Epic Drives

On the premiere episode of Epic Drives, Motor Trend technical editor Frank Markus heads to Norway in an Audi R8 Spyder to trace his Viking Routes.

On this episode of Epic Drives, Motor Trend executive editor Ron Kiino explores the roof top of America in a 2011 Lotus Evora, taking in all the beauty (and weather!) the Rocky Mountains have to offer.

On this episode of Epic Drives, Angus MacKenzie and Justin Bell take a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 from Munich, Germany to Maranello, Italy. Along the way they push the limits on the Autobahn, gaze upon the Alps from the Stelvio Pass and dance with a Ferrari 458 Italia in the hills of Maranello.

On this episode of Epic Drives, Jonny Lieberman drives the one millionth Land Rover Discovery onto Moscow's Red Square. Along the way, he tours an "all-weather" Soviet car museum, meets a star of the Bolshoi Ballet, crashes the Kremlin, and turns up the heat in a decommissioned ZiL military truck.

On this episode of Epic Drives, Motor Trend's Senior Features Editor Jonny Lieberman dons his kilt and tours the wet and wonderful countryside of Scotland in the Bentley Continental GT V8. Along the way, he stops by the legendary links at St. Andrews, circles Loch Ness and even enjoys a bit of the finest Scotch whisky in the heart of Speyside.

On this episode of Epic Drives, Motor Trend's Senior Features Editor Jonny Lieberman dons his kilt and tours the wet and wonderful countryside of Scotland in the Bentley Continental GT V8. Along the way, he stops by the legendary links at St. Andrews, circles Loch Ness and even enjoys a bit of the finest Scotch whisky in the heart of Speyside.

On this episode of Epic Drives, Associate Online Editor Nate Martinez tours Japan's greatest driving roads in Subaru's new rear-wheel drive BRZ coupe. Along the way, he tears up the Toyo Tires Turnpike, climbs Mount Fuji, dances down the hairpins of the Nihon Romantic Highway and drops the hammer at the tight and twisty Gunma Cycle Sports Center.

On this episode of Epic Drives, Angus MacKenzie drops the top and explores California's beautiful hidden highways in a Ferrari California. Along the way, he carves up the golden hills of California's wine country, visits the famous intersection that claimed a Hollywood icon, and tames the wild corkscrew at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

On this episode of Epic Drives, Senior Features Editor Jonny Lieberman has to return the long-term 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Wagon he has been driving for the last year. But instead of just handing the keys over, Jonny heads to Europe to throw a spectacular farewell party for the car. After a final toast of Belgian beer in Bruges, the CTS-V Wagon makes its way to Germany, where pro driver Johnny O'Connell gets behind the wheel to attempt a record lap around the legendary Nürburgring.

On this episode of Epic Drives, Angus MacKenzie pilots the thundering Mercedes-Benz SLS Roadster across Italy, retracing the route of the legendary Mille Miglia endurance race. Along the way, he meets up with racing legend Stirling Moss, the man who won the 1955 Mille Miglia in the iconic Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR with one of the greatest racing performances of all time. Stirling drives Angus across the Raticosa Pass in the new SLS and shares his memories of his own epic drive in the 300 SLR nearly sixty years ago.

On this episode of Epic Drives, Frank Markus goes in search of the ancient bullfighting traditions that have inspired the model names of nearly every Lamborghini. Along the way he traverses Europe's highest mountain pass, attends a bullfight in the French tradition (where the bulls live to fight again), visits a ranch that raises Spain's most fearsome fighting bulls, and ends his journey by facing a matador inside the exact same bullring where the car's namesake Aventador met his valiant end in October 1993.

On this episode of Epic Drives, Angus MacKenzie heads to sports car country in the new 2013 Porsche Boxster to rerun the historic Targa Florio route in Sicily, Italy. He retraces some of the more iconic areas and recalls some of the racing icons that made the Targa what it is today.

On this episode of Epic Drives, Motor Trend Technical Director Frank Markus saddles up a Ford Shelby GT500 and rides the Mohawk trail through the beautiful fall foliage of the northeast United States. In honor of the patron saint of all road trips Frank begins the trip at the childhood home of Jack Kerouac in Lowell, MA and gallops along the nation's first officially designated scenic tourist route on his way to Albany, NY.