor Trend’s 2019 Best Driver’s Car! This year’s worthy competitors are the Toyota Supra, McLaren Senna, Ford Mustang Shelby GT350, Porsche 911 Carrera S, Jaguar XE SV Project 8, Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S, BMW 850i xDrive, Bentley Continental GT V8, BMW M2 Competition, Aston Martin DBS Superleggera, Lamborghini Urus, and last but certainly not least—and finally!—the Dodge Challenger Hellcat Red Eye Widebody! Prepare for the high-performance showdown of the year!

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Booya! 2019 MotorTrend Best Driver’s Car

This is the first-ever MotorTrend Performance Vehicle of the Year, but this isn’t MotorTrend’s first rodeo. Since 1949, we’ve been awarding Car of the Year to a deserving participant so it only made sense to up the ante and show more love to its more fun and faster cousin: the performance vehicle. Judged against our meticulous criteria, a little well-known company by the name of Porsche took home the prize with its 911 GT3. Hear from the MotorTrend team on how Porsche took home the prize.

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2022 MotorTrend Performance Vehicle of the Year: Porsche 911 GT3

After a few years in the wilderness, BMW’s original M-car is back with more power and some of the old chassis magic. But can a family car, no matter how special, beat the most specialized track-toys out there?

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Best Driver’s Car Contender: 2018 BMW M5

The 911 is Porsche’s heart and soul; the GT2 RS is the ultimate 911. Is that enough to win the title of Best Driver’s Car in a field of supercars whose layout doesn’t hark from the early 1960s?

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Best Driver’s Car Contender: 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS

Brabus, founded on the principal of offering performance upgrades for high-end Mercedes-Benz models, has undergone somewhat of a boom in terms of both scale and ambition. In recent years it's shifted from enthusiasts’ darling to polarizing purveyor of luxury rides, which some see as the 'finished article' and others deem to be a little much. We wanted to dig deeper on this fascinating, opinion-splitting company, so we headed to Bottrop, Germany, to tour the Brabus factory with CEO Constantin Buschmann, before getting to drive a 900 horsepower Brabus 911 Rocket R (formerly a 992 Porsche 911 Turbo S) and the insane, Brabus XLP 900 6X6 Superblack.

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A Tour Inside the World of Brabus: A 900-hp 911, Insane 6x6 Superblack, and More

We’ve driven the Supra alone and come away impressed. But how did this sports car from an unlikely brand stack up against two of its sharpest, most-pedigreed rivals, the BMW M2 Competition and Porsche 718 Cayman? Pretty damn well.

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The Breakdown: 2020 Toyota Supra vs. the Porsche 718 Cayman vs. the BMW M2 Competition

The 2027 Nissan Z NISMO manual takes on the 2026 Toyota Supra Final Edition in the ultimate comparison test. See which iconic Japanese sports car comes out on top and why.

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The Toyota Supra Is About to Die—Can the Nissan Z NISMO Finally Beat It?

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